Sir Jeans

I was surprised by how much the first one sold for so I've put a second one up on eBay Here's the listing if anyone is interested: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HUGE-grafted-button-cactus-/181963217306?

Congratulations Brendo, you are the winner! (as much as I'd like to it was Sally ). Thank you everyone for your bids and your interest!

Just to clarify, because the auction ends at 8.00pm Australian Eastern Standard time, if there are multiple bids right at the end the winning bid will be the highest bid placed before or at 7.59 AEST. Any bid that is placed at or after 8.00pm AEST will not be valid.

Without going off topic too much (these issues would be best left for a new thread and have probably been discussed before in other threads), I also usually just remove pups as they come - I figured that if you remove all of them right at the start you end up with a bit less green energy-producing tissue on the root stock and more scar tissue, which can be a bit more vulnerable to infection. Really though I don't think it makes much difference either way. With age the root stock tends to produce less pups, and I'm pretty sure this plant hasn't sent out a T. Pachanoi pup for at least a year, possibly two years. One suggestion the owner made is that you could cut the pachanoi root stock about half-way up, let it thoroughly callous over and then replant it so that only the grafted section is visible above the soil / gravel / whatever. This could improve the aesthetic for people for those who care about that and would make for an incredibly impressive and more natural looking specimen. However, this plant is very impressive either way and I personally would be scared to risk doing anything that might disrupt it's growth or make it vulnerable to infection! Finally, I'll also add just in case anyone is wondering, that none of the loph buttons have been removed, only pups from the root stock. Anyway, back to the auction! So far the highest bid is $333

Haha, if there's a worm in the soil and you want to snort it up your nose, I stand by my position of neither encouraging nor endorsing this action

SOLD Original Ad: Dear Cactophile, I have one lovely but slightly depressed T. Scopulicola cutting in need of a loving home! It is feeling desperately lonely due to being the only one that wasn't snapped up in a previous sale. It is a little dehydrated (it has stopped drinking, mostly due to sadness) but will become sexily plump once it develops a root system -- just like a voluptuous 17th century model (kinda). It has a little bit of sun damage on one side (see pics) but is otherwise in good health. Was cut over a month ago and is well calloused. This cutting weighs 1.39kg and is a tantalising 64cm long. Initially this cutting was for sale at $0.75 per cm but is now reduced to $0.50 per cm, which amounts to $32.00 (plus the cost of postage). If interested, please PM me with a destination post code and I will let you know the total cost including postage. All my plants are carefully and lovingly packaged, so you can be sure that it will arrive in good condition. Feel free to check out my member trading thread here: http://www.shaman-au...showtopic=29524 And now, for the photos: Succulently, Jeans

Just replied to your message Master B

Hi everyone! I have a bunch of nice Trich cuttings for sale, just in time for Christmas All cuttings will be very carefully packaged and the bridgesii will come in mailing tubes so that the spines are preserved. These cuttings were taken about two weeks ago and are well calloused. All of the cuttings are in good health, although most have some minor damage (see photos) and the T. Pachanoi has more substantial damage on it. Also, the Scop is a bit dehydrated, but it will soak up water and become nice and plump again once it establishes roots. The T. Pachanoi is $0.50 per cm, everything else is 0.75 per cm. Buyer pays postage. Payment via PayPal. I'll update this thread as items are sold. If interested, PM me with a postal code and I'll let you know the postage cost! Also, please feel free to check out my member trading thread: http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=29524 OK, first off I have six cuttings of T. Bridgesii: These are the "Jeans" clone that I was offering about a year or two ago. #1 - 24cm SOLD #2 - 27cm SOLD #3 - 33cm SOLD #4 - 35cm SOLD #5 - 38cm SOLD #6 - 59cm SOLD In the photos below, you can see the following cuttings: T. Scopulicola - 65cm (top cutting) T. Peruvianus (HB01 I think, but not 100% sure) - 19cm (second down, on the left) SOLD T. Pachanoi "sausage cactus" - 30cm (second down, on the right) SOLD T. Pachanoi tip cutting - 60cm (third down) T. Pachanoi midsection cutting - 54cm (bottom cutting) Jeans

Yep, looks like T. Spachianus to me. What color were the flowers? Spachianus has white flowers as far as I know.

