Has Anyone Ever Grafted Echinocactus Grusonii to Pereskiopsis or other stock

[arjuneol]

So I lay my hands on some Fresh Echinocactus Grusonii seeds and yayy! They germinated!
And these days, I've been bit by the Grafting Bug and I just wanna practice as much as I can.
So I start looking for stocks for my Echino seedlings and I couldn't find even ONE result or experience post of someone who has tried it. [Maybe my search is inefficient or something]

Or is it simply the fact that barrel cacti do well on their own?

But what if they were grafted onto Pereskiopsis? Would they be compatible? Will it help speed up the growth rate if the graft took?

Now even though I have something like 5-7 seedlings to spare, I wouldn't wanna try out something thats not compatible or something that never works and get disheartened.

Please share your insights

[ElieEstephane]

Basically you can graft anything on anything and perskiopsis is a very good stock. It's just that they grow so well on their own they don't need to be grafted.
Have a look at this crazy graft, a stenocereus grafted on a melocactus

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[arjuneol]

Thanks Elie
That gives me hope!

I'll try to grow grafted and non-grafted specimens side by side and compare the results

[Shmaroam]

Thanks Elie
That gives me hope!

I'll try to grow grafted and non-grafted specimens side by side and compare the results

Any updates? this sounds interesting

[DaveW]

You only usually graft things like small seedlings or tubercles on Pereskiopsis to push them on quickly until they are large enough to root them down or put them on a more robust and permanent stock later such as Trichocereus or Harrisia jusbertii etc.

Therefore you could graft the small Echinocactus seedlings on Pereskiopsis until large enough, but would then either have to take them off and root them down or regraft on a permanent stock later. After a few years with large grafted barrels like grusonii or Ferocactus you would probably have to cut the stock shorter and bury it and the plant would probably eventually root through it.

Pereskiopsis is just a fast growing "nursery stock" that will push small seedlings on to gain size rapidly, rather than a more substantial permanent stock.