best way to re root fallen tricho?

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best way to re root fallen tricho?

Post by chadec » Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:20 am

Too much lean and rain must have forced my tricho to the breaking point. Now how is the best method to re root? A clean cut with rooting hormone and replant or pot? Should I remove the pups and plant them vertically?
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Post by teebee » Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:45 am

Cut flat with clean tools let it scar over for about 3 weeks and then replant and it should pick up where it left off...

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Post by chadec » Fri Mar 20, 2015 5:22 pm

Thanks teebee, wasnt sure how long it needed to scab over. I think I will pot it till June. Still have 18" after the cut, even though I had to cut a large chunk off.
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This cactus has been super hardy for a 3$ buy from Lowes. It has seen -1F with no damage, just needs to be dry. If any one is interested while out shopping.
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I noticed a few flowers while I was working today.

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Post by hardyjim » Fri Mar 20, 2015 9:00 pm

Good stuff!

Amazing how hardy those are..
I like to put perlite or small crushed gravel
under the cut,that way there is no soil actually
touching the plant so the roots stay dry when soil gets wet.

Chad

probably not the same variety but some of these do grow on the ground.

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Some dont

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I think this one is yours...

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Post by chadec » Sat Mar 21, 2015 5:54 am

Thanks for the advice Jim!

The first photo may be closer to what I have. Have you seen it bloom? The 2 I have planted next to each other came labeled as the same plant, id's must general. Its easy to tell that they are different. Here is mine in bloom.
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Post by DesertZone » Sat Mar 21, 2015 10:11 am

I like that! One day maybe. :D
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Post by hardyjim » Sat Mar 21, 2015 10:11 am

I saw a few in bloom out there,you have to be out early
cuz these bloomed at night,the one in the first pic had just
closed up when I got there...little bit of red under the flower pedals.
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Post by chadec » Sat Mar 21, 2015 4:52 pm

Yeah aaron these things do great and are easy till they get big :wink:

Jim, you can see the red blooms off the other cactus. Showing it is definitely a different sp.

I have 2 trichocereus terscheckii, been in pots for 2 yrs with no growth. Guess this yr will be as good as any to plant em.

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Post by hardyjim » Sun Mar 22, 2015 7:04 am

I wonder if your Tricho could have been mislabled...I have seen
nothing but growth out of mine-a little scary how fast it grows!
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Post by chadec » Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:46 am

I would bet on it. From everything I read at Xeric World they are awful about labeling plants at Altmans and other nurserys.

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Post by chadec » Sat Apr 11, 2015 8:49 am

We have been in the 80's F here and appear to be well past our last frost. With that I brought out the potted tricho with a few friends. Will wait till its hotter to plant it.

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Hopefully in about a month I will get most of these barrel cactus in the ground. I have plenty of room where agave decided to die on me.

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Post by hardyjim » Sat Apr 11, 2015 4:08 pm

Nice collection...I think one of my Tricho is similar to the
one to the right of your Saquaro...lots of good stuff!!!
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Post by chadec » Sat Apr 11, 2015 5:57 pm

Thanks Jim, can't wait to get some in the ground. My cactus have been doing better than agave lately.

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Post by hardyjim » Sun Apr 12, 2015 6:17 am

Do you know the name of the Tricho between the Saguaro and the Pachy?
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Post by chadec » Sun Apr 12, 2015 7:56 am

It was purchased from lowes in the same pot pictured above, as a trichocereus grandiflorus. It was in the ground for 3 winters before breaking off. Seems a bit hardy for your average house plant sold at Lowes, right?

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Post by hardyjim » Sun Apr 12, 2015 9:19 am

How hardy did you say they are?

Heres mine in bloom last year..

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sounds like the names right :shock:
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Post by chadec » Sun Apr 12, 2015 5:20 pm

Mine have seen -1 F with a clear plastic tote over them to keep them dry.

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Post by hardyjim » Mon Apr 13, 2015 6:28 am

K thx
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