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Trichocereus, troubleshooting non-native environments
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hello fellow gardeners,

I'm posting here today to discuss the Creative solutions those of us living in cacti hostile environments use in order to create cacti conducive environments.
Where do you live?
What's in your garden?
what sort of difficulties have your plants faced?
what solutions have you employed to help overcome these difficulties?

I live in Prescott Arizona (Northern AZ). My solution is a basic homemade greenhouse with shade cloth. Prescott is a semi difficult environment for Trichocereus. At a mile high, the sun is intense. I am still searching for the most effective strategy as you will see in the pictures.
  Sunburn and dehydration has effected my peruvianus and bridgesii. this would have been avoided had i been more patient in reintroducing them to sunlight after dormancy. I removed them from the greenhouse and placed them in full shade to allow them time to heal. The other cacti are doing great in the greenhouse and all of them including the injured are firmly rooted. This is in stark contrast to my experience last year when I observed very weak root systems throughout the growing season.
 



my garden as of today..








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Re: Trichocereus, troubleshooting non-native environments [Re: azztronaut]
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Small plants in pots like that in full sun will cook in any hot situation. Regardless of area. 30c/90F temps+ and they will cook or stall completely.

Keep the roots cool and they may toughen up. Plants like that in areas like yours will always benefit from some shade. Let them grow up into the light, shade them with other plants and once they emerge into the light, they may be hardy plants. Works down here in Australia from what I've seen and done myself.

Back them off the sun little by little until you find the sweet spot where they dont burn. Go from there. Experiment.


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Re: Trichocereus, troubleshooting non-native environments [Re: azztronaut]
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Also you don't have to put them away for dormancy unless it gets below freezing for more than a few days to weeks on end.

I may not be that far in the desert but it gets to 105-110 F where I'm at, semi- desert. Get some 30%-50% shade cloth ( or build your own) and keep them under that all year. Took me a few years to find the sweet spot for my cacti, I just did what the nurseries were doing. :jah:

Don't worry about the sun burns they will grow out of or around it:mushroom2:


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Re: Trichocereus, troubleshooting non-native environments [Re: SuperFly]
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Water sparingly and lots of drainage. South/coast Texas has high humidity and plenty of rain. If you keep the rot at bay they love it.


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Re: Trichocereus, troubleshooting non-native environments [Re: pinedownpioneer]
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He's in Prescott, during the winter it snows. So yeah he needs to put them away in the winter. Other than that I'm not much help here. I live in a climate that's very similar to Peru and there isn't much of a dormant time here. This winter was very wet so I had to cover them with plastic to prevent rot since it was raining almost daily.this is on the coast of southern California. Perfect conditions for these plants in full sun, it's very common to see huge columns in the ground all over around here. Sometimes I feel like knocking on doors to see if they mind me having a cutting

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Re: Trichocereus, troubleshooting non-native environments [Re: Barracho]
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I take that back I found some good info here. I started thinking about how most of these plants can be found in the Andes mountains, all the way up to 10,000 ft. Higher than your elevation. There's no reason you couldn't have them in full sun eventually. You have to adapt them slowly, start by putting them in direct sun for an hour then move them back. Slowly increase the time they spend in full light. It sounds like it's too shaded where they spend the winter months. They can toughen up and take the sun where you are

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Re: Trichocereus, troubleshooting non-native environments [Re: Barracho]
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This is true @Barracho, but there are some species that grow at sea level. Hard to give advice for the whole genus..


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Re: Trichocereus, troubleshooting non-native environments [Re: trichlover]
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I'm not sure if he still posts here or not. But check out a member called: intelligentlife. He grows Trichocereus and other cactus in the arctic circle.

His environment is way different from mine and I'm sure mine is different to yours. Getting local knowledge isn't possible sometimes and you've just got to wing it. Kill some plants, grow some plants and find the way that works for you. I've killed plants in the past and I'll do so again. Live and learn, then share.

Find the basic parameters and go from there.


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