Ethnopiate Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) Finally took pics and hesitantly posted them here for the first time! They were growing in the midst of a murderous bougainvillea, which was offering support but too much shade. The have been stretching for light. I was asked to remove said plant and cactus, got paid for it and all! T. pachanoi I believe? I love working for lil' ol' ladies, and absorbing tea along with healthy doses of wisdom. I cut them quite surgically, let them heal for 12 days then put in a mix of 60% cacti/succulent mix, .30% coarse clean sand, 10% charcoal. Fed every fortnight with seaweed fert, watered every third or fourth day (been 35deg plus for weeks now). They are about 6 weeks "old" now. The middle one has pulled itself upright and all three are showing healthy new growth at the tops and bases. I am tempted to use the top 50cm of the two tallest as a new plants (same method as above when I removed them) and let the bases pup with their killer root stock and do the trick of laying the mid section cut outs in mix to see if it pups. Any thoughts on this? Or should I just let the buggers be! They have suffered battle damage over the years as is evident... I am a noob, be gentle with me. Edited February 21, 2014 by Ethnopiate 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted February 22, 2014 Cacti and esp. trichos can take lots of chopping for propagation purposes. Just be sure you master rooting them. Its easy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted February 22, 2014 more repottings of uprooted cacti and succulents in my new small GH. Found root mealies in 7-8 of them (astro myriostigma) and washed them with water under pressure. This is a pest I have in astrophytums mostly and other cacti I bought is bulk some time ago, I have dealt with it mostly, but there still remains some, but numbers have gone down enough to assume safely that washing the root is not a bad biological way of getting rid of them... Sometimes when there's very little (and it usually sets between the pot and rootball) I remove it by hand. I tend to thing more perlite in the soil / more freedraining soil / clay pots encourage it more than plastic pots and less perlite, which nevertheless might not be good for many slow cacti. the nice thing in all this mess of having my cacti at 3 different spots, is that the new GH is a 5 min drive from home, as opposed to 25 min drive for the one on my plot that got destroyed by the air, so I am saving gas and time back and forth. also put some newly repotted precious ones under shed in the roof for the upcoming little rains. harissia fruit and some seed growns , having spent the winter on the roof , looking fine 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiscoStu Posted February 25, 2014 thought i'd take some dick pics yowie super pedro collectors corner bridgesii HB01 (? i think) fields bridgesii bridgesii "sneezy" (geddit?) "cucumber" bridgesii bridgesii "spineless" peezy patch bridgesii "sneezy" bridgesii "hans" (large pot) bridgesii (back) can't remember the others, scop x pach i think and a psycho0 cross maybe bridgesii "sneezy" bridgesii "jack" bridgesii "jack" (munted) bridgesii "sneezy" macro x aztekium (i guess, it grows slower than lophs) bridgesii cross sausage plant pups sausage plant HB04 bridgesii "eileen" bridgesii "tim" 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) Macro x aztekium.... I somehow don't believe that is crossed with aztekium. Doesn't look like it at all and i'm 99% sure that the genetics of a trichocereus and an aztekium couldn't mesh. What makes you think it's crossed with aztekium? Edited February 25, 2014 by hostilis 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiscoStu Posted February 25, 2014 lol it totally isn't. i said that because it grows so slowly 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted February 25, 2014 Okay hehe. I thought you were serious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brendo Posted February 25, 2014 What does sneezy mean? You mean it makes your nose run? If so I think I'm on the same page. But I probable have no clue what you're referring to lol. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiscoStu Posted February 25, 2014 lol, because it's an "achoooooma" get it? (p.s. thats just a dumb name i made up, it's not an actual clone name) 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brendo Posted February 25, 2014 Haha yeah I was not thinking that at all lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nicechrisman Posted February 25, 2014 Nothing so far today, but yesterday I did a little thinning of some pups on some of my bridgesii. I was given some nice big plants by a friend, but they were a little beat up and sunburned, plus got beat up a bit in transport. Have been doing some rejuvination by removing some of the old stems. Tons of new pups coming, so many that I've had to thin them out so they can have adequate spacing. Also moved some of my cacti around yesterday in the yard just to try a new arrangement and perhaps a better lighting situation. