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Partially crested Loph seedling
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 6:41 pm
by crispy224
Re: Partially crested Loph seedling
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 4:05 am
by williamsii823
Very Interesting1
Re: Partially crested Loph seedling
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:35 am
by DaveW
You may have to watch the reversion to normal growth as they often grow at the expense of the cristate. If it does you can eventually cut that part off and either root it down or re-graft it.
Never tried it, but I believe you can section parts of a cristate and re-graft them to produce more plants, or simply re-graft the whole cristate. You could even cut off the overhanging end of the cristate and try grafting that leaving the centre part still growing on the Pereskiopsis, which should continue to grow in a fan shape, eventually producing more propagation material.
If you want to root them down, this one is a bit bigger than yours but the principles the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smjy3PZWA8s
Re: Partially crested Loph seedling
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 12:58 am
by crispy224
I really wish it was fully crested. I wonder if I slice off the regular growth if all the growth will go towards the crest
Re: Partially crested Loph seedling
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 2:50 pm
by DaveW
As said, reversions usually grow at the expense of the crested growth. When the season and conditions are right for rooting you could slice off the normal growth and root it down, leaving the rest on the stock for the time being to continue growing cristate. May be a bit ugly at first having a large cut surface which you may need to treat with sulphur or charcoal, but being a small plant should grow out after a time.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qzW ... es&f=false