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[Radium]

What's the best cactus to be used as stem for grafting Peyote?
I've heard grafting makes it grow a lot faster.
Could san pedro or peruvian torch make a good stem for it?
What cactus makes the peyote grow fastest?

Has anyone ever done it?


Generally, what's the effect of stem on the graft, aside from faster growth?
I mean does the graft inherit stem's chemical compounds?

[Chicsa]

I'm looking into this myself. I was inquiring last night about the best grafting stock for seedlings and was told Peres

With a mature one would trichs be better? and if you had a fast growing trich would that be a good one to pick as a stock? Does it matter how fast it grows by itself?

My fastest growing trich appears to be T. Chalanaesis(from solartea's garden), I'm curious about its potential as grafting stock

[modern]

There is no 'best' stock just most commonly used. Trichocereus sp. are usually the go to grafting stock for most however Myrtillocactus sp and Stenocereus sp are other popular choices for permanent stocks.

Pereskiopsis are great for small seedlings and provide quick growth however for larger scions or regrafting from pereskiopsis you need a larger columnar stock. ANY stock will work however the faster the stock grows the faster the grafted cactus will grow.

Chickasaw in your case the t.chalanesis would be a great grafting stock as would t.cuzco due to fast growth. However depending on your climate you may choose another stock that is slower but more frost/water/temperature tolerant. Many commercial growers used t. terscheckii for certain cacti.

The alkaloids are not transported from stock to scion or the other way around. You can use an non-active cactus as the grafting stock and it will not effect the production of the scions content (other than perhaps ratio to size)

It is important however that you make sure the vascular rings overlap ensuring a correct connection. Use downward pressure to insure a secure join.

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[happyconcacti]

Here's an overview of different grafting stocks by Kada:

http://www.kadasgarden.com/Cgraftingstocks.html

If you scroll to there very bottom of that page there's an excellent table that shows which scions do well on what stock.

Hcc

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[New Wisdom]

For very young seedlings pereskiopsis is my faqvorite (over the other epiphytes) and for more mature buttons T. pachanoi and M. geometrizans are good. Each stock has it's perks, there isn't any one that is "the best" though.

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