Does anybody want some cuttings in the spring? Otherwise I'm going to have to give them away locally or throw them away. Let me know and I'll make sure I have some for mailing in late March or so.
I would like too,thank you.Does anybody want some cuttings in the spring? Otherwise I'm going to have to give them away locally or throw them away. Let me know and I'll make sure I have some for mailing in late March or so.
Sounds interesting,you must be very skilful!I've been doing some grafting (Pereskiopsis spathulata stock). The first few attempts failed probably because the scions weren't active enough and also I probably used an older part of the stem. I've done some more and the first two are definitely growing. The others are at least showing some growth attaching the scion to the understock. Now I'm growing some more seedlings to graft: Aztekium/Blossfeldiana/Strombocactus and more slow growers soon.
Require a very patient person for sure.It's not super difficult but like tissue culture, it's very finicky.
Beautiful pereskiopsis. Such unique cacti.View attachment 18395
Terrible picture. This is the oldest successful graft, 50% bigger with lots of new coral pink spines.
I was repotting a few of my old grafts yesterday so I grabbed some pics today. These are mostly ones that were shown in the original post. Due to space constraints I've stopped making new grafts (too many plant related projects on the go at once!), one advantage of growing cacti on their own roots is that you can fit more seedlings in a small space for longer! These have been grown fairly hard (minimal water and lots of light), so they could probably be bigger than this, but I prefer how they look and it suits my scarce watering schedule. These are all grafted on Hylocereus.Anybody want to share more Cactus grafting stories/pictures?
The best thing about grafting is that you can actually watch your Cacti growing over a reasonable time period.