When I first started grafting, I used to wonder what would happen at the point where the stock meets the scion. Would it develop a strong woody core? Or would it always be kinda weak and vulnerable to breaking? If you've ever wondered about it, this photo might interest you. After 18 months of growth, I had to remove a Trichocereus Scopulicola scion from the Pachanoi stock it was grafted to. I made the cut at the exact point where the two plants were originally grafted to each other. Even though it's a bit blurry, you can see that the graft was successful, and a strong woody core had developed. I doubt you would even know it was grafted if I hadn't just told you!

I don't have any experience with these plants, but I have a feeling that it will send out new shoots from under the dirt. Based on that (which might be wrong though), I wouldn't be very concerned about trying to conserve the stump - I'd make the cut no higher than halfway between the soil-line and the bottom of the rot. I might even cut a bit lower (and on an angle, too). Good luck!

EDIT: All seeds are now gone! Hi all, I have a bunch of N. Rustica seeds that I don't need. Free of charge to whoever wants them. First 10 respondents will get them!

Been wanting to do this for a while, but never had a piece of land until now. I'm thinking about covering it in white gravel, but I'm a little concerned that it might promote rot during the winter. Any thoughts? Couldn't help uploading a picture of this as well - best cactus EVER! Got it from a nursery near by:

Thought I'd share this. A few months ago I attempted my first ever wedge graft. I did it because it seemed like the only way to graft a little piece of TBM and not have to remove its only areole, which was right at the bottom of the cutting. I had to redo the graft a few times, and the union didn't seem very good. Didn't really think it would do anything, and for a while, it didn't. But in only the last two weeks, look whats popped out: Sure am I glad I saved that areole! In contrast, here's another, similar sized piece of TBM that was allowed to root out on its own. Its also popped out a new shoot in only the last couple of weeks, but look how tiny it is in comparison (the reason it is disfigured by the way is because a damned possum ate the top)

yeah mine did absolutely nothing for several months before it exploded into life again. As long as it isn't going rotten, there's still hope!

Don't have a picture of the mother plant because these were all small cuttings that someone sent me. I know its a bit hard to tell that it really is a wedge graft - It was much more obvious before the scion swelled up. I'll see what I can do about a few more pics tomorrow.

HAHAHA! That's one cereusly sexy man!

Yeah, I wanted it to look at least halfway natural! There are two main reasons why I want to put some ground cover down. First, I can use it to hold down some material that will stop weeds coming through. And second, I want the cactus garden to stand out against the fairly crappy looking rest of the garden. I'll consider some darker or more natural alternatives to the white gravel. To prepare the ground, I just dug about 5 big bags of cheap potting mix into it. Doing this made much less of a difference than I thought it would, but hopefully it improved the very sandy soil a little. The other thing I did was to raise the level a bit. If you look carefully, you may notice that the whole cactus garden is on a bit of a hump. I'm thinking this will help a lot with drainage, and ensure that there is never any standing water near the plants.

I agree that the second looks like myrt geo. I have three of them, and they all look very different. I think its a fairly variable (but also awesome) species.

Some bargains here for sure - especially the lophs!

It came from the property of an acquaintance in the Adelaide Hills. I asked them if I could take a cutting or two when I noticed what the plant was, and to my astonishment, they said that they considered it a nuisance and said I could dig up the whole thing if I wanted! I have no idea whether it was grown from seed or cutting - they didn't give me any information whatsoever about its origin. No, I'm not certain of that at all. I only decided to give it a name so that people could know its origin. Several people who have bought it from me have told me they think its quite different from other bridgesii they have seen. However, if someone can determine that it is an already-named variety, I'll start using that name myself.

It hasn't flowered whilst its been in my care, and I doubt it will for another year or two. I don't know this, just intuition - those new shoots 'feel' too young to me to bare flowers. If it does flower though, I'll put a post up about it. I am happy to part with some more of it if anyone is especially keen - at the usual price of $0.80 per cm. Just pm me about how much you want. However, it will take me about a week to get back to people to confirm that I have enough (I would be happy to remove perhaps a third or even half of the shoots, but not more).

Thanks for the heads up. I don't think I have a google account, so surely I can't change any of "my" settings. However, you got me reading about alternative search engines - duckduckgo looks great and I'm definitely going to start using it!

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