Grafted some Ariocarpus

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Re: Grafted some Ariocarpus

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AnTTun wrote:Christer, one question that might sound weird but I'll explain later: how old stock plants were?

I have a couple of selenicereus plants that I sowed this spring plus few cuttings I got from a friend. I cut few offsets but couldn't really see vascular ring. There was some tiny circle in the middle but I didn't dare to graft on that. I assumed they were too young to be good enough for grafting.
The mother plant are about 3 years old from seed, but I think it's more about how thick the stock is. I try to get them thicker and select the one that are around 10mm if I can. I guess the vascular ring becomes bigger if the stock is thicker :geek:
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So a couple more years and they will be thick enough :) Thanks for reply mate.
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You're just making us envious :)
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AnTTun wrote:You're just making us envious :)
That's a matter of opinion :grin:
For me it's information and studies; Ariocarpus has no spines at all, except A. agavoides which may have one or two :geek:
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Wow...good job Christer
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Ashraf wrote:Wow...good job Christer
Thank you!!

I have them under artificial light so I can study them and take pictures of them them all winter :)
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Very nice Chris, which one is this? retusus scaph?

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Re: Grafted some Ariocarpus

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Why not trying Peireskiopsis ? They grow like weed, so no problem for stock. :?:

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Since my experience tells me, and I mean samples with Pereskiopsis, that the likelihood for success of a grafting is higher when I'm using Seleniceresus, then I use Selenicereus :geek:
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