grafting cristate cacti

Joined : 25 Apr 2008 Posts : 5 Location : australia

hey just wondering what people think the best way to graft a cristate pup onto a trich spp. Have a few samll chunks of different cristates and would like to graft for quicker growth. No idea how the vascular ring is going to look on them, looks a bit difficult. any pointers appreciated

Joined : 05 Apr 2008 Posts : 163 Location : International

i wrote a little thing about it, i will psot it later tonight Smile

Subject: Re: grafting cristate cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 12:46 am

*waits patiently*

Ginganinja (cool name btw), you raise a good point. I'd always seen crests that were grafted and thought they were pretty cool, however I'd never considered how their vascular bundles would be affected by their irregular growth. I'd hazard a guess that if at least some of the vascular bundles were alligned with those of the stock the graft should work, but I have no idea about how this would work in practice.

Joined : 05 Apr 2008 Posts : 163 Location : International

they actually have abigger vascular sack than normal ones. in that sense they are easier to graft.

they are kind of like a rectangle...think Oputnia cross section cyclops

Subject: Re: grafting cristate cacti Sat Apr 26, 2008 12:54 pm

Yeah I was goin g to say the vascular bundle would be long and narrow rather than circular. Thanks for doing the crest graft write up, will have a good read of it and give it a gho next season.
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