Oh dear...

[Cactigirl21]

...this is what happens to plants that don't like the cold!

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[Nick]

The same happened to me a while ago. These stocks are tuned for maximum growth, but they have no tolerance for cold! Anyway, i cut off some of the ofsets and re-grafted. Bit of a hassle though!
Nick

[Nick]

Oh deep joy, it`s happened again - i bought 3 from Ikea last week, and brought them straight inside, keeping them in their nice insulated little house, and now one stock has mushed out - time to dust off those Stanley blades!

Quite timely actually, as i have a grafted Ortegocactus that is looking decidely sick too.

The other two red Gymno`s can go into the propagator, and i dare them to rot in there!

Nick

[Stuart Estell]

I didn't realise you meant that the stock had gone but the top bit was OK Vicki - time to get hold of an echinopsis or cereus and have a go at grafting

[Phil_SK]

Your Ikea ones may well have been frosted before they reached the shop shelves.

[Cactigirl21]

Stuart Estell Wrote:
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> I didn't realise you meant that the stock had gone
> but the top bit was OK Vicki - time to get hold of
> an echinopsis or cereus and have a go at grafting
>


To be fair, I did actually think the whole thing had died and it was only when I got back from yours that I had another look and saw that actually the graft was still ok

[Julie]

I hope the top half survives, and it's sweet little pups! I guess it can't support itself as it doesn't seem to have any green bits.

Have you grafted before?

[Phil Hocking]

Grafting is easy - except for when it gets to the point where you have to somehow get a rubber band under the pot and over the top plant without dislodging it! Does anyone have any tips for doing that, or alternative methods for holding the two bits together?

Somerset Phil

[Phil_SK]

I've seen insulation tape used.

[Cactigirl21]

Nope, never grafted before...:)