baby peyote problems - any ideas ?

[Guest]

i grew this peyote from seed, and i noticed an abnormal thing while it was growing: it grew much taller than the others - more than doble size of a peyote its age. it had a white colour, but it's crown was green. its body was not like the others, it was always wrinkled, if i watered or not. he was planted with 5 other cacti, and this cactus was the only one with this problem, so i guess that leaves the light conditions problem solved. the watering problem is solved as well, if the cacti are all from the same strain.
so, it can only be two solutions, in my opinion: or either the cactus is from a different strain or the seed had some serious gene problems.
this cactus is now bent and looks almost dead. i've given him a couple of waterdrops, but he is not getting any better. i think that this is a very complicated thing, because if it is another strain, it is not known (could be a new peyote strain, who knows?), because the trichocereus would absorb much water than the peyote, right ?
any opinions from experienced growers would be thanked.

 

[Guest]

i was thinking: has anyone tried to grow a peyote hidroponically ? or in those rockwool cubes that are used to grow MJ ? perhaps they would grow faster and stronger ? with that method, the watering problem that curses the peyote grower would be much easier to solve.

 

[Brewmaster]

I don't know man, sounds weird. You should post a pic if at al possible. Is it planted in a pot or in the ground? If it's in a pot, I would get it out of that soil and replant it.

 

[Brewmaster]

Have you ever tried grafting them onto another cactus? That's a fun little experiment to try out. And I think I remember you saying they were 6 months old; that's prime time to throw them onto a myrtillo or pereskiopsis.

 

[Guest]

thanks for your help, brewmaster.
i have replanted them in a new pot (they are all in pots) with dry soil with some sand, but i think it is too late, because my Nietzsche (it was his name) looks like a piece of cooked sparghetti, it can't stand.
whatever it was, i think it is gone. but i will leave it on the pot just to see if he will survive.
i am not a big fan of grafting, because i prefer to wait and have the real thing than to hurry and get a mix. if i was wishing for some experience, i would plant san pedro, and that's the beauty of the peyote.
thank you for your tips, i see you know about growing peyote .
happy holidays

 

[Brewmaster]

I really don't know dick about growing peyote, like I said, I've killed quite a few, they do most of the growing themselves.

It might be worth it though to spend a few bucks on a myrtillo cactus if you can find one around town. If there's any green left on your peyote, cut off the good part, throw it on another cactus and just see if the fucker grows, I mean might as well. Grafting does turn them into big balls of water with no alkaloid content to speak of, but it gets them to flower quicker and produce seeds.

 

[Guest]

but then, it produces seeds and i will have to grow then from seed again, since the grafting is not a way to trip! :wink:

 

[Meduzz]

i remember reading somewhere that grafting your peyote badly influences you mescaline concentration, unless you do it with a san pedro or peruvian torch.
don't remember the source though

 

[Goran.Hrsak]

Look peyote can grow so slow-it gives you headache. But there is time when perfect conditions are for the plant and grow unnaturally fast. This is not something new or seriously bad. You can be lucky!
And grafting is only way to fill the cacti with water. This only enlarge them, but when you cut it of and put in soil nature will collect hers time. Two years can last for cacti to realise roots just like normally growing cacti. Nature can't be tricked. And grafting cacti doesn't produce alkaloids cause it doesn't grow on his roots. Only gets water from host.