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10-09-2009, 07:42 PM

Peruvian Torch

I had a bad prob with nematodes a few years back and had to kill every plant in my house move and start over. The torches were the only plants to survive. Since the nematodes attack the roots I simply cut the cacti from the root base. I let the cacti pieces callus over and put them on a plate in a sunny window for like two years

before planting them recently. A few died but most made it. The big one I purchased this summer and the little ones are the two year old cuts.

PEACE

backintheriver · 10-25-2009, 09:36 AM

i started some cacti from seed a while back. they are nown almost 3 inches high and i have almost 30 of them. i wouldnt grow a loph because they take forever to grow to a decent size. i went with trichocereus bridgesii. one tip i can give you is to sterilize the soil and remember cactus seeds need light to germinate so dont bury them! make sure to sterilize the soil or you WILL get mold, fortinetly they dont seem to mind it. hmmmmmmmmm if i remember right you arent supposed to bury the seeds i think they need light to germinate but you should double check that.

DoobieDuck · 10-25-2009, 03:00 PM

Great post..I didn't know we had an interest for cacti! This solar room I built just for my collection. We drop below zero here so they love this all winter southern sun. No..I'm no expert..I don't even know the names of these othere than the huge Aloe. DD

justalilrowdy · 10-25-2009, 04:19 PM

Beautiful.. I'm thrilled to see this thread and have been a cactus/succulent collector for too many years.

I would love to swap cacti. Our house burned in 2000 along with my collection of many years and I have moved many times since but have managed to collect up a few cactus and succulents.
(Also love the mushrooms. Not the magic ones but mycology in general. just fascinating. Mushrooms are actually a great environmental cleaner.)

alphacat · 12-23-2009, 10:54 PM

Longtime San Pedro cultivator here - currently down to two of those plus another one that I'm pretty sure is a peruvianus, aka Peruvian Torch.

Looking to get some bridgesii cuts, especially them dirty-lookin' monstrose varietals...

cfo · 01-02-2010, 08:03 PM

Got this San Pedro a few months ago. This is my 2nd one, the 1st has been ground up and is sitting in capsules. I'm keeping them for a special occassion. Maybe Moondance Jam in 2010? Nice outdoor music festival in Walker, MN. Skynyrd, Buckcherry are the bands signed up at this point.

Snagglepuss · 01-04-2010, 07:35 AM

Love cactus ...they are so forgiving for lazy people..For your lophophora seeds a great candidate for grafting is the Pereskiopsis (see pencil shaped pic) plant....Grow the seeds for a month or 2 ..when their big enough to slice..bout the size of a tiny teardrop...you can graft em...Pereskiopsis will grow a lophophora seed to giant button in about 1 1/2 - 2 years.and full size in about 3-4 years .Normally takes 8-10 years ungrafted..

Have a few san pedro cristates..they say the deformity happens in about 1 in 100....a beat up deformed mother plant produces strait pups witch start out normal ..then mutate in to pedro sculptures.Cactus's are such fun plants... Sacred Succulents of sebastopol ca, has some of the hardest to find san pedro varieties ..they give you awesome tecniques and instructions in their catalogs

jyme · 01-22-2010, 04:39 AM

cactus's are cool i have a few my self.nice thread. what kinda soils do yall transplant in? ive got a lil cactus i dont know what kind it is but its got lil cactuses coming out of its roots.there deviding and some are coming out of the top and others are still in the soil. any advice?

01-22-2010, 11:37 AM

I have heard that some eat those cactii for hallucinogenic issue ?

that's chocked me lol

kava · 02-03-2010, 02:21 AM

I have a aloe plant I call Igor. It has moved from Floridia to here with me. I set it out in the summer time and it now has dozens of babies all through it.In the winter I set him up in the bedroom window and water him once a month.He is a monster and I wait till spring and set him back out in 50/50 sun/shade. Almost more the one person to carry without getting hurt. I picked it up from in a tree in floridia half the babies now are hanging in the air not touching soil and doing fine. Kind of hard to get water in him now without making a mess easier to give him about 24oz bottle to the tray under him and let him suck it up from there will get photo if possible

