De-grafting and rooting Discocactus horstii offsets

[jp29]

During the past few years I have de-grafted and rooted Discocactus horstii plants and offsets and growin them on in 2¾" square plastic pots - I like them that way. I will post sequence photos of the procedures I have used (others may have better ones). In this post an overview and the initial procedures. I undertake this task at the start of our spring in southern Arizona (like now - a little early, I know, but I am growing old and antsy).


Typical grafted plant with cephalium


Rooted de-grafts and offsets


Well established rooted de-graft


Grafted plant secondary offset removed using a sterilized
exacto knife to produce minimal cut surface - put aside to callous.


Grafted plant primary offset removed using a sterilized
exacto knife to produce minimal cut surface - put aside to callous.



To be continued .................

[jp29]

Cut surfaces satisfactorily healed.


In 2¾" square plastic pots - resting on surface of my standard
soilless mix (barely moistened) with desert grit top dressing.

[Brunãozinho]

Thanks for posting this, nice to know they can root properly after degrafting.