Tricho spachianus as a grafting stock?

Lachy · Post by **Lachy** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 4:01 pm

G'day guys,

I'm looking at doing a bit of grafting as the warmer months approach, and as luck would have it I seem to have rooted cuttings of Trichocereus spachianus in abundance. My question is: has anyone here either tried grafting to this species, or failing that does anyone even know if it's a good stock for the purpose?

I'm looking at grafting a few delicates and slow growers such as Azetekium, Ariocarpus, Uebelmannia, Lophophora, Astrophytum "super kabuto", if that's any help. I also intend to try using Pereskiopsis as a stock as I know it's tried and tested.

stephen.prout@uk · Post by **stephen.prout@uk** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:04 pm

ode to the advert "suck it and see"
tell me how it does.

parodias · Post by **parodias** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:19 pm

has been a well settled and established grafting stock for decades if not longer ..

Lachy · Post by **Lachy** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:34 am

has been a well settled and established grafting stock for decades if not longer

Awesome. Oddly enough, I don't believe I've ever seen this particular species used as a grafting stock - for some reason, most nurseries here seem only to use hylocereus.

stephen.prout@uk · Post by **stephen.prout@uk** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:21 am

thats so they can whater them all year round so of the cacti i get from the nurseries (genralgarden) are really in pore shape because they dont know how to look after them.