Anyone else here into cacti?

I’ve been growing trichocereus for almost 8 years, and more recently got my hands on a peyote cutting. I’ve got a huge collection of trichocereus that I either grew from seed, seedling, or cutting. This is my biggest one that bloomed for the first time last summer. He’s dormant for the winter now but once spring comes around I’m throwing him in a 10 gallon pot to get some serious height next year.



I’m kinda surprised that this peyote cutting survived. I got it from a friend in Alaska who mailed it to me. It was moldy, and I attempted to graft every meristem onto this pereskiopsis plant. Only one survived but it’s starting to get big.



Growing cacti is not anything you do for any reason other than enjoyment. As it is I’ve probably got enough trichocereus to run a huge mescaline extraction. What isn’t pictured is the shitload of trichocereus I have over at my mom’s house. Every year I put it off and every year the cacti get bigger. Anyone else into cacti?

Mmm nice Bridgesii you got over there ! How tall is the biggest one? looks like it's at least 3 feet...Jealous of that williamsii lol, recently lost a bid on a cluster of 2 real nice looking baby lophs

yeah cacti are awesome, so god damn hardy and propagation is super fun with these things......

EDIT* I'm no cactus expert but upon looking at your 'peyote' again it looks like it may be a different lophophora species (diffusa, koehresii, fricii) aka 'false peyote.' They all look very similiar and hard to distinguish, but what I do remember is the williamsii ribs are more starfish like and flatter (less globose) ..once again I could very much be wrong

The bridgesii was about 40 inches not counting the pot when I measured this summer. I’m hoping for multiple blooms next year. I’ve also got a little pachanoi hybrid down there that I grew from seed. I’ll be propagating the williamsii once it starts pupping. I’ve got plenty of grafting stock. I’m hoping to get a bigger tip onto a trichocereus eventually.

nicee, yeah that thing looks like it's big enough to be blooming ....I really want to start cacti from seed it seems much more satisfying than cuttings, I always tell my self i'm gonna start this year but never do lol this thread is motivating me too

Hell yeah it isn’t super difficult to sprout them, but the time it takes for them to grow big from seed can seem endless. Grafting helps a lot and isn’t super difficult. I’m hoping that loph will bloom in a few years grafted to the pereskiopsis and that I’ll get some seeds. There’s no better grafting stock to speed up growth.

Here’s a pic of last summer’s flower.

If it's easier than starting cannabis from seed than I should be good lol killed one to many seedlings Yeah i heard it takes like a year or something just to get to the 'seedling stage' where they're only like 2-4" tall.. damn. but I'm guessing as they get bigger they grow exponentially faster?

Wow!!! Nice bloom! I swear San Pedro/Bridgesii throw out the most beautiful flowers in the world...

alphapinene said:

If it's easier than starting cannabis from seed than I should be good lol killed one to many seedlings Yeah i heard it takes like a year or something just to get to the 'seedling stage' where they're only like 2-4" tall.. damn. but I'm guessing as they get bigger they grow exponentially faster?

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Yeah you’ve gotta be careful with seedlings. I would definitely say starting cannabis is easier. Trichocereus/peyote seeds are really small and require precise conditions to germinate. They sprout on the surface too. Grafting seedlings is also a big risk because there’s a chance the seedling won’t survive the graft. Exponential growth is a good way to describe it. The orders of magnitude start out pretty small but by the time you’re two years in you can get them pretty big. It’s also important IMO to let them go dormant over the winter. I bring them inside into a dark room and don’t water them until I put them outside again after the last frost. This makes them really explode once they start getting direct sunlight and water. It kind of mimics the seasons in their natural habitat.

alphapinene said:

Wow!!! Nice bloom! I swear San Pedro/Bridgesii throw out the most beautiful flowers in the world...

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Unfortunately that bloom fell off a few minutes after I took that pic. I was transporting it and I hit a pothole and the flower broke clean off. I never should have done that but it was at my mom’s house and I wanted to enjoy it at my place

I’m hoping for more than one next year once I put it in the 10 gallon pot with some good organic nutes.

TerrapinBlazin said:

Yeah you’ve gotta be careful with seedlings. I would definitely say starting cannabis is easier. Trichocereus/peyote seeds are really small and require precise conditions to germinate. They sprout on the surface too. Grafting seedlings is also a big risk because there’s a chance the seedling won’t survive the graft. Exponential growth is a good way to describe it. The orders of magnitude start out pretty small but by the time you’re two years in you can get them pretty big. It’s also important IMO to let them go dormant over the winter. I bring them inside into a dark room and don’t water them until I put them outside again after the last frost. This makes them really explode once they start getting direct sunlight and water. It kind of mimics the seasons in their natural habitat.

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I like that Tricho/peyote seeds come in a package of like 20-100.. I guess more room for error that I couldn't afford with cannabis...plus there's a greater chance of at least some making it which is motivating lol just gotta dial in the conditions like you said...I have a tricho (cutting) right now that's dormant, started pupping right before i brought her in

TerrapinBlazin said:

Unfortunately that bloom fell off a few minutes after I took that pic. I was transporting it and I hit a pothole and the flower broke clean off. I never should have done that but it was at my mom’s house and I wanted to enjoy it at my place

I’m hoping for more than one next year once I put it in the 10 gallon pot with some good organic nutes.

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oh noo oh well, you have next year to look forward too..it'll deff bloom more than once especially if it's a really sunny spring/summer...thanks for the info man, motivated to start a batch of lil cacti now i'm gonna go head off and smoke some

Hell yeah dude. Of course my endgame has always been to extract a bunch of mescaline, but the longer I grow these the more attached to them I get. It’s easier to chop down annuals like cannabis than something that can grow for decades. Of course I’ll be saving the tips and rootstock and not actually be killing anything (I’ll end up with a higher number of smaller cacti), but still taking a knife to something you’ve put so much time and effort into is hard.

yea i got a few super pedro's and sore tooths

Oh and to @alphapinene wondering about the lophopora, it’s definitely a williamsii. Diffusas are bumpier and the areoles go in a spiral pattern from the center. On williamsii they’re in a straight line from the center and the surface of the cactus doesn’t have the prominent staggered bump pattern. They’re both cool species but one day I want to get a big enough colony of peyote that I can eat some buttons.