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Kenneth
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scabbing initiates pups to form
#22243068 - 09/15/15 07:53 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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So i was looking through some posts today and it seem like scabbing promotes pups. Is this true?
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Re: scabbing initiates pups to form [Re: Kenneth]
#22243095 - 09/15/15 08:00 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Define scabbing. Like thrip damage scars or the type of scabs from dried out weeping rot? Still, sounds like an interesting idea.
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Kenneth
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Re: scabbing initiates pups to form [Re: verbage]
#22243127 - 09/15/15 08:07 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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possibly both from my experience i had a cutting shipped to me that started rotting on the top from stress so i cut it off which ended up with a new pup forming there and from other peoples experiences it seems like they have similiar experiences
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Re: scabbing initiates pups to form [Re: Kenneth]
#22243447 - 09/15/15 09:26 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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what you call scabbing, everyone else calls a callous. When a cactus suffers damage, it callouses over. If the damage is to the apical meristem, than it promotes pupping. It will either pup from the highest areole, or begin basal pupping.
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Kenneth
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Re: scabbing initiates pups to form [Re: Kenneth]
#22243518 - 09/15/15 09:36 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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oh ok where is the apical meristem located?
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Re: scabbing initiates pups to form [Re: Kenneth]
#22243538 - 09/15/15 09:40 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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apical meristem is the growth tip.
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Kenneth
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oh ok then that makes sense so could you intentionally cut the tip a little to encourage pups?
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Re: scabbing initiates pups to form [Re: Kenneth]
#22243557 - 09/15/15 09:45 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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Kenneth
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oh nicee i have one more question when you get it to pup does it add more growth than if you didn't cut it? I dont know if i said that right had a little trouble putting it into words
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Re: scabbing initiates pups to form [Re: Kenneth]
#22243722 - 09/15/15 10:28 PM (8 years, 4 months ago) |
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no, new growth is generally pretty quick, but thickness and all that is based on genetics. So it may or may not have more growth. If you have an established root system, it will grow better.
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Kenneth
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thank you
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Quote:
kosmokratorshaman said: no, new growth is generally pretty quick, but thickness and all that is based on genetics. So it may or may not have more growth. If you have an established root system, it will grow better.
Well, I think that overall, after 6 months to a year at most, cutting the tip and forcing pupping does end up producing more cacti mass than if you were to let it just go as one column. Initially of course, the pups are smaller, of course, but I'm just talking overall... Would you agree kosmo?
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