karode13 said:

I'm a bit seedy today and staring at this screen isn't helping but read this post by GoOnThen and then the entire thread.>>>https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/19396804#19396804


All posts by GoOnThen contain useful info that I agree with. Also CactusDan for cheap, simple methods. Search them out......

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I've never seen that thread before. It's got some really useful and direct information that I think will help me a lot in the upcoming weeks/months.

I know I've said it before and I'll surely say it again as I can't seem to say it enough but Thanks a Sky Full Karode

voodoo42 said:

Here we have very hot humid summers. I've found pereskiopsis to be very hardy and super fast to multiply.  Seems as long as they have plenty of sun, water, and nutes they just keep multiplying.

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ferrel_human said:

Yeah but it seems full sun makes it a very stiff plant. You need it to be plenty pliable and no spines for the sticking of scion and stock to take hold.

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mandrin13 said:

I got a few cuttings a couple months ago, the problem I am having is light, they have grown very thin and weak at the tops, with long leafs instead of the nice thick fat once they have below.

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Rather than start another thread I hope you dont mind a small piggyback OP, this way you can also see what my issue is.  Here are mine, with the issues, I just put them in front of these CFLs today, until I can get them int something more permanent.  I wont be attempting grafts for weeks/months, would you guys recommending cutting the small portions now so new better growth can develop or just let t grow and cut them down later?  Thanks





This is the worst, 3 are bad 3 are ok.

mandrin13 said:

Rather than start another thread I hope you dont mind a small piggyback OP, this way you can also see what my issue is..

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No problem bro that's what I originally wanted for this thread. I wanted this to help all the cultivators out there that have questions about these plants so ask away and same to all others

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Why no spines, ease of grafting or another reason?

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Long spines occur due to being exposed to strong light like the sun. They don't interfere with grafting so much but make handling them a little more difficult. If there's a spine where you choose to graft then you just clip it off. It's preferred that you grow your pereskiopsis grafting stock in semi-shade or under fluorescent light to encourage soft, pliable growth. This makes them easier to handle and the tips are more supple and juicy, perfect to graft to. Ones grown in full sun tend to be more woody and less juicy, making them harder to graft to.....if you're a n00b, that is.

karode13 said:

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Why no spines, ease of grafting or another reason?

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Long spines occur due to being exposed to strong light like the sun. They don't interfere with grafting so much but make handling them a little more difficult. If there's a spine where you choose to graft then you just clip it off. It's preferred that you grow your pereskiopsis grafting stock in semi-shade or under fluorescent light to encourage soft, pliable growth. This makes them easier to handle and the tips are more supple and juicy, perfect to graft to. Ones grown in full sun tend to be more woody and less juicy, making them harder to graft to.....if you're a n00b, that is.

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Juicy would be another word. I use sappy.

karode13 said:

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Why no spines, ease of grafting or another reason?

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Long spines occur due to being exposed to strong light like the sun. They don't interfere with grafting so much but make handling them a little more difficult. If there's a spine where you choose to graft then you just clip it off. It's preferred that you grow your pereskiopsis grafting stock in semi-shade or under fluorescent light to encourage soft, pliable growth. This makes them easier to handle and the tips are more supple and juicy, perfect to graft to. Ones grown in full sun tend to be more woody and less juicy, making them harder to graft to.....if you're a n00b, that is.

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