Update on the first cactus I grafted last year
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- Do you remember the "Hot mess cactus grafting" video I posted last year? It was basically a reality show of me grafting cactus for the first time in order to rescue some flailing Copiapoa seedlings. Let's see how they're doing 11 months after that first grafting session.
The topic of grafting is coming into the foreground due to all the Copiapoa seedlings that I lost recently. I have a bunch of seedlings from the "A Lazy Way to Grow Cactus from Seed" series and I'm thinking to use some on a grafting project in hopes of making them more robust and giving them a better chance of surviving user error. My whole goal is to get flowers and make seed, so why not!
Hot mess cactus grafting video:
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Nice. Logically, grafting looks very simple but I’ve lost more than I ever expected. Great job 👏
Could you tell what caused the loss? I'm probably close to 50/50 if not slightly more on the failure side.
@@cookiescactiSorry I can’t. Although, I was told once that you could do everything right and still get a “nah dawg” from the plants.
Cookie keeps going! 🙌 It's nice to have grafts as an insurance policy and the stocks you're choosing are nice because they aren't juicing the plants up too intensely.
"Insurance policy" is the perfect term to sum up this grafting project! It's interesting I'm seeing other comments about picking stocks that can grow scions super quickly, but just as you said this is more about insurance in increasing the chances of surviving over getting the plants to grow as quickly as possible. Although the latter would be fun to try at some point too!
I’m so happy you made a whole video updating!! Feels like fate, just as I was looking at your old grafting video😇Unfortunately none of my attempts were successful, but I’m going to give it another try.
Was it you who left the comment asking about the grafts? If so, you were one of the inspirations for making this video 😊 I'd say I've had as many failures (if not more) than successful grafts, so definitely give it another try! Could you tell how it failed?
@@cookiescacti that was me! I’m honored💁🏼♀️I think they may have failed because I put the “rings” right on top of each other instead of overlapping. I’m honestly not 100%. But like you’re saying-gotta fail and learn from the failures. My next attempt I will try to make them connect a little more off center, and if those fail, I’ll reassess what else could be causing them not to take.
@@mrspeachi4378 Most important thing for success in grafting, are also both scion and rootstock need to be in growth season, or they wont connect. The overlapping of rings, is also good to do.
Nice job! Spiny Tricho often look beat up but push growth well. Just remove any offsets to focus growth on scion. My favs I use are Tricho Pachinoi PC, Spachianus, Huascha, Grandiflorus, and Myrtillocactus. I sometimes use metal tongs to deal with spines. You can grow your own stock too. Your plants look good. Heck, we all have plants die. Stay cool😂😎😢🌵❤
Grafts lookin great! Can't believe it's been 11 months since we saw them last. Cheers! Keep up the great work
Nothing like cactus and living things to make time passage absolutely insane. Existential crisis in full gear! I'm about to post a 3 year update on my Saguaro seedlings..... Where did the time go???
You should grow a few hundred trichocereus pachanoi, they are super easy to grow, and you can have roostock for years. I find it to work best for grafting, super hardy and it have minimal spines. Also it looks good as grafting stock ^^ Best regards 😘
I do love the look of San Pedro as stock, nice and chunky. So you know if they do well in super hot and dry climates? I have one that doesn't look too happy here so far. I give it protection from the sun and give it more waterings but it remains slightly deflated.
@@cookiescacti It should be fine, but they might need a bit bigger pot, and also more organic is good. I see "san pedro mastery" here on YT. He just use potting soil and perlite, 75% soil to 25% perlite, which makes a cheap media. From what i have found here on YT, other growers have them under the sun in dessert like areas, but water a lot. The seedlings are super easy, and grow rather fast.
I been waiting for this update thank you!
Yay!! I'm so glad you appreciate this update!
Great result. Very interesting.
Very interesting indeed. Lots of failures but some successful ones is not bad.
That is awesome... These look beautiful..
Thank you so much! I hope they survive this summer.... We will see...
No idea if it would work, but a silly idea would be to leave the pups on the graft stock until they get bigger, then try grafting onto those as well. See how many different plants you can get on there at once 😂
😂😂😂 I like this idea 😄😄😄
My grafting skill is so low. I almost fail 70% 🤣🤣
Congrats , awesome grafting
I'm the same! This video only shows the ones that made it. There were plenty that didn't. I think my numbers aren't too different from yours!
These look great! Golden barrel stock might work well for you in AZ. You could definitely push the trichocereus grafts harder with water and fertilizer.
Thank you so much for the information! I don't think I've seen golden barrel used as stock before, that's interesting. I'll start fertilizing the trich root stocks.
They look great!
Thank you so much! Let's see if they can survive our summer this year...
They look great.I would like to ask what is the long-term strategy for such grafted cacti, will you reroot them eventually or exchange bottom cactus for fresh one.how long does it last?
Ha! I haven't thought that far.... I'm hoping these can be permanent grafts but I know so little about grafting. I have a feeling the only way I will find out is if the stock shows signs of problems. Then that will push me to learn degrafting. This seems to be the way I learn new things - through panic experiences 😂
I was thinking of grabbing a dragon fruit from Home Depot to try some grafting. It seems to be used a lot. We have a bunch of Gymnocalycium hybrids with pups I want to try. I have one Copiapoa Cinerea seedling I would love to speed up but I only have the one and I can’t bare to mess with it. lol
Sounds like a great opportunity to give it a try! I'm not sure how long dragon fruit stock lasts but who knows without trying! I'm so lazy that I hope any root stock exchanges happen super far into the future (if not never lol).
good job, Jenny! Congratulations on the successful grafts!!!
