San Pedro Cutting..

[tone702]

Ok so I just received my san pedro cutting in the mail and would like to know if anybody has had any experience in re potting it.. I mean I know I need a good soil mix that will consist of perlite sand and soil but when is the best time to re pot?? The bottom of the cutting has pretty much hardened and there looks to be no signs of rot.. should I just add some rooting hormone to the bottom and re pot it in the triple soil mix topped with some beach pebble rocks??
any helpfull info will most likely be met with some +rep..thanks

 

[tebor]

Copied this from a cacti cultivation forum on the topic of San Pedro

I have had remarkable success rooting out cuttings of the above in a very fast draining 'compost' more like a mulch we get free from the township in PA.
In case you don't realize what that means.....it means a 100 per cent organic growing medium. I stick the cuttings in it support them with gravel on top and thats it!

 

[tone702]

So is it safe to use rooting hormones on the bottom of the cutting even do its turned a little hard??

 

[The Real Peter Parker]

Don't use a rooting hormone at all, stick it in, and it'll grow...

Make 100% sure you have the right end...

That San Pedro cutting will live pretty much no matter what you do to it.

But it will refuse to grow if you plant it upside down.

 

[tebor]

I don't think rooting hormones are necessary.
I bought mine already rooted.
But what I read I never seen anyone use rooting hormone.

A link on rooting San Pedro
http://www.sacredcactus.com/index6.htm

 

[tone702]

I don't think rooting hormones are necessary.
I bought mine already rooted.
But what I read I never seen anyone use rooting hormone.

A link on rooting San Pedro
http://www.sacredcactus.com/index6.htm

Thanks for the help.

 

[tone702]

Does this cutting look ready to be potted??or should the scab
turn darker?

 

[tebor]

Not real sure, but I found this that says to wait about 2 weeks after taking the cutting
it also says you can use rooting hormones if you wish

All you ever wanted to know about cuttings
Propagating the San Pedro from cuttings is also quite easy. All you need is a sharp knife and some soil. First, be sure that your cactus is big enough. 10" or more above the soil is a good starting point, as you want at least a 6" cutting and a 4" base. As to width, it really doesn't matter, but remember, the thinner the cacti, the quicker it will lose water. If you keep your cacti indoors, you can make a more straight cut. If you leave your cacti where they can get rained on, be sure to cut at a slant, so the rain water doesn't pool in the cut. After you have made the cut, you'll want to let both the base and the cutting heal and callous over. This should take about 2 weeks. In that time, you'll want to keep the cutting out of sunlight, and the base in lower light. After that, you can slowly reacclimate the cactus to the level of light it was previously at. As for the cutting, it's now time to plant. You should have a pot of dry soil ready. If you wish, you can dust the callous and the bottom inch or so of t he plant LIGHTLY with rooting hormone. Put the cutting about 2"deep in the soil. Wait about a week or so until you water the cutting, and then do so as normal. Soon they will put out roots, and voila, you now have two healthy, happy San Pedros.

Most info i have found says wait until it is completely callosed.

 

[ANC]

Yep, wait until there is a skin over the cut, then decide how it has to be orientated and position it as such, without planting, It has no roots so there is nothing to water, just makeing it more likely to get an infection etc... wait till you actualy see roots forming before sticking it in the ground.... They cuttings can last for months like that.

 

[The Real Peter Parker]

I don't know... a friend had a San Pedro cutting just laying out in the open, in his trunk, for a year.

It had three little offshoots, they were that darker green and well established.

It was level on both ends at the time of purchase. It grew in his trunk!

So it was brought inside, and it lay on the window sill.

Then it was planted and those three amigos have turned very light green and grown... We assumed it rooted.

In fact, we turned out quite lucky... we didn't read anything, we went to walmart and bought cactus soil and a pot... and threw it all together...

Let's say it worked...

And I personally think it's hard to fuck up a San Pedro no matter what you do.

 

[tone702]

Yep, wait until there is a skin over the cut, then decide how it has to be orientated and position it as such, without planting, It has no roots so there is nothing to water, just makeing it more likely to get an infection etc... wait till you actualy see roots forming before sticking it in the ground.... They cuttings can last for months like that.

I will be sticking it in a 6" pot and not into the ground since its way too cold outside and would like to put it indoors were its about 70degrees to promote root growth as ive read that warmer soil temps help with root growth, the end of the cutting has pretty much hardened and turned into a skin type texture

 

[tical916]

I will be sticking it in a 6" pot and not into the ground since its way too cold outside and would like to put it indoors were its about 70degrees to promote root growth as ive read that warmer soil temps help with root growth, the end of the cutting has pretty much hardened and turned into a skin type texture

Making big is that cutting? Looks kinda small.

 

[tone702]

Making big is that cutting? Looks kinda small.

huh?? Its just a pic of the bottom the cutting is about 7 " in length..

 

[tone702]

heres a recent pic of the bottom scar of the cutting can it be dipped in water then add some root hormone yet or does it not look ready for potting? I live in a dry place 20 percent humidity so drying the bottom of the san perdro should take less time right?

 

[Scythian Neo Babylonian]

I have been growing san pedro for about six years, my soil composition always consists of about 60% sand, then your additives. For propagating you can either lay the cactus down on the growing medium, or just stuff it in about 2 inches, always seemed to work for me. I can usually produce about 4 inches a year, but I have limited light. Hope any of these tips help.

 

[ANC]

I'd let it just stand in the postion you want it in, seriously it can go withouwater for months....and keep growing.

 

[BeefSupreme]

My san pedro grew 10 inches last year, so i cut off the new growth and now ive got 2! It has to have the callus to root. I dipped mine in the rooting hormone ive use for my weed plants, worked good both times!

 

[PlantManBee]

the only pedros i've had NOT root were transplanted in the dead of winter. they are at least semi-dormant at this time. I'd wait until spring for better results.

definitely wait for a real callus to form (hard "scab") before you try to root it. i believe it was ANC who mentioned this in another thread but don't water in winter....they get super skinny, to the point of breakage even.

best entheogen on earth post spewing anyway

 

[ANC]

Oh yeah, I wasn't even thinking about your weather, we live in a temperate area, no snow or frost... and its the dead of summer here now.
You would need a heating pad under your soil as heat is kinda needed to accelerate root formation.

Here, I went to go take a picture for you of a tip cutting I'm rooting at the moment.