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellonasty Posted February 26, 2014 Took some photos 16 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamwalker. Posted February 28, 2014 (edited) many thanks for all the seeds shared by the community..............................my camera isn't really up to the job...............some of the seedlings in propagator.................. ok the one below is not a cactus ...but the are my first bunch...............not bad for a district with -3c winter nights................... Edited March 2, 2014 by Dreamwalker 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted February 28, 2014 Are those bananas? And also. in picture 2 what are those plants with the big cotyledon leaves in the middle/right there? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamwalker. Posted March 1, 2014 opuntia's I think....................some kinds have really good fruit............. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Micromegas Posted March 1, 2014 I caught a family of cats... ten cats! I reckon there is more. Hiding in the cacti the little cute devastating pussies were! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Getafix Posted March 1, 2014 Hey all, Beautiful day here today, gardening all morning and a few photo's of my little haven from world. Enjoy. 15 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellonasty Posted March 1, 2014 Great Tricho paches Getafix I have a bottle tree in my front yard almost exactly the same as yours, I think mine is a little bit younger. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Getafix Posted March 1, 2014 Thanks mate. Love my Bottle tree. I think that one is 35-40 yrs old. Getafix 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hostilis Posted March 1, 2014 That's an amazing garden getafix. Beautiful. I must say i'm a bit envious. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Getafix Posted March 1, 2014 That's an amazing garden getafix. Beautiful. I must say i'm a bit envious. Thanks mate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trichocybin Posted March 1, 2014 Really inspiring work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Myeloblast Posted March 1, 2014 And also. in picture 2 what are those plants with the big cotyledon leaves in the middle/right there? Although they aren't mine, they look identical to my Stenocereus marginatus seedlings and I can see a label nearby that says Sten marg. Pachycereus pringlei is another species I've started from seed that has a huge cotyledon at germination and I'm sure there are others. Amazing plants Hellonasty, love the big Ario. Beautiful gardening Getafix! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
afungitobewith Posted March 4, 2014 I potted my pereskiopsis grafts with fresh soil 2 days ago. This morning I pulled one out and found over an inch or new growth tips to the roots. Should expect a big push now with the fresh soil. I also been diddling a turbini double flower the past 2 days, hoping to get some plump fruits. Went to a local department store and checked out what they had for plants. Found some old flower buds on a gymnocalycium mihanovichii so I helped clean up the display. Sown the seeds last week and 2 albino sprouts it looks like so far. Hoping for some with chlorophyll to grow on their own roots. Trying to figure out what I will degraft and see what I want to graft on to permanent stock. Its only been 6 months since i started the seedling grafts. They should all be fine on the pereskiopsis another year easy if I keep them well. But I have a lot of trichocereus to use. My goal is to get them to flowering as quickly as possible so i can grow more seeds. So degrafting now doesn't make the most sense. Just bored and want to do some propagating. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ethnopiate Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) Hmmm... Today... Moved cacti off property "just in case". Flood watered and then used a 1/10th of the recommended strength seaweed fert on my cacti for the first time in a while. They have definitely taken root. Taken on advice that neglect is best. Took pics, got paranoid about posting them, here I sit pondering... Potted up prickly pears that have been healing for a few weeks. To chop and multiply or leave the poor stringy buggers alone? Smallest shall stay in it's pot. The other two (both around 6ft but barely thick enough to hold their own weight) have very healthy new growth, one has pulled itself upright and away from the wooden plank it was leaning on. Tallest and thinnest refuses to stand on his/her own one foot and continues to be a lazy bugger and lean against the tree it against. Thinking of chopping down to lay flat in fresh mix and start pups... Edited March 4, 2014 by Ethnopiate 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
