Ahh, good point, man. I just had high hopes when I saw how cheap the cuttings are there compared to buying them here. Customs did confiscate the lucuma I tried to bring back so I could easily see them taking my cacti too. Don't know why I didn't think of this myself. Thanks for bringing that to my a...

Sorry, I was asking about cutting the top of the pedro(not the burnt one, the stretched one) Someone told me this would help it grow once it is in better lighting and also then I have two cactii instead of one. Seems reasonable to me, what do you think about that?

Hey, I worked in an asian restaurant for years and one of the old ladies there would cut the leaves off, skin them with a knife and eat them jsut like that. She claims they work wonders for your health. I tried a few pieces once and the taste was very mild, not at all like drinking the nasty bitter ...

http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/userpix/1758_dragonfruit_small_1.jpg Wow! I thought the one that I bought was expensive at about 2 dollars. If you guys live in any reasonably large city and are thinking of trying this then you should do yourself a favor and go to one of the little chinese stores in...

Thanks for the replies, i'm gonna try to find a spot with more sunlight for them. The pedro is growing another arm, looks like my abuse could have a happy ending with more pedro hehe. Sorry I don't have any natural habitat pics as I spent all of my time in either Lima or the peruvian jungle where ca...

Hey, guys, newbie grower here and im off to a bad start. A few months ago I ordered a rooted san pedro and a few peruvian torch cactii and shortly after recieving them I left for a vacation to Peru. So before I left I potted my one rooted san pedro but left the torches in their box. About a month la...