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George Simian

Trying out grafting

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so this would be my stock... its pedro i thinkpost-8060-0-67061800-1317862202_thumb.jp

and i would graft one of these buttons onto it--- the side onepost-8060-0-99996300-1317862259_thumb.jp

i also have peres to play with smaller buttons.post-8060-0-00417800-1317862333_thumb.jp

also yesterday i decided to cut most of the buttons off the grafted cacti i have and start a loph army! was this a terrible idea?

i put them on coco coir to encourage rooting. or should i try and graft them wacko.gif here do you guys thing they are big enough to root themselves?post-8060-0-74811700-1317862451_thumb.jp

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...Did you let the cut surfaces dry ...(may take a while)... before placing on coir? Really small buttons you may need to graft because they will shrivel so much it could be they wont sprout roots at all. Graft some root some good luck .

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yes. let them dry for at least a week and just put them on top of the soil. I would also consider much less organic material in the soil. but that doesnt matter if you are strict with letting the soil dry out completely before watering again.

good luck!

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I would also consider much less organic material in the soil.

same same , i root in straight dry perlite, and it may take weeks to dry / callous, and again months to shoot roots. Keep an eye on orange spots on the cut surface george...

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I have rooted a 2 cm caes button I stuck it in dry sieved sand for two weeks or so and then started watering with and eye dropper until I seen roots, planted it in a tubestock pot with sieved sand (and by sieved I mean I sieve the sand so the fine particles fall through keep the sand in the sieve wash it a few times with hot water to remove any clay like dust) that took about a month or two

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Id probably graft most of those except maybe the biggest one or two it seams hard to root little lophs. I've just done my first two successful loph grafts :) on spachianus it took 1 or 2 stuff ups but wasn't to hard :) i also done my first three successful seedlings grafts (after about ten tries) two on peres and one on mother of millions a an experiment they are all growing or were yesterday until my nieces knocked the two peres over and broke them :(

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I have seen 2cm cuttings root in under 3 weeks.

I cut them, leave them a few days to callus and then set them slightly into a soil media and I do water them a bit after a week or so.

Larger buttons take much longer to root in my experience.

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thanks guys.

my smaller buttons are too big to go onto peres i think... so i may just have to try an root them.

have them all sitting out drying now.

i read in another thread that coco coir was a good rooting medium?

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Coir is good as long as it doesn't stay moist for too long.

Also cactuscarl

one on mother of millions a an experiment they are all growing

pics?

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Yeah i think so but it has a woody center like peres so i thought id give it a try. I grafted it pretty young and it's shot out a couple of hairs but doesn't seem to be growing now I'll let yous know how it goes

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all cacti are succulents BUT not all succulents are cacti :rolleyes:

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