Thank you so much! Let's see if they survive what's turning into a pretty nasty summer so far 🤞🤞🤞
Yours look great by the way.
Thank you, Steven! 🙏🙏🙏
You should probably remove the rootstock offsets from your grafts. You don’t wanna anything taking the nutrients and energy from your scion.
I recommend Trichocereus pachanoi as a root stock. It grows very fast and can take a lot of water and nutrients, which will boost the Scion’s growth by a lot. It also roots very easy and can be propagated in bulk.
If you’re ever gonna grow from seed again, I recommend getting a dragon fruit from the store and sowing the seeds a few weeks before your main seeds. By the time the dragon fruit is a finger in size, your other seedlings will be ready for grafting.
Even better, if you can get a few Pereskiopsis stalks. They propagate super easy, like weeds. You them actively growing for grafts, and you only should use the fresh top growth. It’s gonna have the highest rate of success. But if you succeed… It’s gonna be magical. You can go from seed to an apple size seedling in less than a year on the most slow growing species.
The downside of Pereskiopsis is bloat. They pump the scion with so much water and nutrition that the seedlings often look almost… swollen. Once you regraft them they go back to normal over time.
Thanks to this, you can skip the slow initial growth phase. You’re gonna graft them anyways, so there’s no point in waiting for them to grow on their roots. Seed>seedling>graft to dragon fruit or Pereskiopsis>degraft>graft on a permanent rootstock of your choice.
Thank you for the tips! Of the stock that you mention, can they all be permanent root stock? Do you happen to know if San Pedro like a super hot climate like Phoenix? I have one plant that I was intending to use as stock but it just doesn't look very happy so I've held off on using it.
@@cookiescacti Trichocereus don’t enjoy extreme heat and low humidity that much, but there are ways to grow them in your climate. There’s a large community of growers pretty much all over the world due to certain, uh, medicinal properties. It can be a permanent stock. Myrtillocactus is perhaps a better choice.
Pereskiopsis is not a permanent root stock, but it’s the single fastest rootstock you can get. They are tropical cacti from Mexico. They don’t mind the heat, but the low humidity is not ideal. They have a rainy season where they grow. You can’t treat them like regular cacti otherwise they’ll stay dormant for most of the year. During the active growing season don’t let them go dry at all. Also, use a more organic soil but still with some inorganic content to prevent compacting and waterlogging. They are not susceptible to rot at all. It’s actually very rare if the plants are healthy. The only time you let them dry out is like a week before grafting to reduce the pressure inside. Otherwise it might push the scion off.
Pereskiopsis slow down below 60 and go dormant below 50. They also go dormant when they are too dry for too long. You can keep them dry during fall and winter if the temperatures are below 50. You can keep them actively growing all year round if you want. Just give them heat and light.
@@morningstar8187 I really appreciate the information! This is super helpful. Thank you for taking the time to write this out.
@@cookiescacti Just FYI, there are multiple species being sold as Pereskiopsis spathulata, which is usually either considered a synonym of diguetii or a non-existent species. A lot of the clones sold online are most likely diguetii. Some, including the ones I grow, are not. It’s an extremely poorly studied genus, and no one really cares about it to be fair. The plants have no ornamental value. They rarely flower. And the fruit isn’t eaten. It’s just ugly sticks with spines and glochids. If not for their use for grafting, no one would ever grow them.
Whichever clone you can get your hands on, it doesn’t matter. They all work the same and can be grown the same way.
Awesome video Jenny.
Question :
Do you ever sell any of your seedlings ???
Thank you! I have sold a handful of pots of seedlings here and there in the past. Then I realized my goal is to try to get the seedlings to flowering age, so I'm hoarding the seedlings for yield purposes - they will die for whatever reason along the way, so I need the numbers. If I decide to sell on a whim in the future, it will most likely be on Instagram since my volume is so low.
try some Myrtillocactus geometrizans for root stock. you can graft the tips of the Myrtillos onto some Hylocereus to get more root stock quickly.
I have some myrtillocactus in wait 😁 I just wish I had the super plump type. The kind I have is skinny and not my favorite look.
They look great! Pain was worth it.
Hahahahaha! This made me literally LOL, Nancy!
I do the reverse i buy grafted and degraft i want to be sure i can safely degraft befor i start grafting
This is also very interesting. Is degrafting relatively easy? I've never done it before. I have a feeling I won't do it until something goes wrong and I have to.... as usual LOL
@@cookiescacti most of my degraft die but only after making me wait a year for roots, I can root offsets eazy and most cuttings too but not degraft and I never learn what I am doing wrong
May I know, how old the Huitzilopotchlii seedling?
They're about 1.5 years old... So small! I have no idea if I'm just bad at growing them from seed.
@@cookiescacti my huitzilo 6 Months seedling size is like a grain of rice. 1,5 years that size seems pretty make sense