hostilis Posted April 2, 2014 Wow! Awesome hookah head. Pup #3 looks like a TBMC. That's awesome. Will be stoked to see these in a few years and it's getting me excited about mine! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philocacti Posted April 8, 2014 This specimen looks quite normal but the mutation occurs in the areols 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EthnoGuy85 Posted April 12, 2014 Pyscho0 x TPM my fave so far Tpm x (SS02 x pachanoi) 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EthnoGuy85 Posted April 15, 2014 Does anyone have some tentative figures on monstrose/crested rates of crosses with the monstrose/crest as the pollen donor(father)? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted April 18, 2014 (edited) TPQC x TPM var. "Broccoli" Decided to make a name for this. It has a ton of crested growth points and it's starting to look like a head of broccoli. Edited April 18, 2014 by hostilis 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nemisty Posted April 18, 2014 This thread makes me wonder if everyone has lost the patience to grow seedlings on their own roots lol 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mushroomman Posted April 18, 2014 I still have heaps on there own roots just grafted a few Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EthnoGuy85 Posted April 18, 2014 I've only grafted one seedling nemisty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamwalker. Posted April 18, 2014 I never had patience...................graft them pump em.... fill em full of hormones and fertiliser..................grow baby grow 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitrogen Posted April 18, 2014 Hostilis - those TPQC x TPM are really interesting - the batch I've got growing are def showing a certain sort of look that is different from the other TPM crosses.. EthnoGuy85 - that's a good question - in mine I wanna say it's like 30% or so, versus the 60% or so from the freak-as-mother crosses.. Nemisty, have no fear, I've got a some little trays of seedlings on their own roots - will post some pics in a bit if I can get around to it.. Grafting is so fun though - instant gratification rocks! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted April 18, 2014 (edited) I have 4 of them grafted and like 150 on their own roots. I don't understand why some people bash on grafting so much.Instant gratification is awesome. Lol/ Edited April 18, 2014 by hostilis 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted April 18, 2014 (edited) BTW here's some of my other grafted ones. I could show you my non grafted ones, but they just look like normal seedlings at this point. TPM X SS02 TPQC x TPM Starting to look like that classic TPM clone that I see all the time. Another weird TPQC x TPM Looks like a boxing glove or something. Edited April 18, 2014 by hostilis 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philocacti Posted April 18, 2014 This thread makes me wonder if everyone has lost the patience to grow seedlings on their own roots lol I have no patience too :D I love grafting and making shortcuts ;) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Myeloblast Posted April 18, 2014 Grafting allows preservation of genetics in your collection if disaster strikes. It's easy to have an entire crop of seedlings wiped out, but if you have one or two representatives grafted, hopefully you will have something to show for your efforts afterwards. It takes a long time to become proficient at growing cacti from seed, especially the small, slow-growing species. And even those really good at it have bad years occasionally. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitrogen Posted April 20, 2014 (edited) Here's a few of mine - lol, a lot of them are either sunburned or not getting enough light - these little babies have grown at like 2-3 different locations each.. TPM x N1 (SS02 x pachanoi) x TPM TPM x N1 - sunfried little freaks this batch are.. [/url] (SS02 x pachanoi) x TPC - this cross has produced some burly little seedlings, usually with longer spines TPC x Juules (or maybe the other two, but I think it's Juules based on seedling pheno and that Juules was the first pollen I hit the flower with). Look Nemisty, non-grafted! (SS02 x Pachanoi) x TPM TPM x N1 TPQC x TPM - the little one in the corner was grafted, but got knocked off, so is now growing happily on it's own roots TPM x (SS02 x pachanoi) TPC x Juules etc PsychoNaught x N1 - lots of blondes in this cross Edited April 20, 2014 by nitrogen 21 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irabionist Posted April 22, 2014 hhaha I thought they were loph grafts in the first two pictures 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philocacti Posted April 22, 2014 Hahahaha this one is one of my favorites as it's very unpredictable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookahhead Posted April 