Yep, they’re looking real plump! Especially after three years of drought!
Beccabud's Cactus Garden of Spiny Delight: Peruvian Torch aka Trichocereus Peruvianus
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They are plump. Mine (SPs anyway) look downright etiolated next to yours.
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Gave the San Pedros a cup of Geoflora Veg and flushed a couple gallons of water through the bag to rehydrate the soil as it's been over a month since I chopped them & last watered. They are doing ok considering how little light they're getting. Tomorrow I think a half gallon of water with 30mL of Jones Juice will make them happy and complete the soil soak.
The ones with the tops missing will be “pupping” soon I bet. I noticed today that a few of mine have 4-5.new pups coming up from their bases.Gave the San Pedros a cup of Geoflora Veg and flushed a couple gallons of water through the bag to rehydrate the soil as it's been over a month since I chopped them & last watered. They are doing ok considering how little light they're getting. Tomorrow I think a half gallon of water with 30mL of Jones Juice will make them happy and complete the soil soak.
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That whole pot of San Pedro is all pups and cuttings from one original cutting I got off eBay. No genetic diversity in that pot!
Once some of my pups get a bit older, I can fix that genetic diversity issue! Quite honestly I don’t know the history/lineage of my SP”s. They were planted on the property by a neighbor about 30 years ago.,
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I don't have room for more plants until I find a roomier apt, but can I take a raincheck on that offer @Phytoplankton ? Yours look more like real SP and maybe not this "pc" var I think I have. To be honest, though, when I watch some of these videos on youtube about identifying "pc", they seem a little vague and all I can think is, hmm, DNA test and alkaloid profile studies would be more certain!
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Oh my, it's been almost a month since I last watered the Peruvian Torches. They were looking parched so they each got 400mL of aqua. It's getting a bit crowded in there but everyone is happy. 
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The Torches each got 400mL of water. Watered everything else in the tent, too, and the Pedros out on the deck got a nice soaking from the hose.
The Peruvian Torches are getting very tall. I've moved the lamp as high as it goes so I am thinking it is about time to take cuttings and propagate some more.
The Peruvian Torches are getting very tall. I've moved the lamp as high as it goes so I am thinking it is about time to take cuttings and propagate some more.
They look great! The ones I got from you are plugging along, but very slowly, though they have lived their lives outside in smallish pots. Healthy, just small. At least one is going into the ground this fall. My SP’s are all huge, some I transplanted a couple years ago have 3-5 pups at their bases! (Glad I proofread this post before sending, I hate auto-correct, you don’t want to know what it did to “transplanted”!)
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The one on the rear left is getting some super gnarly spines. I haven't poked myself yet, but it's painful just looking at those spikes, lol! Going to have to be very careful propagating these!
Then there's the one with the aerial roots. Now there are 5 roots poking out and I keep thinking about taking a root riot cube and jamming it onto them and misting it daily to grow a little tangle of roots mid-air...
Wow, I don't recall ever getting pups at the base. Always at the cut or thereabouts.
Then there's the one with the aerial roots. Now there are 5 roots poking out and I keep thinking about taking a root riot cube and jamming it onto them and misting it daily to grow a little tangle of roots mid-air...
Wow, I don't recall ever getting pups at the base. Always at the cut or thereabouts.
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Speaking of pups... bigger spines are popping out near the bases of one Collana and one Sharxx, and it appears to be a precursor to pup formation. Super cool! I thought the spines for that node were done but I was wrong!
Gave each of the 6 peruvianus 300mL of water, 200 from the bottom, 100 top. Put a bamboo stake in the Sharxx #8 pot and tied it with a twist tie as it was leaning a little far over. They are all looking beautiful!
Gave each of the 6 peruvianus 300mL of water, 200 from the bottom, 100 top. Put a bamboo stake in the Sharxx #8 pot and tied it with a twist tie as it was leaning a little far over. They are all looking beautiful!
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Gave each plant 400mL aqua and started leaching the soil in the first three. It's about time to up-pot them so this is a good time. They've been in these pots since Nov. 2022. Last night I did #12, the sole 7 rib plant. Today #1 and #10 got a bath and are draining in the sink. All three are from the Collana Picchu seed. #1 & #10 both have 5 ribs, however, #1 has switched it up to 6 ribs and #10 continues to put out aerial roots on one side a few inches above the soil. Tomorrow I'll get the other 3 done. Up-potting these is going to be challenging.
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Finished leaching the last Collana and both Sharxx Blu OP. Lots of crud came out of every pot. In a week or so I'm going to feed them some Geoflora Veg and some Jones Juice.
Mischief managed!
Mischief managed!
Around my place it's pupping and flowering season:
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Awesome, @Phytoplankton! Beautiful pups and magnificent flowers. Right at the fall equinox.
The San Pedro's are at it again!
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Wow, @Phytoplankton, they're pretty much flowering all year around! Beautiful!
Hey @BeccaBuds how you doing? Haven't seen you post in a while, hope everything is going well. I'm having some construction work done at my house and I had to move a bunch of my San Pedros, I have a few pups, about baseball size, if you want them I'd be happyb to send them to you. PM me and let me know.
