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woutah
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can you clone a cactus?
#14472930 - 05/18/11 11:55 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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So lets say i would buy 1 piece of 7" san pedro or bridgesii and grow it to be 14, can i divide it into 2 cacti? because that way i could make an army of cacti and have infintes mescalines. also, does a indoor grow needs lights? i have a window thats pointed South east where it will be under (but not in direct sunlight)
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Re: can you clone a cactus? [Re: woutah]
#14472972 - 05/18/11 12:06 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yes you can divide one cactus into a few, this is how they are most commonly propagated. They will grow best outdoors with tons of sunlight.
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woutah
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Re: can you clone a cactus? [Re: EdgeChaos]
#14473009 - 05/18/11 12:14 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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EdgeChaos said: Yes you can divide one cactus into a few, this is how they are most commonly propagated. They will grow best outdoors with tons of sunlight.
Were i live it's relatively cold the nights can go under zero until may.. Will the cacti be able to handle this? and how fast do they grow?
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Re: can you clone a cactus? [Re: woutah]
#14473025 - 05/18/11 12:16 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I bring mine inside during the winter and rainy months... I live in Texas.
I have seen people attempt to cultivate them indoors and they failed using just a window.
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El Douche
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Re: can you clone a cactus? [Re: EdgeChaos]
#14479799 - 05/19/11 05:14 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Move them out in the summer. Let them go dormant in the winter. You could put them in the window in the winter, but you should still stop watering them or they will grow thin and frail.
If you are growing them to propagate, I would not divide it untill it gets large and breaks on its own.
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Re: can you clone a cactus? [Re: woutah]
#14480008 - 05/19/11 05:58 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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woutah said: So lets say i would buy 1 piece of 7" san pedro or bridgesii and grow it to be 14, can i divide it into 2 cacti? because that way i could make an army of cacti and have infintes mescalines. also, does a indoor grow needs lights? i have a window thats pointed South east where it will be under (but not in direct sunlight)
If you have a lot of resources, look up micropropagation. It's right down your alley for exponential cloning. There would be a point where you would need to let them grow out to make anything of it, though.
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Re: can you clone a cactus? [Re: EdgeChaos]
#14480028 - 05/19/11 06:03 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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EdgeChaos said: I bring mine inside during the winter and rainy months... I live in Texas.
Your winter and rainy months are probably about like my spring I guess. I put my San Pedros out on the porch, you think I'm ok? They won't freeze, but it gets chilly.
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Re: can you clone a cactus? [Re: Doc_T]
#14480189 - 05/19/11 06:25 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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As long as they don't freeze, they will be fine. I have had mine covered in freezing rain/ice and it lived. If they are dry, they can go a little below freezing.
But, wet and cold can promote root rot, because the roots do not dry out as well when it is cold.
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Re: can you clone a cactus? [Re: Doc_T]
#14481013 - 05/19/11 09:01 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Doc_T said:
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EdgeChaos said: I bring mine inside during the winter and rainy months... I live in Texas.
Your winter and rainy months are probably about like my spring I guess. I put my San Pedros out on the porch, you think I'm ok? They won't freeze, but it gets chilly.
What El Douche said.
I would only add that even heavy humidity can be a problem. About a year ago I had some black looking stuff bubbled out of the side most of my cacti during some weeks of near constant rain. I belive that the roots were fine because I made sure they weren't getting rained on but the base and sides of the ribs were looking pretty bad.
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Re: can you clone a cactus? [Re: EdgeChaos]
#14481055 - 05/19/11 09:09 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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"But it's a dry rain". 
Springtime can be squishy here, but they are up on the porch away from rain. I've got a plant moisture meter somewhere, maybe I'll get it out and see if it works.
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Re: can you clone a cactus? [Re: El Douche]
#14481396 - 05/19/11 10:05 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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El Douche said: As long as they don't freeze, they will be fine. I have had mine covered in freezing rain/ice and it lived. If they are dry, they can go a little below freezing.
But, wet and cold can promote root rot, because the roots do not dry out as well when it is cold.
But as soon as the freezing rain touches the dermal layer or the root tissue, tissue death soon occurs.
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