26, 2014 (edited) here's a couple on their own roots. The smallest one is actually my TPQC x TPM "L1". When I cut it for grafting, I didn't remove it from the pot and I made sure to leave a few areoles. So what your seeing is the pup that grew back I can remove this guy and let him grow its own now right? I think it will grow incredibly fast, considering the root is almost as big as the pup. Edited April 28, 2014 by hookahhead 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookahhead Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) Here's some of my propagation efforts. These are all either pups or pups of pups. I didn't grab pictures of the mothers tonight, but post #375 of this thread is the most recent update of them. TPQC x TPM "L1" (The original seedling is the smallest one in my previous post) Pup#1 Pup #2 Pup #3 TPM x N1 var. "WTF" - I forgot to take pics of the 3 pups taken from the mother, they are in post #375 as well. Pup #1 (from pup#2) Pup #1 (from pup#3) Unknown Cross "L2" (the original seedling is the crest in my previous post) Pup #1 Of course any good story needs a dramatic and unexpected plot twist at the end. So here is mine... my second favorite plants out of my entire nitrogen collection ironically isn't a mutant . It was the very first seed I grafted, and certainly looked weird as hell in the beginning. However once it straightened itself out, it turned into a beautiful dark green machine. This is by far the fastest growing cactus in my entire collection. I have grafted several pups from it now, and the fast growth is quite noticeable in all of them. Psycho0 x TPM (1-24-13 to 5-10-13) Apparently I had lost a bit of interest in this guy when he started growing normal because there are no updates for almost 3 months, then... (8-3-13 to 10-17-13) Today! As it grew the perskiopsis started to bend. The graft put out some roots, and is now a graft + it's own roots. (10-21-13 - today) Sometime over the summer I grafted one of the pups. However, in only a couple of months it had grown to tall for my cabinet and had to be chopped. It's now rooted in its own pot and anxiously waiting to get some sun. (pup #1) (10-15-13 to 1-4-14) Today! Since grafting to the loph to it, the stock has pushed out 4 pups. Of course I don't mind at all, I just chop em off and graft them too! Pup#1 (from pup#1) Pup#2 (from pup#1) Pup#3 (from pup#1) THANK YOU NITROGEN FOR ALL OF THESE GIFTS Edit: By the way I apologize for taking up 1/2 a page between these two posts. Does anyone know if it's possible to get the pictures to line up beside each other when you use "my media" to include them in the post? I prefer it that way, but it's a pain in the ass to find the url for each pic and then use the "insert image", plus it doesn't thumbnail them either Edited April 28, 2014 by hookahhead 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookahhead Posted April 29, 2014 I had taken some pictures of this container for my waterlogged pereskiopsis thread, of course I couldn't resist taking a couple extra pictures for this thread too. TPM x N1 var. "WTF" Pup#2 Pup#3 4-4-14 (I posted this one in the show your freaks thread, but a repost here seems appropriate) Today! Psycho0 x TPM #2 (different from the previous post) 14 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted April 30, 2014 That is one sexy cactus hookah head. I should graft one of my seedlings from that variation for sure. It was repotting time today for the TPQC x TPM and TPM x SS02 seedlings. Here's some photos. I've been neglecting them a bit so they're kinda small, but I'm starting to see some freaks for sure. One of them is even cresting. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookahhead Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) TPM x N1 "Wtf" I'm glad I pulled this pot out today for the pic. I hadn't realize she looked dehydrated. I think the stock must be giving out, I'll have to figure something out this weekend. Mother Pup#1 TPQC X TPM Not Sure - After I took this pic I added some dirt around the roots Edited May 2, 2014 by hookahhead 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irabionist Posted May 2, 2014 hnnng can't wait until mine start getting bigger!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitrogen Posted May 2, 2014 (edited) Wow, amazing little specimens! I have had good success by simply planting mine while still grafted to the pereskiopsis - depending on how high up the pereskiopsis they are, either bury the whole thing until the base of the tricho is covered, or cut the pereskiopsis 2-4" down and bury that with the base of the tricho.. I suppose at some point the pereskiopsis might die and rot, and I'm not sure if this will transfer to the tricho, but so far mine are doing great that way, and I have heard that others have done it too with success.. Edited May 2, 2014 by nitrogen 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites