did i get the right one?
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Brewmaster
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Welcome to the world of cacti cultivation. What you have there does appear to be pedro but a taste test is the only way to be 100% sure. 
As for growing advice, at this point all you need to do is leave them alone. They go dormant during the winter and stop growing so you don't even need to water it, just put them in a sunny spot and play them some good music while they're indoors resting. Mine like soft crap like Jim Croce and Kat Stevens but I get tired of that pretty quick. My peyote prefers metal oddly enough.
June is the best time to root a cutting since the days are longer. Leave at least two nodes ( spiky spots ) above the soil where you make the cut and do it at a 45 degree angle so rain doesn't pool on the flat spot and cause mold. Leave the cut tips to dry for 2-3 weeks until the bottom exposed area is dry and scabbed over. Then set it on top a pot of 50% potting soil 50% sand and DO NOT WATER for at least a month. After 4 weeks pick it up and see if it's grown root buds ( you can get root growth hormone from a garden shop that will make this go quicker). Wait another couple weeks to plant it deeper in the soil and begin to water a tiny bit. Keep in partial sun. By this time, the stumps from the cuttings will probably be growing 2 or 3 more pups from the nodes.
Growing from seed is a pain in the ass and not recommended. Just kidding, you just need a heating mat and lots of patience. Peyote is worth the effort. I started mine 4 years ago and they're still only 4cm across. You can however, graft a peyote button on top of a san pedro and they'll be the size of a baseball in a year. I have a few of these but they're just watered down, puffed up buttons. They look sweet though and make my friends jealous. Happy growing.
As for growing advice, at this point all you need to do is leave them alone. They go dormant during the winter and stop growing so you don't even need to water it, just put them in a sunny spot and play them some good music while they're indoors resting. Mine like soft crap like Jim Croce and Kat Stevens but I get tired of that pretty quick. My peyote prefers metal oddly enough.June is the best time to root a cutting since the days are longer. Leave at least two nodes ( spiky spots ) above the soil where you make the cut and do it at a 45 degree angle so rain doesn't pool on the flat spot and cause mold. Leave the cut tips to dry for 2-3 weeks until the bottom exposed area is dry and scabbed over. Then set it on top a pot of 50% potting soil 50% sand and DO NOT WATER for at least a month. After 4 weeks pick it up and see if it's grown root buds ( you can get root growth hormone from a garden shop that will make this go quicker). Wait another couple weeks to plant it deeper in the soil and begin to water a tiny bit. Keep in partial sun. By this time, the stumps from the cuttings will probably be growing 2 or 3 more pups from the nodes.
Growing from seed is a pain in the ass and not recommended. Just kidding, you just need a heating mat and lots of patience. Peyote is worth the effort. I started mine 4 years ago and they're still only 4cm across. You can however, graft a peyote button on top of a san pedro and they'll be the size of a baseball in a year. I have a few of these but they're just watered down, puffed up buttons. They look sweet though and make my friends jealous. Happy growing.
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Antirem, go to SacredCactus.com. This is the best place for growing instructions. Yes, I was just kidding about the music and yes, all cacti taste pretty much the same...horrible.
A node is just a spot where the spines are comiing out. When you harvest the cactus, leave a stump tall enough that there at least two of these spots above the dirt. These spots are where new growths will pop out of. I also save the top 4 inches and plant that. They multiply faster than rabbits this way. Just leave the tip to form a dry scab on the bottom ( about a month to be safe ) and set it on top of a pot of dirt and in another month or two you will have root buds. Then you can plant it deeper in the ground. You can only do this in the summer, they stop growing all together in the winter.
One dose a year is about right ( I recomend starting w/ a pound of cactus ). Mine grow about 16 inches between May and September. But you may find that if you leave a stump, it will grow 2,3,or 4 more cacti. Then in a couple years you cut those and more grow. My biggest cactus has 12 tips growing from one stump.
A node is just a spot where the spines are comiing out. When you harvest the cactus, leave a stump tall enough that there at least two of these spots above the dirt. These spots are where new growths will pop out of. I also save the top 4 inches and plant that. They multiply faster than rabbits this way. Just leave the tip to form a dry scab on the bottom ( about a month to be safe ) and set it on top of a pot of dirt and in another month or two you will have root buds. Then you can plant it deeper in the ground. You can only do this in the summer, they stop growing all together in the winter.
One dose a year is about right ( I recomend starting w/ a pound of cactus ). Mine grow about 16 inches between May and September. But you may find that if you leave a stump, it will grow 2,3,or 4 more cacti. Then in a couple years you cut those and more grow. My biggest cactus has 12 tips growing from one stump.
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Oh and those pots are way too small. The larger the pot the bigger the cactus. I'd wait till spring and replant them ( 50% dirt 50% perlite/sand) in larger pots. Their size and grow speed are determined by the growth of the roots.
I haven't tried making champagne, my wife does most of the wine making but that's a good idea. The last beer I made, I did use champagne yeast to get the alcohol up to 13%. I made this one extra strong to celebrate a friend finishing up his 75 days in the slammer. It's a killer
I haven't tried making champagne, my wife does most of the wine making but that's a good idea. The last beer I made, I did use champagne yeast to get the alcohol up to 13%. I made this one extra strong to celebrate a friend finishing up his 75 days in the slammer. It's a killer
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No, a basement will not do. They may not die but they certainly won't grow very fast. Cacti need natural light and more importantly, warm soil.
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Just to verify you, they look very much like some kind of San Pedro or Peruvian Torch. I have both of these on my window bench and they grow like hell but they have a pot 4 times the size of yours. They have grown from 6cm to about 30cm each in one year, I'm gonna harvest them soon...
Well, get them a bigger pot, get them some fertilizer onze in a while, get them as much sun as they can get some water every one or two days and you'll get big psychoactive cacti !!!
Well, get them a bigger pot, get them some fertilizer onze in a while, get them as much sun as they can get some water every one or two days and you'll get big psychoactive cacti !!!
