Stapelia cacti is not a cacti

[Stapelia cacti is not a cacti]

Sorry to reignite this thread from two months ago, but are you guys trying to tell me that you can graft a cactus onto a stapelia gigantea ??
This would have to mean that Stapelia is in the cactus family?

[My Luther Burbanks Spineless Cactus (O. ficus-indica )]

I wish Burbanks cactus instead of having no spines but having glochids, had spines but no glochids.

Better the devil you can see than the one that is invisible

[My Luther Burbanks Spineless Cactus (O. ficus-indica )]

@halyconDaze It was sold to me by a man who sells cacti at Victria Market in Melbourne. He seemed quite reputable.
Burbanks although described as spineless are most often 'almost spineless'
I think it is Burbanks cactus as it fits this description, especially the thick round bluish pads it produced: 

"A form of O.robusta reputedly bred by the fammous Luther Burbank for cattle-friendly fodder in WWII. Thick round bluish pads on a medium-sized bush. Okay outdoors in mild areas." - http://www.cacti.co.nz/library/opuntia-burbanks-spineless/

@skellum It never made any fruit as i always kept it in a pot and neglected it.  I initially wanted it as a grafting stock, but the vascular rings were too close to the sides.

[What did you do to your cacti today?]

Had a variegated trich (i think? ) I grafted it onto a healthy trich because its hylocereus stock was dying.
Anyone know what kind of cactus it is? Some of the spines i ripped off accidently

   

[Selling Trich, Loph grafts, Kanna plant, Scop, Selenecerious]

Pictures:   http://imgur.com/a/oi9pL/layout/grid

I AM LOCATED IN AUSTRALIA, Northern Suburbs
Number 4. is a Luther Burbanks Spineless. Has a nice blue tint to it
 

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[Hydroponic Lophs]

Welll one year on i have an algae problem. Havent changed the water for a year. The cacti have been in partial shade.
Still havent painted the container so the algae cant photosynthesize and die already lol.

The shade + water i reckon made them grow vertically, kinda like elongating. Basically elongating. Anyone here have elongated loph?

[The Hulk]

Hahaha, yeah bump too man. I know it is possible, google atomic garden

[Infecting opuntia with Phytoplasma]

I had 3 meltedwax infected with it. The pupping looked unpleasant to my eye.

That being said, it made it easier for me to graft areols and miniature pups to pereskiopsis.

I tried getting rid of it but only managed to save one and the other died.

Do you have pictures of it? How did you infect it? Grafting?

[Infecting opuntia with Phytoplasma]

Here is a similar post i made: http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=37294

Austrocylindropuntia subulata f. monstrosa contains a bacteria Phytoplasma that makes it 'monstrose' as in pup from most of its aeroles. This infection spreads to only other opuntia plants through grafting,
have tried it on lophophora, trichocereus and it didn't work.

It has been successful with pereskiopsis, and so i am trying it with other opuntias

Here is the graft of pereskiopsis on Austrocylindropuntia subulata var. Phytoplasma (I'll just call it Phytoplasma instead of monstrose to avoid confusion for the time being)


Here the Pereskiopsis Spathulata var. Phytoplasma are growing on their own roots. They have noticeably thin leaves, pup from most aeroles.


Some of the later growth did not have the infection.

So now i grafted a blue burbanks spineless opuntia on Austrocylindropuntia subulata var. Phytoplasma to see if i get similar results

Mother Plant:

I am also trying with the Paper Spine cactus (Tephrocactus articulatus)

This monstrose cresting opuntia i forgot the name of
Mother plant:

And with this thin spineless and glochidless opuntia
Mother plant:

[Incogsfukup comp]

Just curious how this comp works, are people planting your seeds incog, or is it their own seeds?

[Astrophytum asterias variegata flowering. Perfect specimen. Looking for pollen!]

I got three variegated seedlings grafted and growing. Can't wait until they big boyz.
Edit: and exchange pollen

[Hydroponic Lophs]

An update, they have gotten a little bigger. I got some green algae or something growing in the water,
They are under t8 lights and a heat mat. I havent replaced the water in like 4 weeks.

[Eggplant graft and does anyone know a Solanum plant that lives long]

he just wraps the sides of the graft, nothing on top?

From my experience you must seal the top as well. Most of my moisture loss is from the top. The wood glue when dried leaves some gaps open and loses moisture. My only success i have had is sealing the top with glue tack.

I am gonna try beeswax i bought off ebay soon.

[Eggplant graft and does anyone know a Solanum plant that lives long]

It grows into a nice tree! But it has poisonous berries? Would this mean the alkaloids could pass into the eggplant?

[Difference in 30 minutes of light per day?]

Your garden is so aesthetically minimalist. I like it.

