Winter grafting.

[crispy224]

Well I'm still getting the whole photo sizing down but I thought I would share some of my winter grafts I will be growing inside.

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This is my graft tub. Holds about 108 Pereskiopsis they are being grown in 2 in pots. I've started many seeds and I. The coming weeks will be grafting Trichocereus scopulicola, turbinincarpus alonsoi, turbinincarpus valedenzii, Lophophora caespitosa Lophophora Diffusa, Lophophora williamsii,I had a friend of mine who was nice enough to send me a variety pack of all different sorts of cactus seeds. So I'll probably have to post photos yo get them identified when they grow.
This is a Trichocereus peruvanus I grafted almost 3 months ago.

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And this is a Lophophora williamsii done around the same time

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[crispy224]

my Pereskiopsis seem to be growing ok.
Grafted a moon cactus pup about a week ago

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I plant to graft 20 or 30 different cacti some time next week.
Bought another tub to place the cuttings I take when I graft next week. Now I have to figure out how I'm going to illuminate the new tub. I'm open to any suggestion. But I think it will have to be fluorescent lights.unless anyone knows of some cheap LEDs that are bright and can withstand high humidity

[Robb]

Great grafts! I would probably agree that fluorescent lights are the best option. You could look into LED lights ( like the ones for aquariums), but these tend to be pricey and would probably be overkill. May I ask how you water your pereskiopsis? I find it's too difficult to give mine regular watering, so I just end up sitting them in water .

[crispy224]

Yes,watering is definitely a pain. Because I have to fully loft the lid off and take iut each individual plant and water. Generally I just get my spray bottle and spray each plants soil 5 or 6 times. And since its in a high humidity environment they start wet for atleast a week.

[crispy224]

This graft was an old failed graft so it had sprouted a new offshoot. So I grafted to the ones offshoot then a week later to the main stem. I'll be interested to see how the growth rate is on this one

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[crispy224]

Well here is an update of the two headed graft the Pereskiopsis seems to be growing the scion on the newer offshoot a little faster. But I guess that's to be expected. I'll try to get some more photos to show my progress. I easily have 80+ grafts now on one rubber maid tub. With 108 Pereskiopsis growing in another tub.