swampjrass Posted September 8, 2018 Few pups from around the yard h1 bruce local bridge sharx sharx x rod some sort of Zelly madness 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inyan Posted September 11, 2018 Fail to trim and you scion will fail to grow. Case in point So, you can guess that in addition to rectifying this travesty by trimming my stock plants today I also made a handful of grafts as is the case most days. While I was at it though, I also took a Pereskiopsis from full sun to partial shade to demonstrate dark green growth on bottom half indicative of full sun exposure and light green growth on top showing shade growth 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DualWieldRake Posted September 15, 2018 Would you think this is the correct amount of predatory mites per square foot? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inyan Posted September 26, 2018 Today... I removed the parafilm wax from a few of my grafts. Smallish specimen here is a Lophophora w. x L. fricii. Anyone else growing these? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gimli Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, Inyan said: Today... I removed the parafilm wax from a few of my grafts. Smallish specimen here is a Lophophora w. x L. fricii. Anyone else growing these? I emailed them about getting seeds and they never replied. Fuck em Edit: 22/8, so 4+ weeks is ample to reply. Edit2: Second email got a prompt reply. Wtf sort of business is this? Edited September 26, 2018 by Gimli Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MeanGreen Posted September 26, 2018 4 hours ago, Inyan said: Today... I removed the parafilm wax from a few of my grafts. Smallish specimen here is a Lophophora w. x L. fricii. Anyone else growing these? Very nice Inyan! Yeah I also grow both hybrids Koehres has on offer, fricii x koehresii F2 and williamsii x fricii. Still too small to show anything interesting, I have one of each grafted, about the same.size as yours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mkcobain Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) Hey Guys I need your help. I live in Turkey and it is almost impossible to find active cacti here. Today I bought these from a local nursery for quite cheap price. I am going to replant them in larger pots. BUt some of them got quite thin. should I cut and replant or just leave them as they are? do you think I can save them with lots of care? it is about to be october so weather will get colder in here. any opinion appreciated. Edited September 28, 2018 by mkcobain 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MeanGreen Posted September 29, 2018 Just to be clear these are Myrtillocactus geometrizans, not Trichocereus in case you thought they were. They look fairly healthy, since you're going into winter now I would wait until Spring before taking cuttings. Your best bet is probably to order seeds if you can't find Tricho cuttings locally. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mkcobain Posted October 3, 2018 On 30/09/2018 at 2:48 AM, MeanGreen said: Just to be clear these are Myrtillocactus geometrizans, not Trichocereus in case you thought they were. They look fairly healthy, since you're going into winter now I would wait until Spring before taking cuttings. Your best bet is probably to order seeds if you can't find Tricho cuttings locally. Thanks MeanGreen. I am a bit disappointed but I heard they make good root stock for grafting. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inyan Posted October 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, mkcobain said: Thanks MeanGreen. I am a bit disappointed but I heard they make good root stock for grafting. Looks like all you need are some high quality seeds to graft now that you have started collecting your grafting stock already. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karode13 Posted October 9, 2018 Grafted this TBMC, gifted by an awesome individual, onto a pedro stock. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gimli Posted October 9, 2018 So, this happened... (Peru x Juuls) x TPM. The ugly leftover bit is a good platform to either get (hopefully) reverts from. BAP the shit out of it Jourdaniana flower. About 3 weeks since the bud appeared. Tomorrow photo will be great 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bardo Posted October 9, 2018 On 03/10/2018 at 2:14 AM, mkcobain said: Thanks MeanGreen. I am a bit disappointed but I heard they make good root stock for grafting. I have heard the fruits are tasty as well http://www.botmuc.de/en/audio_tour/281.html In the book Tihkal by Shulgin, Myrtillocactus geometrizans contains mes cal ine, What amounts or other things are present i have no idea, i have not studied or looked for further info on it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mkcobain Posted October 12, 2018 On 09/10/2018 at 11:03 AM, bardo said: I have heard the fruits are tasty as well http://www.botmuc.de/en/audio_tour/281.html In the book Tihkal by Shulgin, Myrtillocactus geometrizans contains mes cal ine, What amounts or other things are present i have no idea, i have not studied or looked for further info on it. On 03/10/2018 at 12:20 PM, Inyan said: Looks like all you need are some high quality seeds to graft now that you have started collecting your grafting stock already. Thanks Guys! I had some seedlings so I tried to graft on pereskiopsis. Scion shrinked and softish but it is steady on stock. do you think it can survive? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inyan Posted October 12, 2018 36 minutes ago, mkcobain said: Thanks Guys! I had some seedlings so I tried to graft on pereskiopsis. Scion shrinked and softish but it is steady on stock. do you think it can survive? It can survive, but I wouldn't bet much money on it. You cut a lot of tissue off which helps the seedling dry out faster. Increasing humidity or simply placing parafilm stretched out over your grafted scion would have prevented the seedling from drying out. If you have a big seedling like you appear to have had, try cutting it down so the seedling forms a square or a rectangle with the small size down/horizontal and the long sides up/vertical if grafting with areoles pointing upwards. I sometimes graft seedlings on their side to good effect as well, but that is just for play. You want a nice fat seedling for that and you barely go into the tissue at all. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Humboldt Posted October 13, 2018 Hi, this graft is about 3 months old. Today i noticed one side of the loph looking dehydrated. Its the side copping the sun so ive moved it to a filtered spot. The stock is firm and has bulked up a little but is a cutting itself so not well rooted i assume. Ive watered it twice over the last 3 weeks. Located in Sth Tas so temps arent much over 18c but in the window temps are 30c+. Have i given it too much sun for the age of the graft and root development of the stock? Any advice greatly appreciated Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bardo Posted October 13, 2018 I hope that it's not rotting Humbolt, it's not looking to good Also remember to sterilize your knife/blade if ya don't already ? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bardo Posted October 14, 2018 Looks like the echinopsis ruby visions x terscheckii and echinopsis calochlora are going to flower, will be trying at making a cross both ways of these two : ) 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Micromegas Posted October 14, 2018 that first plant is cool. keen to see what the flower comes out as. first time flower? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bardo Posted October 15, 2018 It has flowered once before, has a beautiful purple/reddish colour, will post a pic when it blooms : ) Would like to cross it with a trich one day when the flower timing works out, last season had a couple of trichos flower but ruby skipped that year no signs of flowers so far on any of the trichos 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jojomcgogo Posted October 15, 2018 Gave my first cactus a new pot and spot to live 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Micromegas Posted October 15, 2018 yes would be cool to see this flower. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted October 23, 2018 brung some fatty bastulas indoors preppen fer winter... 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted October 25, 2018 nuther day for cactical hug-walks yesterday, ... only a few hundred to go ... thirsty work 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bardo Posted November 9, 2018 On 15/10/2018 at 6:51 PM, Micromegas said: yes would be cool to see this flower. Here it is, sorry for the shitty quality of the photo 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites