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noob to cacti
    #22371323 - 10/12/15 11:14 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I know I'm gonna get some shit for this but dose any one have a good link to a cacti growing guide( san pedro)


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Re: noob to cacti [Re: ralph larun]
    #22371355 - 10/12/15 11:28 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I germinated mine in a sandwich baggy on a paper towel, then after a few weeks I put them in aluminum trays with a clear plastic top over them.
They're about a year old now. The ones I brought with to the North East are growing slower than the ones in Texas(they receive direct sunlight most of the day through a kitchen window, mine get CFL light).

Hope my experience helps. I'd probably germinate them directly on the soil if I ever tried growing more(which I might, soon). The key to any seedling really is keeping them from drying out. I had some cacti seedlings dry out by accident and it seemed to have killed them in only a few days.


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Re: noob to cacti [Re: ralph larun]
    #22371381 - 10/12/15 11:36 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Cacti are the simplest shit to grow really. I don't know any guides but I don't find them necessary. But I'll give you some tips.

1) Don't grow San Pedro if you're looking for ethnobotanicals. Specimens with any significant amount of alkaloids (read: mescaline) are a rarity. Bridgesii never fails.

2) Assuming you haven't bought your cacti yet, what you're most likely to get is a cutting with no roots. Make sure the cut end has formed a hard callous (if it hasn't, let it sit around to do so before planting). Then just plant them as you would in a well-draining soil (using cactus blends is probably the easiest, though likely not the cheapest nor most effective. Moisten the soil a little but don't water it like a plant (it can't use that water yet). They tend to root on their own time. Could be a few weeks, could be a few months.

3) After they sprout roots you can give them a little more water, but remember over-watering will kill them even faster than it would a normal plant. I like to water mine to the point of soil saturation, then leave them alone for like a month, but I'm sure there's many ways to do it.

4) Are you growing indoors or outdoors? Indoors I honestly just use a good fluorescent grow light and position it very closely to the plant. There's more sophisticated guides to indoor lighting, but shit gets expensive fast. Outdoors lighting isn't an issue.

Anything I'm missing?


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Re: noob to cacti [Re: WChef]
    #22371441 - 10/12/15 11:58 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

What general area/climate do you live in?  The difficulty of growing cacti varies greatly depending on how well or ill suited your climate is to their needs, what works in some areas is terrible for others.  Where are you going to keep them, outside or in, what kind of weather do you expect?  Southern or Northern hemisphere?  A lot of variables that you haven't stated go into your question.  In general, all cacti need well draining soil, lots of sun or a good strong growlight and to be watered sparingly in warm temps and to be kept bone dry in cold temps.  You keep them dry and well lit and they pretty much grow themselves with a good watering and maybe a little food a few times in summer.  The needs also vary quite a bit depending on the genus of cactus, although assuming you're starting with trichocereus, they're pretty much all the same.     

As has been said, getting a cutting of trichocereus bridgesii is a great place to start your journey into psychoactive cacti.  San Pedro and Peruvian torch can be decently strong, but the most prominant cultivars in the US tend to be very weakly active and pretty useless as entheogens.


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Re: noob to cacti [Re: P.Zappatecorum]
    #22434620 - 10/26/15 03:16 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I live in a dry area of washington state. And yes I plan on growing it indoors from seed they are a gift from a fellow shroomerite. I have some extra cvg was wondering if that would be a good soil for it. I was thinking of putting the seed straight in pot and putting a bag over it to hold in moisture. Sound like it could work? And are cuttings better then seeds?


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Re: noob to cacti [Re: ralph larun]
    #22435012 - 10/26/15 08:18 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Heya Ralph.

I live in similar region. I do about what you are thinking of. an easy set up is: Heat pad, (like the kind for your back or neck), or a reptile tank heat mat. a few washed out and sterile yoghurt cups, filled with (seed starting mix). I often use black gold seed starting mix. Some people sterilize their mix by baking it in the oven or microwave. Most times I don't even sterilize, admittely.. lol

I broadcast about 8-10 seed per yoghurt cup on top of the soil directly. You do not have to push them under soil at all. Seal up in a sandwich baggie, misted damp with a spray bottle. then put the bags on the mat, and set the mat to Low. Place the mat somewhere where it gets some window light/ sunlight without a draft. If that is not possible I alternate suggest a small dome light (like for reptiles or baby chicks), and put a wide spectrum bulb in it above your plants. . or else a flourescent plant light.

With any luck and good seed, you should see the first sprouts within a few days to a week. It will take a good year or so for your plants to go from looking like an eraser from a pencil with little spines, to looking more like a cactus. they usually start taking off in the second year of life.. and by 3-4-5 years, will be a few feet tall

Good luck. Let us know how it goes.


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