ferocactus glaucescens as stock

[XP_2600]

Hello all,
I have a lot of ferocactus glaucescens, what is your opinion about using them as stock for Ariocarpus seedlings? the seedlings between less than month old and eight months old, how about the success rate and growth rate ? thanks.

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[Aiko]

I am sure it would work. Probably even well.

But why would you not grow Ariocarpus on its own roots? Isn't that hard, just takes time. But you keep the nice compact looks of the Ariocarpus instead of the bloated look of some grafted ones (and keep the tuberous roots, the main feature of a cactus like this).

[XP_2600]

Well, as i live in Alexandria Egypt, the weather is not perfect for Ariocarpus, the rotten roots is common issue, Crassulacean does not work well as the difference between day and night temperature is not high, i keep some on their root anyway but i want to make sure that i have backup

[walker87]

Should work just fine.
I would recommend removing all spines as this will make cutting the cactus easier. Just small cuts near the spines.

Good luck and hope to see updates!