Hana's cacti

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4 degrafted young Strombocactus were in flower.
Short Pereskiopsis stocks have still been attached them. They rely on these stocks.

[abhikjha]

Awesome specimens Frank!

Any special care for pereskiopsis degrafted plants you suggest? I recently got few degrafted plants where I buried the pereskiopsis root stock under the substrate so that scion touches the soil surface. My substrate is purely mineral. Can't put any organic material because in monsoon season, chances of rot increases. Do you water these more often than normal rooted plants? What about watering schedule in winter (June to August)? I heard if you don't water them regularly, pereskiopsis dries out and plant will rot. This doesn't make much sense to me. I mean how can I water when it's cold and gloomy. It sounds counter intuitive.

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G'morning abhikjha,

I recently got few degrafted plants where I buried the pereskiopsis root stock under the substrate so that scion touches the soil surface. My substrate is purely mineral. Can't put any organic material because in monsoon season, chances of rot increases. Do you water these more often than normal rooted plants? What about watering schedule in winter (June to August)? I heard if you don't water them regularly, pereskiopsis dries out and plant will rot. This doesn't make much sense to me. I mean how can I water when it's cold and gloomy. It sounds counter intuitive.

The bottom of scion has to touch the top soil and top soil should be a rooting medium.
Pure mineral is acceptable but the size have to be selected to suit rooting of the scion.
The short stock will be alive several years but you do not know when it will die. You have to prepare rooting of scion from the initial setting.

Watering schedule in winter is as same as other own-root cacti. I do not water from June to August.
Short stocks do not dry out. I do not water for 3 months any Pereskiopsis.

When the short stock died, the scion will not rot/die. The scion prepare to root by itself just before dying the stock.
The degrafting method with a short stock is designed as "stock die someday".
As above reason, an unpermanet stock, Pereskiopsis is selected.
A vascular bandle of Hylocereus is also able to use by a similar way.

If the scion could not root by itself, you can remove the dead short stock and start a normal rooting of the scion.

Frank

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5 Pelecyphola aselliformis were in flower.
They are all rooted degrafted scions.
Since seedlings of Pelecyphora aselliformis are very thin, I graft seedlings and make thick bodies.

[abhikjha]

G'morning abhikjha,

I recently got few degrafted plants where I buried the pereskiopsis root stock under the substrate so that scion touches the soil surface. My substrate is purely mineral. Can't put any organic material because in monsoon season, chances of rot increases. Do you water these more often than normal rooted plants? What about watering schedule in winter (June to August)? I heard if you don't water them regularly, pereskiopsis dries out and plant will rot. This doesn't make much sense to me. I mean how can I water when it's cold and gloomy. It sounds counter intuitive.

The bottom of scion has to touch the top soil and top soil should be a rooting medium.
Pure mineral is acceptable but the size have to be selected to suit rooting of the scion.
The short stock will be alive several years but you do not know when it will die. You have to prepare rooting of scion from the initial setting.

Watering schedule in winter is as same as other own-root cacti. I do not water from June to August.
Short stocks do not dry out. I do not water for 3 months any Pereskiopsis.

When the short stock died, the scion will not rot/die. The scion prepare to root by itself just before dying the stock.
The degrafting method with a short stock is designed as "stock die someday".
As above reason, an unpermanet stock, Pereskiopsis is selected.
A vascular bandle of Hylocereus is also able to use by a similar way.

If the scion could not root by itself, you can remove the dead short stock and start a normal rooting of the scion.

Frank

Thanks Frank for the detailed reply. I will keep these things in mind. This is really helpful. I was worried that in my climate July to September, I don't get much sunlight and it rains heavily, if I don't water them much, will they just dry out or survive. God, I hate rains and damp weather!

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I repotted seedlings of Ariocarpus retusus v furfuraceus cv Suguri cauliflower.
Seeds were sown in 2014.
They all are still very small. Some of they show the character of cauliflower but all others are just similar to normal retusus.

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Astrophytum asterias have been in flower.
I took photos yesterday, 3 of them. They are super kabutos.

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3 Astrophytum coahuilenses were in flower yesterday.
I bought 10 small cacti in 2004 and 8 of them have still been alive.

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3 more asterias were in flower.

[chayanat]

I repotted seedlings of Ariocarpus retusus v furfuraceus cv Suguri cauliflower.
Seeds were sown in 2014.
They all are still very small. Some of they show the character of cauliflower but all others are just similar to normal retusus.

Hello frank

may I ask this is a normal growth rate for this Ariocarpus?

[Hanazono]

G'morning chayanat,

may I ask this is a normal growth rate for this Ariocarpus?

No the growing rate is lower than normal because they were not repotted long time.
I have tried to regain the growing rate by the repotting.

Frank

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Pelecyphora aselliformis were in flower.

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There are no cacti flowers in this morning.
Photos are Astrophytum hybrid, khoyo hakujyo banjyaku. One is a standard form and the other is a nudum form.
Both of them are rooted off-sets.

[chayanat]

Thank you Frank, much appreciated

Those Astrophytum are amazing!

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Several asterias were in flower in this morning.
I took 3 photos of super kabutos.