post your cactus pics

[cat of curiosity]

Nice. I thought about getting Williamsii my self but I didn't because how long they take to grow. That was before I bought the San Pedro's lol. There startin to finally take off

i'll tell you guys a secret. buy some pereskiopsis spathulata cuttings and get them rooted and growing. they are the fastest growing cactus in the world, and even have leaves (or at least leaf-like lobes at the aeroles).

sprout your seedlings and harden them off for two weeks.

then graft to pereskiopsis.

a loph can take 20 or more years to reach mature size or start to flower. grafted to pereskiopsis, flowers after one year, baseball-sized lophs at 1.5-2 years. remove scion, callous and root, and allow one year on own roots to produce alkaloids, and you've got mature peyote (and hundreds of pups and seeds) ready for consumption in only three years.

you can also graft trichs to pereskiopsis. hell, you can graft ANY cactus seedling to pereskiopsis.

if you are serious about entheogens, the spiritual journey, and magic cacti, pereskiopsis spathulata is a must.

and it's really cheap too, 6 cuttings will turn into 100 rooted plants in six months.

 

[cat of curiosity]

I'm told these can grow like two feet a year after they them selves reach a foot tall[

they can in ideal areas, but it'll be a few years before you have a stock that can handle that. however, large cuttings are cheap as dirt (5$ each or less usually, plus shipping), and the rooted large cutting will pup and grow much faster than a stock from seed (unless grafted to pereskiopsis).

 

[cat of curiosity]

I'm told these can grow like two feet a year after they them selves reach a foot tallView attachment 3759717View attachment 3759716 the top of this one got broke off but it's starting to grow a nice pup

also looks like a hybrid, not full t. pachanoi, perhaps a t. peruvianus/pachanoi? or it could just be too small for me to tell. it's just started bulbing. make sure it doesn't get etoliated...

 

[iHearAll]

Nice. I thought about getting Williamsii my self but I didn't because how long they take to grow. That was before I bought the San Pedro's lol. There startin to finally take off

yea but the fun happens when you learn to graft. pereskiopsis is the go to root stock for most. that succulent is more of a twiggy looking thing that you can skewer into the underside of a loph seedling after chopping its head off.

trichocerus as a root stock ok too but its tough to get the scion to bond to the stock unless you tape it down. i mucked up a trich to trich graft recently and resulted with just decapated Grandifloris haha.

 

[jonnyquest]

I have a ton of cactus all around my house, I'll upload some pics maybe you guys can identify them?

 

[cat of curiosity]

yea but the fun happens when you learn to graft. pereskiopsis is the go to root stock for most. that succulent is more of a twiggy looking thing that you can skewer into the underside of a loph seedling after chopping its head off.

trichocerus as a root stock ok too but its tough to get the scion to bond to the stock unless you tape it down. i mucked up a trich to trich graft recently and resulted with just decapated Grandifloris haha.

well, not skewered...

i cut the pere (top it) and make another slice 3mm below the first but not all the way through.

with tweezers, i remove a seedling and slice the bottom third off. to avoid cavitation, i leave the cut seedling on the blade as i move it to the newly prepared pere stock.

with the blade, i push the 3mm puck off (allowing no air to the new cut). once moved and blade flush on the stock, slide the cut seedling (scion) over the blade and into the sap of the pereskiopsis. you want to place it so the ring is running right through the center of the scion.

push for about ten seconds, then put a bag over it and wait two weeks. 99.9 percent success this way.

trichocereus stocks can be harder to work with because they are harder in general. more woddy, easier to develop cavitation. weights or tape is a must.

 

[cat of curiosity]

I have a ton of cactus all around my house, I'll upload some pics maybe you guys can identify them?

i probably can

 

[cat of curiosity]

yea but the fun happens when you learn to graft. pereskiopsis is the go to root stock for most. that succulent is more of a twiggy looking thing that you can skewer into the underside of a loph seedling after chopping its head off.

trichocerus as a root stock ok too but its tough to get the scion to bond to the stock unless you tape it down. i mucked up a trich to trich graft recently and resulted with just decapated Grandifloris haha.

blue myrtle makes a great slow stock for lophs too. they don't get deformed and pup like crazy as they do on p. spathulata.

