I'd like to report back as I follow your both grafting and degrafting method (it's been a year already)

Both methods work really well for me on a Lophophora (I use crushed akadama substitute for cat litter on the rooting stage)

Thank you very much Frank!

both are gorgeous!

I thought it was Lophophora at first (A. retusus v furfuraceus)

Thank you Frank, much appreciated

Those Astrophytum are amazing!

I repotted seedlings of Ariocarpus retusus v furfuraceus cv Suguri cauliflower. Seeds were sown in 2014. They all are still very small. Some of they show the character of cauliflower but all others are just similar to normal retusus. Hello frank may I ask this is a normal growth rate for this Arioc...

My first try by following your method

grafted on 2021-08-02
stay in plastic box for 10 day
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left 2021-08-12 > right 2021-08-25 Thank you again Frank!

Thank you very much Frank

My standard procedure of seedling grafting with Pereskiopsis stock is: 1. Cut an off-shoot of Pereskiopsis, 15 cm length 2. Insert the off-shoot into wet potting-mix in a 5 cm square tube immediately for the rooting 3. 7 days after the insertion, a seedling is grafted. No roots are developed on the...