'SkunkWorx Cacti Adventures' brought to you Skunk
Well a about 2 years ago I discovered a passion for Cacti.* Well mainly for Trichocereus & Peyote Cacti; but also other kinds of cacti & succulents.*** They're the predominant plant on our house.* Our collection consisted of a dozen or so up until 2 years ago when I discovered my passion of collection different forums of Trichocereus Cacti & Hybrids.
I thoroughly enjoy cultivating from seed, it is a great lesson in patience and persistence when dealing with Cacti.*** Marijuana can go from seed to flower in but a few short months.* Cacti on the other hand take years and years when dealing with seed;* and it's not uncommon for Peyote 'L.Williamsii' To not flower for upwards of 10 years from seed, unless grafted onto a quicker growing root stock or grown artificially)
Our collection in then last 2 years has gone from about a dozen or so to well over 1000 1-2 year old year old Trichocereus,* Ariocarpus & Other more common kinds of Succulents and Cacti with a few older specimens such as a few of my older peyote (L.Williamsii) which are around 7 years old I also have a few hundred L.Williamsii seedlings ranging in age from a* month-2years).** So progress with Cacti is measured in years not weeks or months.
(The largest of these specimines was just 2 years of age, this past November. The smallest about 1 year. All are hard grown from seed)
I don't see myself stopping sowing seeds, it becomes quite the addiction once pricked.* I have thousands of seeds currently being sowing or going through the seedling stage under lights.* A majority of my Cacti are Hard grown the way I like them.* Meaning they are grown under natural lighting (Sun) during our short growing season then come fall I stop feedling and watering and put them into a state of dormancy.** They don't need light during this time and certainly don't need water.*
(L.bridgesii "ACHUMA")
(I have s few racks like these throughout the house and have most my windows done with shelfs that house yearling cacti. Besides all those cacti I also utilizes left over room in my two grow rooms where about 2 dozen cacti reside over the winter. And in my Vegging Closet I have my Seed sowing trays I start seedlings.
In this thread I'll share my "Skunkworx Cacti Adventures".** I have a closed(locked) down thread where this Journey began, so I'll continue on with my Cacti Adventures here in this thread.*** I'll share my grafting projects, Seed Sowing and all things Cacti and Succulent related.** Things are slow so I'll try and give a good overview of what's Happening in the SkunkWorx Cacti Lab!* this thread will take some time to get rolling but I'll do my best to put on a good Show and share as much cacti and information ad possible for the masses. Question and feedback are always welcome and I love to meet other cacti enthusiasts.
(A rare Cross out of Australia Yowie x Bondi scop grafted onto a Huanucoensis X BBG root stock)
And we are off with this Adventure...
Skunk
PS:
As far as I know Peyote, Trichocereus, Ariocarpus and other cacti and succulents are all legal to grow in the UK (no restrictions or scheduling of any cacti).* If I'm mistaken about any of this I'll scrap this thread and omit said Cacti and Succulents in question. Where I'm from these are all legal to grow. This thread will be strictly horticultural based.
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