 

[farmerfischer]

well, not skewered...

i cut the pere (top it) and make another slice 3mm below the first but not all the way through.

with tweezers, i remove a seedling and slice the bottom third off. to avoid cavitation, i leave the cut seedling on the blade as i move it to the newly prepared pere stock.

with the blade, i push the 3mm puck off (allowing no air to the new cut). once moved and blade flush on the stock, slide the cut seedling (scion) over the blade and into the sap of the pereskiopsis. you want to place it so the ring is running right through the center of the scion.

push for about ten seconds, then put a bag over it and wait two weeks. 99.9 percent success this way.

trichocereus stocks can be harder to work with because they are harder in general. more woddy, easier to develop cavitation. weights or tape is a must.

Thanks ! Much appreciation, I love learning people's Tec.

 

[farmerfischer]

they can in ideal areas, but it'll be a few years before you have a stock that can handle that. however, large cuttings are cheap as dirt each or less usually, plus shipping), and the rooted large cutting will pup and grow much faster than a stock from seed (unless grafted to pereskiopsis).

Yeah lol. Bought my Peruvian torch from home depot for five bucks. It had fake flowers hot glued on it. Didn't fool me.lmao

 

[iHearAll]

shveet, ill have to check her out. il have to get working on a loph grafting garden. ill probbaly work.on the bridgesii grafts more

Yeah lol. Bought my Peruvian torch from home depot for five bucks. It had fake flowers hot glued on it. Didn't fool me.lmao

those are trich. grandifloris and are inactive in case you were wondering

 

[farmerfischer]

shveet, ill have to check her out. il have to get working on a loph grafting garden. ill probbaly work.on the bridgesii grafts more

those are trich. grandifloris and are inactive in case you were wondering

I was a little. The blueish color Is what convinced me and the torch ( needles on top) it was a true, but if it's not active isn't something that's that concerns me lol. Not changing weather or not I grow it. BUT!! I've bought the same looking ones in the past that were very active ( hardware stores) and one more BUT!! My spirit's good .. Good looking out though.

 

[farmerfischer]

I was a little. The blueish color Is what convinced me and the torch ( needles on top) it was a true, but if it's not active isn't something that's that concerns me lol. Not changing weather or not I grow it. BUT!! I've bought the same looking ones in the past that were very active ( hardware stores) and one more BUT!! My spirit's good .. Good looking out though.

Many thanks.. Rereading my statement I sound like I'm being a sarcastic ass. I wasn't trying to come that way if That's how it read

 

[miketaco]

peyo cati i order off ebay
Thailand


peyo ebay usa

ebay usa peyo seeds i just sprouted

 

[iHearAll]

your soil is so wet.. tone that back some, they get rot pretty easily. like, dont leave it outside either, because if it rains and its in a pot, then the roots will stay wet for too long. i mean if you just transplanted it and are just trying to liven it up then my b you're good. im just speaking from experience. but that seedling can be wet-ish. and a plastic baggy will help you not have to water every other week

 

[farmerfischer]

Orchid cactus.

 

[cat of curiosity]

peyo cati i order off ebay
Thailand

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ebay usa peyo seeds i just sprouted
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the seedling does not look like l.williamsii at all. looks like a trich seed.

t. peruvianus is hard to find in stores outside of cali, but t. pachanoi is sold nation wide.

botswap and ebay are good for getting trich cuttings. ime and o, rainbow bridges do best on own roots but BE CAREFUL!!! they rot very easily. i used to water mine with an eyedropper.

l. williamsii seeds are pretty cheap, even free if you make friends on botswap. i'll see if i can find pix of some of mine...

 

[cat of curiosity]

 

[farmerfischer]

Wow. Fucking awesome

 

[farmerfischer]

also looks like a hybrid, not full t. pachanoi, perhaps a t. peruvianus/pachanoi? or it could just be too small for me to tell. it's just started bulbing. make sure it doesn't get etoliated...

I got the seeds from the basement shaman. Lol they were sold to me as San Pedro , but it's possible they're a hybrid. They just started to bulb at the top a few days after I left them out and they got drenched by a down pour. My bad!! Lol. Make sure it doesn't get etoliated?, huh? Not sure what you mean.. I'm knew to growing cacti.