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Trichocereus Rooting Feedback Needed
    #21843279 - 06/22/15 08:29 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Okay, so I want some feedback on my plan for rooting these two bridgesii cuttings I received. I have done some research, and I think I am generally heading in the right direction. I have successfully rooted two bridgesii cuttings before, but I ended up giving them away to friends who were interested.

So I am started my cacti garden up again now. I decided I wanted to make a detailed post about my plan so I can get feedback for the experts here, and also because those are the types of posts that have been most helpful to me on this site.



These are the cuttings I want to grow. I was thinking that the bottom of the second one was looking calloused enough to maybe go ahead and put into my soil mix. What do you guys think? Should I wait a while longer, or should I go ahead and root one or both of these guys?

My other question is about my soil mix. I was planning on using a 50/50 mix of cactus mix and perlite. Do you guys think this will be okay? I have some diatomaceous earth on the way for my baby loph, should I added any of this to my trichocereus soil mix? If so, how much?

Here are photos of the soil and perlite I will be using for reference.



I am planning on using these buckets as the pot. I will of course put a ton of holes in the bottom of it for drainage.



I am hoping that I will be able to successfully keep these plants healthy and growing in a large window that gets about 6-8 hours of sunlight each day.

Any feedback is appreciate. Thanks everybody!


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Re: Trichocereus Rooting Feedback Needed [Re: FlyOnTheWall]
    #21843449 - 06/22/15 09:04 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Mix your soil, and let it sit and dry. Stir it up, and let it dry more. Give your cuttings a little extra time to harden their callous more if you think it needs it. I would start with as small a pot as you could for rooting.

This will help build a nice rootball. If the pot is too deep, the roots will just stretch deep.


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Re: Trichocereus Rooting Feedback Needed [Re: FlyOnTheWall]
    #21844473 - 06/23/15 01:53 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

those are 2 beautiful Trichs, imagine how cool they looked before having spines clipped.
Basically there is no rush in waiting another week for callousing, but at the same time, i think that there is no real need.
as Said by Kosmo mix the 2 soils in the percentage you like. it will affect the frequence of your waterings (later).
The more organic, the more water retaining, the less waterings you have to give.
The more perlite, the less water retaining, so here you might have to water more frequently. It's your choiche, and it's kinda difficult to kill a trich by overwatering. I dunno how good is that mix , but since it's cactus mix there is at least a bit of inerts, so id' go for a 65% soil 35%perlite, just because.
mix the soil, let it dry if damp or wet, and then pot your trichs in the pots, i'd say put 1/4 of the column underground. They have to stay like this for at least a month bonedry, in a sunny place. After a month you can check for roots, if they are not there, you may check the next month.

this wont be a problem, trichs are sturdy.
GOOD LUCK.


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Re: Trichocereus Rooting Feedback Needed [Re: Lemnaminor]
    #21844503 - 06/23/15 02:15 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Thank you so much for the feedback kosmokratorshaman and Lemnaminor. I really appreciate the advice. It really helps being able to run my plan by some other people so that I can feel confident about what I am doing here.

I am looking around for something I can use as a smaller pot kosmokratershaman. If the roots stretch downward instead of forming a nice ball, does that tend to affect the growth rate of the above ground section negatively? Just curious. Thanks again for the feedback.


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Re: Trichocereus Rooting Feedback Needed [Re: FlyOnTheWall]
    #21844834 - 06/23/15 06:03 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

The growth rate is not affected by deep roots. The idea is to allow your cacti to spread outwards more than down, in order to form a sturdy base for a plant that can ultimately become 20+ feet.

I used to root them, and then pot them right into my 5 gallon buckets. The plants are healthy, and beautiful. However, the roots are long, and reach all the way to the bottom of my buckets. When I uprooted some last month for replanting in their own buckets, I noticed lots of deep growth, but hardly any spread. I had to manually spread out the roots throughout the new soil, for more stable growth.

Now I root them in 4 inch clay pots, let the roots fill the small pot before moving them into 10 inch azalea pots. Azalea pots are wider than they are deep. After the rootball fills the azalea pot, I move them into 5 gallon buckets.

This is my personal experience, and perhaps someone has something to add.


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Re: Trichocereus Rooting Feedback Needed [Re: kosmokratorshaman]
    #21850079 - 06/24/15 11:39 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)



That is a horrible photo, but do you think this would be a better option for rooting? The pot is about 11.5cm/4.5in wide at top and 12cm/5in tall.

So good to be back in action on the shroomery. Thanks for the feedback kosmo.


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Re: Trichocereus Rooting Feedback Needed [Re: FlyOnTheWall]
    #21850197 - 06/24/15 12:18 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

you may want something a bit bigger, but it's ok if it's for rooting.


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Re: Trichocereus Rooting Feedback Needed [Re: FlyOnTheWall]
    #21850396 - 06/24/15 01:04 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

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That is a horrible photo, but do you think this would be a better option for rooting? The pot is about 11.5cm/4.5in wide at top and 12cm/5in tall.

So good to be back in action on the shroomery. Thanks for the feedback kosmo.




I use orange buckets, because they are cheap. However, it is better to use darker buckets. I think that bucket will be great for forming a good rootball. Once roots have filled it out about 60-75% I would then put it in a larger pot.


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