DetritusTheEgo
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Not really any reasonable resemblance but those unopened Stapelia hirsuta flowers made me think of Little Shop of Horrors.
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How does your cactus garden grow? (Cactus pic thread)
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nibiru x AwfulNibiru is a unique Peruvinoid that Josh Norseworthy found at an estate sale in florida.
Awful is a TPM type pach but supposed to be a different pheno from TPM. There's TPM, skip, campground and awful. All are very similar looking slightly mutated Pachs. Their offspring is prone to weirdos.
The mom of this is the first mutant I ever had and was my favorite until the momma froze solid in a early freeze two ish years ago.
I'd sent a piece back to Josh and was able to require it from him.
This piece was about the size of three stacked quarters five months ago
c.a.c.t.u.s
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I was always told you have to wait for the soil temp to hit 40-45ish f for them to fruit
This is why I put my specimens on a table - as I found out last year when I didn't use it
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A few photos after moving everything this week.
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Grats on the new TBM!
Speaking of TBM, has anyone successfully gotten one to pup from a cutting with no aeriolas?
I acquired a six inch long by about two inch wide TBM mid cutting that a friend cut over three years ago and it's not done anything.
I've had the conversation with him about I don't think it'll do anything and may be one that we scrap to recoup a bit of space. My reasoning has been due to the lack of aeriola, which is where all my trichocereus pup from. Wanted to see if anyone had a differing experience.
Speaking of TBM, has anyone successfully gotten one to pup from a cutting with no aeriolas?
I acquired a six inch long by about two inch wide TBM mid cutting that a friend cut over three years ago and it's not done anything.
I've had the conversation with him about I don't think it'll do anything and may be one that we scrap to recoup a bit of space. My reasoning has been due to the lack of aeriola, which is where all my trichocereus pup from. Wanted to see if anyone had a differing experience.
If it wont pup maybe you could graft a pup with aeriolas to it.
When I was new to TBM I got a pup with no areolas , or else there was maybe one and I planted it underground not knowing. It sat there growing very slowly for well over a year. I thought it just grew that slowly. Then, finally, it pupped from under the soil.
I really think it had no areolas and that I lucked out in having it finally pup from under the soil.
Anyway, I think it's best to take a cutting that already has a pup, or at least one with areolas you can keep above ground.
Urea stimulates pupping. Urea decomposes into ammonium (thus its also a source of N) carbonate, and carbonate is utilized by trichocereus as a pupping hormone. If your cactus is outside you could pee on it for a while. But urea will have less tendency to burn roots if overdone.
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DetritusTheEgo
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Thanks, I'll need to review and see if that TBM is a duplicate in the collection. If it is then I'll just cull that one and dehyrdate it. I kind of like the idea of grafting but TBM has never really impressed me when it comes to growth speed which is generally what I consider as a desired graft stock. I've heard they pick up pace as they get much larger.
Anyone seen this before and had a remedy they've found to work? I've done several foliar applications of Liquid Copper Fungicide last season before dormancy. I've done several applications of wettable sufur powder made into a paste and applied directly to sections pictured last season as well. I've not done either this season yet. This cactus is in my quarantine section of the yard where it's thirty feet from the other cacti. I haven't done an extract on it yet so shy of it being highly potent I wouldn't lose sleep just culling it.
Anyone seen this before and had a remedy they've found to work? I've done several foliar applications of Liquid Copper Fungicide last season before dormancy. I've done several applications of wettable sufur powder made into a paste and applied directly to sections pictured last season as well. I've not done either this season yet. This cactus is in my quarantine section of the yard where it's thirty feet from the other cacti. I haven't done an extract on it yet so shy of it being highly potent I wouldn't lose sleep just culling it.
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Areoles are essential for pupping. Your only other hope would be if it spontaneously pups from the roots. If it can be induced to form aerial roots through shading, hormone (BAP?) treatment of that root might give you a pup.
So 'flower food' might be an OTC source of BAP?Molecule of the Week said:
DetritusTheEgo
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That aligns with my understanding as well but glad there is some consensus. I don't think I've had a cacti pup from the roots since I've started growing but maybe this will be the first one since it doesn't have much of an alternative choice. Thanks for the reading material.
The irony of linking the 6-BAP is that I have a jar of that which I acquired from the same friend the TBM cut in question came from. I don't know the material it is suspended in or the BAP concentration but can see if he can dig the specifics up. I've had it for at least four years now and also not sure what kind of shelf life it has. I have not read much about it previously but read through the couple threads you posted.
I've not applied it to any of my cacti to have any observations with it and the couple threads you linked mention a couple people starting a trial with it but then didn't seem to get meaningful updates weeks / months later.
The irony of linking the 6-BAP is that I have a jar of that which I acquired from the same friend the TBM cut in question came from. I don't know the material it is suspended in or the BAP concentration but can see if he can dig the specifics up. I've had it for at least four years now and also not sure what kind of shelf life it has. I have not read much about it previously but read through the couple threads you posted.
I've not applied it to any of my cacti to have any observations with it and the couple threads you linked mention a couple people starting a trial with it but then didn't seem to get meaningful updates weeks / months later.
Try the urea. It really does help pupping. If your cactus is outside, urine is free.
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What kind of difference are you seeing with pups and urea?
Many in my collection was cut last fall into dormancy or in spring exiting it. I'm getting usually one to four pups per column and several already had multiple columns. If that can be improved then I'd happily give it a trial.
Is there any method to it where it needs collected and to sit for a period to convert anything in it?
I am mostly going by what I've read elsewhere but I live in a temperate climate and put 10 or so cuttings out every year, and I do pee on the outdoor cuttings the first half of the growing season. I do think I see more pupping from the base and double pups.
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