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 sonamdrukpa
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 Growing peyote 
#16038822 - 04/03/12 05:08 PM (1 year, 1 month ago) |
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I recently (and accidentally, if you can believe that) came into possession of some peyote buttons. I know these things are endangered and rare, and I was wondering if it was possible to re-plant them somehow, keep propagating the species?
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Cool, you could try and graft it, but if its a nice speciemen and its your only one I'd let it be. If you can get another mature one then you could produce seed whioch would be better than asexually reproducing them if you are genuinely into preserving the species.
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Re: Growing peyote [Re: amylase]
#16039599 - 04/03/12 08:01 PM (1 year, 1 month ago) |
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So...like, buy a san pedro and graft the two together? What's the success rate for that?
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Well the success rate for grafts is almost 100% if you do it correctly and keep the connection tight. And yes, you would use a stock like San Pedro that has a large diameter and is easy to graft to.
But if you have no experience in cultivating and grafting cacti I'd recommend you just grow the Peyote buttons on their own roots. The natural way. But depending on how many buttons you have, you could maybe experiment and try and graft one, theres heaps on info and guides on the net about how to graft.
How big are the buttons you have?
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Re: Growing peyote [Re: iNDUCT]
#16040823 - 04/03/12 11:58 PM (1 year, 1 month ago) |
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They're half-dollar-sized in diameter and I've got four of them. The biggest problem I imagine is that I won't be in a place where I can really properly care for a plant for about a month. I know cacti can survive non-planted for quite a bit, but what do you think the limit is?
I might try to graft one, grow the rest. I assume a regular cactus that I bought at Lowe's would work just as well, yes?
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That sounds good. They'll survive uprooted for a month fine if you cant plant them now, as long as you keep em dry. Though you dont have to really care for them much at all once youve planted them.
Most columnar cacti will work fine for grafts, but San Pedro (Trichocereus pachanoi) and Myrtillocactus geometrizans are some of the most commonly used grafting stocks, as they're easy to work with, and don't have gnarly spines that are a pain when you're trying to graft.
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Re: Growing peyote [Re: iNDUCT]
#16041659 - 04/04/12 05:49 AM (1 year, 1 month ago) |
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If you want to get a little practice before grafting one of the lophs, you can probably find one of those ruby ball cacti at Lowes. They pup like crazy, and you can try grafting the pups just to get comfortable with the process. Nonetheless, its not very difficult so you would probably be ok anyway. One suggestion though, graft in the traditional way (lots of tutorials around), don't do it with super glue. Some people prefer the method, but honestly you'd be more likely to mess it up if you go that route. Good luck man 
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Edited by Gzaajhom (04/04/12 05:49 AM)
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Re: Growing peyote [Re: Gzaajhom]
#16324375 - 06/03/12 02:14 AM (11 months, 15 days ago) |
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Hey all, sorry for the bump. Two questions: I'm finally able to graft my buttons - how can I tell if they're still alive? Is there any sort of rehabilitation process they need to go through? And I'm looking for teks for grafting and growing, but I'm having difficulty finding detailed ones with pics, I keep finding only old ones with deleted pics. Any help would be appreciated!
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