Astrophytum caput-medusae; second generation

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Re: Astrophytum caput-medusae; The third one

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:shock: That's a real grafting factory :grin:
Phil_SK wrote:What are your long term plans for the grafts? I'm thinking, of course, about the Pereskiopsis particularly. Are either of the other joins 'tight'?
I have no real plans for the grafts, but I may try to de-graft some of them. The whole thing was just an experiment and I wanted to have a look and take some pictures on the flowers. Now when it's done I just grow the ones on it's own root :geek:
Since I grow on my windowsill I do not have space for all experiments at the same time :???:
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Re: Astrophytum caput-medusae; The third one

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Hi, I have seen somewhere on this forum or u tube, some preparation work on the seeds of Astro. caput- medusae. Can anyone refresh my memory, and is this work really required. I think it related to removing a part of the outer shell of the seed. Cheers.
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Eric Williams wrote:Hi, I have seen somewhere on this forum or u tube, some preparation work on the seeds of Astro. caput- medusae. Can anyone refresh my memory, and is this work really required. I think it related to removing a part of the outer shell of the seed. Cheers.
I have never done any preparation on the seeds for this species. Just from the bag direct in the pot :geek:
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The final step of the experiment...

From seed to flower to fruit to seed to flower; 1 year and 5 months.

This is the second generation...
Astrophytum caput-medusae
Astrophytum caput-medusae
...grafted on Selenicereus :mrgreen:
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They are growing at the speed of light there. Please report on the degrafting, Christer.
It has been itching in my fingertips to chop mine off its stock too.
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Jens wrote:They are growing at the speed of light there. Please report on the degrafting, Christer.
It has been itching in my fingertips to chop mine off its stock too.
I keep my fingers crossed, but I think it will fail :cry:
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Did you use rooting hormone or anything on the cut surface?
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Jens wrote:Did you use rooting hormone or anything on the cut surface?
Yes, and I've done as I done so many times before. But it seems not to work with this one :roll:

But I have some on their own root growing as well now, so I will wait for them instead :geek:
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I don't know... they have a body that looks good on low and high stock to me... I tend to degraft almost anything sooner or later but I doubt I'll degraft this one. After I graft it successfully etc etc etc :)
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AnTTun wrote:I don't know... they have a body that looks good on low and high stock to me... I tend to degraft almost anything sooner or later but I doubt I'll degraft this one. After I graft it successfully etc etc etc :)
Sometimes it's better to have it grafted then not at all :geek:
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