Definitive read for Trichocereus collectors...

cap · 05-17-06, 01:07

Best site ive found by far..

theres a TON of info and pretty pics to be distracted by, so i suggest starting here
for general and propagation info on the genus,
then click to any section of the site that interests you through the hotlinks in text, pics, and at the above navigation bar.

Please review the article on direct-planting to the earth if yer climate allows for such
(USDA hardiness zones 8 and 9 i believe) TAKE ADVANTAGE! you will be happy you did

http://www.sacredcactus.com/

cap · 05-21-06, 19:31

why NOT to grow Trichocereus in containers http://pearyhenson.org/trichocereus/index22.htm

grimblegrumble · 05-21-06, 19:38

That's a good point, for anyone in a year round warm climate.
Unfortunately not everyone lives in California or down south and must take the cacti inside for the winter.

cap · 05-21-06, 19:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrimbleGrumble

That's a good point, for anyone in a year round warm climate.
Unfortunately not everyone lives in California or down south and must take the cacti inside for the winter.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cap

Please review the article on direct-planting to the earth if yer climate allows for such
(USDA hardiness zones 8 and 9 i believe) TAKE ADVANTAGE! you will be happy you did

zone 10, too

grimblegrumble · 05-21-06, 20:26

In the last 2 months I have bought some Pedros at Target, Home Depot and Lowes, they were labeled and everything.
It's crazy, they were everywhere, same company at all the stores too.
Anyway, I put some of those in the ground on the south side of my house to see for the first time, how they do in the ground.
I just looked at them today and they look fantastic!

They have grown faster than any of my potted specimens for sure.
In ground is the way to go.

koreanindica · 05-21-06, 21:18

HOLY F**K!!!!!!

cap · 05-21-06, 21:28

cap · 05-21-06, 21:29

im retiring to zone 8b nor.cali.
seems like the promised land to me.

ps. korean, check out the before and after pics-that pic you posted is the "after" the "before" was miniscule in comparison.

cap · 07-07-08, 06:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by cap

why NOT to grow Trichocereus in containers http://pearyhenson.org/trichocereus/index22.htm

amazing info.

thanks for looking!

cap · 07-07-08, 06:18

i deleted that pic of the map off the old hard drive b4 i binned that machine! thanks to me for postin it

im glad to have stumbled back upon this thread!

i been searchin for it forever!

jason_ · 07-07-08, 15:50

I live in zone 8b, but we get so much rain here sometimes during the summer, I've always been too concerned about rot to plant in the ground.

Also, we do still get frost at times in the winter... won't that be a problem?

-Jason

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cap what a long strange trip Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,818	Definitive read for Trichocereus collectors... Best site ive found by far.. theres a TON of info and pretty pics to be distracted by, so i suggest starting here for general and propagation info on the genus, then click to any section of the site that interests you through the hotlinks in text, pics, and at the above navigation bar. Please review the article on direct-planting to the earth if yer climate allows for such (USDA hardiness zones 8 and 9 i believe) TAKE ADVANTAGE! you will be happy you did http://www.sacredcactus.com/ __________________ "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." -Hunter S. Thompson

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koreanindica Mycophiliac Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 93	HOLY F**K!!!!!! Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function." -Joseph Wood Krutch-

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07-07-08, 06:18	#10 (permalink)
cap what a long strange trip Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,818	woot! i deleted that pic of the map off the old hard drive b4 i binned that machine! thanks to me for postin it im glad to have stumbled back upon this thread! i been searchin for it forever! __________________ "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." -Hunter S. Thompson

05-21-06, 19:31	#2 (permalink)
cap what a long strange trip Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,818	why NOT to grow Trichocereus in containers http://pearyhenson.org/trichocereus/index22.htm

05-21-06, 19:38	#3 (permalink)
grimblegrumble Mycophage Join Date: Apr 1972 Posts: 157	That's a good point, for anyone in a year round warm climate. Unfortunately not everyone lives in California or down south and must take the cacti inside for the winter.

05-21-06, 20:26	#5 (permalink)
grimblegrumble Mycophage Join Date: Apr 1972 Posts: 157	In the last 2 months I have bought some Pedros at Target, Home Depot and Lowes, they were labeled and everything. It's crazy, they were everywhere, same company at all the stores too. Anyway, I put some of those in the ground on the south side of my house to see for the first time, how they do in the ground. I just looked at them today and they look fantastic! They have grown faster than any of my potted specimens for sure. In ground is the way to go.

05-21-06, 21:29	#8 (permalink)
cap what a long strange trip Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,818	im retiring to zone 8b nor.cali. seems like the promised land to me. ps. korean, check out the before and after pics-that pic you posted is the "after" the "before" was miniscule in comparison.

07-07-08, 15:50	#11 (permalink)
jason_ Dirty South Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 158	I live in zone 8b, but we get so much rain here sometimes during the summer, I've always been too concerned about rot to plant in the ground. Also, we do still get frost at times in the winter... won't that be a problem? -Jason __________________ γνῶθι σεαυτόν

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