I have a few san pedro I started from seed (I think a few are pachanoi and a few are puruvianus. I noticed recently that a few of them started to get dark in color and looked as if they were shriveling up. They were watered almost every second day and were doing fantastic. I have a 8x 4ft t5 light about them. I kept the light about 8-4" above the cacti with a large fan blowing on them. They would dry out by the end of the day. Over a period of about 5 days a bunch of them started to turn very dark green and were shriveling up. I check the roots and everything seemed fine. The base of the cacti seemed fine too. Is it too much sunlight? To much heat? Over watering? I'm totally stumped. Only two of the 11 I have are growing normally. Any idea's? The picture of the two bright green ones are some healthy ones I took for a comparison.
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San pedro shriveling and turning dark.
- Thread starter Taproot
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Nice plants there dwh. :thumb_up:
Too bad none of your cacti are Trichos. You should get some and grow them. They are very rewarding to grow, especially bridgesiis and non-pc pachanois.
I have respect for people who grow from seed, like the OP. But personally I'm a big fan of cuttings. You can get to some good sized plants pretty fast with cuttings, especially if you have a green thumb and live in a good climate.
Too bad none of your cacti are Trichos. You should get some and grow them. They are very rewarding to grow, especially bridgesiis and non-pc pachanois.
I have respect for people who grow from seed, like the OP. But personally I'm a big fan of cuttings. You can get to some good sized plants pretty fast with cuttings, especially if you have a green thumb and live in a good climate.
So I ended up giving them a heavy watering and they plumped right back up. prior to this watering I used to use a small spray bottle and pray a seemingly sufficient amount of water on them until the soil was quite wet. unfortunately they probably wanted a thorough watering so the roots at the bottom of the pot got nice and wet. Such a simple mistake on my part that made such a large impact on my cacti. its funny but not even two days after they seem have gotten noticeably larger in size. Once again I wasn't to say thank you to everyone who contributed to this thread with their opinions, experience, and suggestions. I value your efforts.