10-09-2009, 07:42 PM	#11
ME TED Guest Posts: n/a	Peruvian Torch I had a bad prob with nematodes a few years back and had to kill every plant in my house move and start over. The torches were the only plants to survive. Since the nematodes attack the roots I simply cut the cacti from the root base. I let the cacti pieces callus over and put them on a plate in a sunny window for like two yearsbefore planting them recently. A few died but most made it. The big one I purchased this summer and the little ones are the two year old cuts. PEACE
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10-25-2009, 09:36 AM	#12
backintheriver Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 26	i started some cacti from seed a while back. they are nown almost 3 inches high and i have almost 30 of them. i wouldnt grow a loph because they take forever to grow to a decent size. i went with trichocereus bridgesii. one tip i can give you is to sterilize the soil and remember cactus seeds need light to germinate so dont bury them! make sure to sterilize the soil or you WILL get mold, fortinetly they dont seem to mind it. hmmmmmmmmm if i remember right you arent supposed to bury the seeds i think they need light to germinate but you should double check that.
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10-25-2009, 03:00 PM	#13
DoobieDuck Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Only where my disabilities allow me to be. Posts: 7,419	Cacti Great post..I didn't know we had an interest for cacti! This solar room I built just for my collection. We drop below zero here so they love this all winter southern sun. No..I'm no expert..I don't even know the names of these othere than the huge Aloe. DD __________________ Please join me in my Summer 2018 All Black Grow
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10-25-2009, 04:19 PM	#14
justalilrowdy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Everyday I get on the bus! Hey! The Magic Bus! Posts: 1,340	Beautiful.. I'm thrilled to see this thread and have been a cactus/succulent collector for too many years. I would love to swap cacti. Our house burned in 2000 along with my collection of many years and I have moved many times since but have managed to collect up a few cactus and succulents. (Also love the mushrooms. Not the magic ones but mycology in general. just fascinating. Mushrooms are actually a great environmental cleaner.)
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12-23-2009, 10:54 PM	#15
alphacat 3rd Generation Stoner Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The T.A.Z. Posts: 615	[bump!] Longtime San Pedro cultivator here - currently down to two of those plus another one that I'm pretty sure is a peruvianus, aka Peruvian Torch. Looking to get some bridgesii cuts, especially them dirty-lookin' monstrose varietals...
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01-02-2010, 08:03 PM	#16
cfo Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: North Central USA Posts: 144	young san pedro Got this San Pedro a few months ago. This is my 2nd one, the 1st has been ground up and is sitting in capsules. I'm keeping them for a special occassion. Maybe Moondance Jam in 2010? Nice outdoor music festival in Walker, MN. Skynyrd, Buckcherry are the bands signed up at this point. Attached Thumbnails
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01-04-2010, 07:35 AM	#17
Snagglepuss warrior on the edge of time Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,447	Love cactus ...they are so forgiving for lazy people..For your lophophora seeds a great candidate for grafting is the Pereskiopsis (see pencil shaped pic) plant....Grow the seeds for a month or 2 ..when their big enough to slice..bout the size of a tiny teardrop...you can graft em...Pereskiopsis will grow a lophophora seed to giant button in about 1 1/2 - 2 years.and full size in about 3-4 years .Normally takes 8-10 years ungrafted.. Have a few san pedro cristates..they say the deformity happens in about 1 in 100....a beat up deformed mother plant produces strait pups witch start out normal ..then mutate in to pedro sculptures.Cactus's are such fun plants... Sacred Succulents of sebastopol ca, has some of the hardest to find san pedro varieties ..they give you awesome tecniques and instructions in their catalogs Attached Thumbnails __________________ "load the universe into a cannon....point it at the brain......Fire!" Spaced out "Spice of Life" fanatic......
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01-22-2010, 04:39 AM	#18
jyme Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: if you know let me know Posts: 344	cactus's are cool i have a few my self.nice thread. what kinda soils do yall transplant in? ive got a lil cactus i dont know what kind it is but its got lil cactuses coming out of its roots.there deviding and some are coming out of the top and others are still in the soil. any advice? __________________ MY WHITE WIDDOW https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread....ost3544272.com
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01-22-2010, 11:37 AM	#19
Laugan Gaucher Guest Posts: n/a	I have heard that some eat those cactii for hallucinogenic issue ? that's chocked me lol
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02-03-2010, 02:21 AM	#20
kava Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: over yonder, USA Posts: 104	I have a aloe plant I call Igor. It has moved from Floridia to here with me. I set it out in the summer time and it now has dozens of babies all through it.In the winter I set him up in the bedroom window and water him once a month.He is a monster and I wait till spring and set him back out in 50/50 sun/shade. Almost more the one person to carry without getting hurt. I picked it up from in a tree in floridia half the babies now are hanging in the air not touching soil and doing fine. Kind of hard to get water in him now without making a mess easier to give him about 24oz bottle to the tray under him and let him suck it up from there will get photo if possible
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