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Title: Hi Everyone
Post by: flickedbic on November 02, 2013, 04:24:50 AM: It is a pleasure to be a part of your lovely community. I was referred by the Nexus.

I am interested in healthy living and gardening for the body and soul.

Attached is my little cactus family.
Title: Re: Hi Everyone
Post by: Sunshine on November 02, 2013, 04:55:12 AM: Welcome to the forum!

Thats a nice little cacti garden you got there. Why don't you cut that etiolated part and root it? :)
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Post by: New Wisdom on November 02, 2013, 05:31:38 AM: Hello! Welcome to STS.

That's a nice bridgesii you have there. Kind of etiolated, but still nice none the less.
Title: Re: Hi Everyone
Post by: Seed Collector on November 02, 2013, 02:37:32 PM: Hi flickedbic, welcome to STS. :)
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Post by: onion on November 02, 2013, 07:28:53 PM: Another cacti enthusiast. Nice! Welcome to the forum. :)
Title: Re: Hi Everyone
Post by: flickedbic on November 02, 2013, 10:26:45 PM: I appreciate the warm welcome.

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Why don't you cut that etiolated part and root it?

You mean on the large one? That's a great idea.

Should I cut just before the etoliation starts and bury all the etoliation during planting?

Or should I maybe remove the 6" etoliated "neck" to plant separately than the head, and see if it pups?

I'll make the cut(s) now and probably plant next season; 4 months off.

Here's a couple of my little two headed one. I'm not sure if he is all bridgesii or some Pedro mix or what; but he has four ribs on his lager pup. ;D
Title: Re: Hi Everyone
Post by: Sunshine on November 02, 2013, 11:04:59 PM: Quote
Or should I maybe remove the 6" etiolated "neck" to plant separately than the head, and see if it pups?

That's what I would do. Then I would BAP the etiolated part and the bottom already-rooted part.
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Post by: New Wisdom on November 03, 2013, 12:46:06 AM: I wouldn't cut the smaller one. And with the big one, you could cut it, but that little part is going to grow way slower and get even more etiolated if you try to plant the small part by itself, but then the bigger one would look better (it would pup at the top or bottom) You don't need to add BAP. Cactus pup on their own when you cut the growing tip.
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Post by: Sunshine on November 03, 2013, 12:50:58 AM: You could always graft them.
Title: Re: Hi Everyone
Post by: flickedbic on November 17, 2013, 06:34:50 PM: Quote
You could always graft them.
How do you mean?
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Post by: Sunshine on November 17, 2013, 07:11:22 PM: Take a pereskiopsis and cut off the top. Run a sterile knife alone the edges and sharpen it slightly. When you're done it should look like a dull crayon.
Then take the top of the cacti and cut a small hole on the ring that goes around the center. Push the pere into the hole and tape it on. The two will fuse after 1-2 weeks and the cacti will grow faster. After you are sure they have fused you can take the tape off.
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Post by: New Wisdom on November 17, 2013, 09:47:20 PM: HERE (http://sharetheseeds.me/forum/index.php?topic=440.0) is my grafting guide. I'm not sure if you can see it yet, but that will show you how to do grafts. It's an essential part of cacti cultivation imo.
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Post by: Sunshine on November 17, 2013, 10:22:58 PM: Impale grafts are defiantly the way to go imo. Better success rate.
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Post by: New Wisdom on November 18, 2013, 12:48:26 AM: Impale grafts and then grafts onto columnar cactus with mature scions have always been very successful for me.