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Any cactus growers in here?

Nope no cactus...

The guy im yorking for these days has an extensive collection. Ive only seen his office ones but he must have 3 dozen

Getting ready for spring.

Six bridgesii
Two peruvianus
&
Six pachanoi

Are those all San Pedros?

The six pachanoi are San Pedros......All 14 of them but the TBM are columnar, come from South America and somewhat look the same to an untrained eye.
Once it warms up and they go outside I’ll post a picture.

I ordered one of these today.....technically it can be used as medicine.

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thought this thread was about dinosaurs.

Trichocereus panchanoi variegated
Cactus species Trichocereus Panchanoi-variegated Crest Is a crested and variegated form of the species Trichocereus Panchanoi which unlike the true species form has interesting even intriguing dark green-yellow colored, twisting, crested type stem growth that can slowly grow up to 3' to 5' ft. if grown for many years, most of these variegated forms grow much slower than green crests and are often seen no larger than 18" to 2' ft. usually, due to the variegation or lack of chlorophyll on one side this variety is a very slow grower. This particular variegated T.P. crest usually only shows variegation on one side of its stem but not 100% of the time, more so the case in large specimens. Trichocereus Pachanoi -Crested is the crested form of the species, this variety is crested but also is variegated. Each individual crested plant is unique in its own shapes and twists, no two are alike.

This crested form of Trichocereus Pachanoi-variegated crest takes similar care as the un-crested true species, to see more details about care, fruit, flowers produced, native habitat etc. simply click the link below to see

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if your into cacti be sure to get straight into grafting,
takes years off your accomplishments...

I’ve done some grafting, put a few Lophs on San Pedro in the past.....For ornamental plants I don’t like the looks of grafted cactus and for medicinal plants they grow too quick for alkaloid production.....On that variegated crest you posted in the picture above there is enough green to grow on its own roots but it will be much slower than a non variegated crest.

What I’m more into right now is grafting stone fruits and apple trees....I have two cherry trees with four types of cherries, a plout with four pluots, a mixed stone fruit with a peach, nectarine and apricot and a 4 in 1 apple.....next year after I prune them I’m going to add more if I can find some good spots to add to.

The label up there “PC” is probably the root stock used in 90% of these grafts....I don’t live in a place where I can grow a stand outside so even the rootstock can take time to grow....I can grow a good root stock called golden torch but those grafts even look dumber than the ones in the pic.

Not my pic.

Grafting project I’m trying.

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Thinking they will grow three times faster than their ungrafted siblings.

cool i have done some tree grafting.
nice cactus's

Here’s a TBM short form I grafted on a PC a few weeks ago...it looks like it took

Here we are a few months later, the power of the rootstock is clearly visible.

Love this plant, was a gift from my mom

Looks like a young Barrel cactus?

^^^ California Barrel cactus.


Time to put them in the green house for the winter, still not too cold but it is too wet.

Here’s about half my collection.

jes too cool. And an Agave back there?

very nice

My biggest flower ever.

that huge!

This was a night to remember.

san pedro?

Yes, from a variety called Sunburst.

mine are not as cool lol
here is bigger one had to top it. sent out small growth
this winter. so whole thing. it has a few pups starting. top view here is top i cut off of it. it is growing already. then here is my little house one. well that is the cactus this summer.

That looks like etiolation caused by it not fully going dormant in winter or lack of light while it still wasn’t in dormancy, You’re not supposed to water at all over winter to encourage dormancy.

Good news is that you got three new pups coming up that will all grow normal as long as there’s enough light.

it was never watered over winter.
i have to figure out a better winter spot for it.

think i will try setting it near a southern window
for the winter. last year i covered it and it grew
skinny over the winter. this sound like a good idea ?
will prob give it it's last watering for the year tomorrow.
pups are really growing. thanks for any info.

the one i got last year rooted. but grew skinny on top over winter.
it has 3 pups now. then here is top i had cut off. seems to be growing. i should do ok. need to over winter properly.
will try a south facing window this year.

noticed another pup today. on bottom.

the pups are really growing now.

damn thats fast!!!

i light proofed a large box.
i have covered it for the winter.
i quit watering a while back.
hope it goes dormant for me.
will see this spring. it is in total darkness.

my little house one in window is looking good. hope one in light proof box winters well.

well pulled cactus out from under box today and into the greenhouse.
the total darkness seems the way to go. it grew but not skinny a little
white on tops but not bad. least now i know a way to over winter one.
2 photo's 1 is last fall before i brung it in. other is today after unboxing.
the pup has made it tilt a little bit.

super cool lrus!

That basal pup is going to be super sensitive to light, I would face it to the north away from the sun or just slowly accumulate the whole plant.

Winter was hard for me, my outdoor greenhouse is small so I brought a bunch inside and got hit with thrips inside.
I’ll be building a much bigger greenhouse in a few months.

you were right plug i should have listened.
live and learn

ya when i mess up. i mess up good.

It’s not dead, just ugly, it will grow out of it….cactus are extremely resilient.

well does not look so ugly now. lot of scaring but looking good.

seems to be growing out of it well.
1st year learned i need to block out all light for winter.
had to cut a skinny top off. that made it have 4 pups.
this year looked great but white parts. i fucked up and
put into direct sun. got toasty. this summer it has recovered. always learning

yea!

well the org top off the 1st one had got really skinny.
the 1 with the 3 pups on top now. so i had planted it
and set in a window. grew better above skinny part. so i grabbed a ceramic knife. then cut skinny part off of thicker part. will plant the thicker one. skinny 1 was going to toss.
then i had a thought. i am after it drys going to lay it
flat in a pot. see if pups come up from it. might work.
then in a bit over a month. i will uncover from darkness
my bigger one and see how it over wintered. and get into
the greenhouse.

ends seemed dry enough where i cut. mixed up some soil.
planted the top piece then the skinny piece flat on the soil.
was a dry soil but i did not water them. might from bottom
in a month or so. left the org, middle the top and right the
skinny piece.

pulled the bigger one from under box all winter.
grew quite a bit. also not so white. i set it on my porch
for a few days.

last 3 days been setting it in the sun for 3 hours.
still white on tops ect. we had some wet weather when
i had set it out. i did not water it. today i watered it.
hope tops green up soon i don't want to bake it like
last year. it did grow out of it but is scared from it.

did 2 days of 5 hours. then today and next few days
says going to be overcast. still some white on tops.
but i put it into the greenhouse for the summer today.
watered it well. should be good to go.