[Eggplant graft and does anyone know a Solanum plant that lives long]

Ok i found this plant Cestrum elegans, it grows huge. However i have to keep reminding myself that when grafting solanacae may not be as tolerant as cacti (as im experienced with). Although they are in same Family, they may also have to be in the same Genus.
But according to this study of capsicum grafted to tomato it is possible (100% success rate with wedge graft) so it may work http://www.jyi.org/issue/grafting-capsicum-to-tomato-rootstocks/


Guess we gonna have to experiment, damn and the season here in Melbourne is kinda over as well :

[Eggplant graft and does anyone know a Solanum plant that lives long]

what about Capsicum pubescens (Rocoto chilli)?

they live up to 15 years.

WIKIPEDIA: " They grow into four-meter woody plants relatively quickly, and live up to 15 years, which gives them, especially with age, an almost tree-like appearance"

this may have potential! I am going to kiss you if i ever see you at a SAB meeting LokStok

[Eggplant graft and does anyone know a Solanum plant that lives long]

do you do much fruit tree grafting bull?

Teach us your secrets. Im keen to get an eggplant tree growing too

I don't do fruit trees but they should be easier cause my succulent-soft eggplant stalks dehydrate so quickly! But people do graft different variety of apple on the same tree

I am going to try a lemon graft on my orange tree. Just make sure they are in the same family

I was going to have a crack at grafting with .torvum , but didnt get prepared enough.

Keen to know of a longer lifespan rootstock for the project this coming spring.

good effort gr33n

EDIT - also didnt nut out what was the best type of graft to go for.....

competition?.....lol

Me too, i spent hours on this list of Solanum, looking for a tree like plant and then googling for its lifespan and then googling if it was poisonous or not,

like doxneed2c-me said " I have heard people using the root of a Datura to graft a tomato stalk to and they found there was alkaloids in the tomatoes. "

I use wedge type grafting because for me it is the easiest, often the eggplant is small, succulent and fragile and the stock i am grafting to is most often hard so i try to squeeze it in. And then their is the moisture loss, i haven't tried but i believe other types of grafting would be hard because of this.

However i want to try bark grafting as shown here http://www.wikihow.com/Graft-a-Tree

[Eggplant graft and does anyone know a Solanum plant that lives long]

Would be awesome if you could do a write-up on how to make/graft one of these eggplant trees! I've never grafted anything in my life but I've seen them done before and always wished I knew how to do it, what rootstock to use etc

I use a wedge type of graft, exactly like in the picture. I usually use two eggplants for one of the rootstock, i make a cut in the middle and shove the rootstock in,

make sure their outer skin is touching the outer skin of the rootstock cause that is where mostly like the vasular rings touch each other

I tape it up tightly and then i apply wood glue to the top of the graft to seal it. If i don't seal it then moisture will escape and the graft will fail.

I have found that woodglue kinda sucks, sometimes it doesnt work properly so i am going to try beeswax gel to seal the wound.

This video was useful for me

 

Everyone i know uses this plant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_torvum but its lifespan is only around 5-6 years i have heard. I want something that will last a very long time.

I spent like 3 hours last time going through this list of different solanum plants and looking for a good grafting stock species that lives long and is a large fat grafting stock

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum

[Eggplant graft and does anyone know a Solanum plant that lives long]

They may be exactly the same? Do you know its life expectancy?
I bought some woodglue, i am going to use that as a moisture sealant, will see how it goes

[Eggplant graft and does anyone know a Solanum plant that lives long]

I made this graft of a eggplant on a Solanum Torvum . THe reason because every season the eggplant dies by succumbing to root infection/rot so grafting it to a stronger rootstock can extend its life.


I made grafts on Solanum Torvum but soon found it would only live about for 5 years because the Solanum Torvum would eventually die.
So i was wondering if anyone knew of a Solanum species that lives long and that is also a good grafting stock?

I have found Solanum mauritianum that lives for 30 years but apparently all parts of the plant are poisonous and im worried this may pass onto the graft.
Solanum betaceum is a good contender, its fruit is edible and lives for about 12 years

Here are a few pics of my graft,


This here is the rootstock

This here failed because i didnt seal it properly and moisture ran out

Rootstock big

And this here is the eggplant growing on its own roots

[Will this seedling survive?]

It looks to me like a seedling that was just born unhealthy and slightly rotting rather than variegate/albino. Do you know if the seedling hard or soft?

It is certainly not soft! I suspect it will die. Oh well.

[Will this seedling survive?]

I suspected it would die, the far right, is it variegated? It is certainly doing well and healthy

[Will this seedling survive?]

It is kinda see through. To be honest it doesnt look like it will survive unless i graft it.

My question is how long should i leave it on its own roots before i graft it? Can it survive off the energy of the seed it came through?

[What kind of clover is this?]

I think it is a clover, this beautiful plant with tiny leaves has been growing on the side of my house for 20 years