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Trichocereus Peruvianus— Peruvian
Torch
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12-14G
- 25" seed grown San Pedro
13.5 lbs.
$74.95 + shipping
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The white stuff is bird poop. This plant was seed grown - has short spines
of a San Pedro. It is among the only authentic San Pedro I've raised from
Peruvian seed. Most seed claiming to be Trichocereus Pachanoi has turned out to
be Peruvian Torch. This is destined to be a great specimen.
Repot to 6-10 gallon
container for good growth in 2012
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| (left) This guy will rocket in 2011 |
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No bare root plants!
All my cactus ship
in their
container with all soil. You receive a healthy
specimen; all you have to do is
unpack, water it and provide a loving home.
Bare
rooting kills the delicate roots, dries & shrivels them
up requiring months to nurse back to health
before they grow again. I will never do that to
mine. Just because "Everyone else bare roots"
doesn't mean I do it. Now you know. |
How do you pack a cactus?
You can really ship it in the pot with all the soil?
How do you do that?
Transplant to a larger container for continued good growth. You
may harvest tips for propagation (best to do in spring), and/or transplant to a larger pot.
Here is a photo tutorial about repotting these plants
• Potting soil
• Repotting the
big boys with Dustball the cat |
"Own a piece of the legend"
All my San Pedro, many KK242, some Peruvian Torch, and all of my Bridgesii (that
I didn't grow myself from seed) came from the legendary
Cactus Kate
nursery. Her San Pedro
were
brought by a botanist to California from Peru in the 1960s. That particularly authentic
strain has been propagated by cuttings for 50 years. |
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