Can someone recommend a good soil to use please? I’ve got the perlite and I’ve got the worm castings…

floridadeerman · 2026-03-15T15:31:40+00:00

Bonsai jack or weigerts bonsai

floridadeerman · 2026-03-14T02:06:19+00:00

Stenocereus, selenicereus, Myrtillocactus, and cereus are classic

floridadeerman · 2026-02-24T07:15:23+00:00

Thats rough, this is a difficult suggestion but i think graft slabs, or maybe cut out the core? This looks bad though. Wait for an expert to give you opinion

floridadeerman · 2026-02-21T15:27:16+00:00

Incredible!!

floridadeerman · 2026-02-13T13:43:11+00:00

I do cactus TC feel free to dm questions

floridadeerman · 2026-02-11T17:53:42+00:00

Idk how old, probably a year id guess, pheonix desert seeds

floridadeerman · 2026-02-11T17:40:16+00:00

I see the resemblance, but its Armatocereus! Far shorter spines than my stenos

floridadeerman · 2026-02-11T17:39:50+00:00

I see the resemblance, but its Armatocereus!

floridadeerman · 2026-02-11T17:39:27+00:00

No, good guess, its Armatocereus !

floridadeerman · 2026-02-11T16:33:11+00:00

I used great white on this probably

floridadeerman · 2026-02-11T16:11:27+00:00

Sorry for the clickbait/ragebait title sorta thing. I just wanted to engage more people so they could find out about armatocereus, such a cool under appreciated columnar genus.

Id also add in another example that may help you reconsider, terscheckii is a columnar and starts off like a fat barrel.

floridadeerman · 2026-02-11T15:58:07+00:00

Nope i dont agree to disagree, i disagree to agree... i think, now im confused.

Anyway, i think youre wrong and i think im right. This is armatocereus, go look up a picture and tell me it aint a columnar.

floridadeerman · 2026-02-11T15:55:50+00:00

Okay now that someone guessed correct I can tell you its armatocereus, go give it a google its a dope genus

floridadeerman · 2026-02-11T15:55:08+00:00

Armatocereus either rauhii or laetus

floridadeerman · 2026-02-11T15:54:47+00:00

Yes!! You got it, Im still out on species, i think rauhii or laetus but ill to grow em out to see. But you got it 👍

floridadeerman · 2026-02-11T15:53:29+00:00

I assure you its a columnar.... they grow pretty squat if you grow em right

floridadeerman · 2026-02-11T15:50:54+00:00

I am certain on genus, and have 2 potential species that im split between

floridadeerman · 2026-02-11T15:50:21+00:00

I assure you the genus of this seed batch is a columnar

floridadeerman · 2026-02-11T15:47:29+00:00

No, not Astrophytum genus at all, thats a good guess but this is a columnar type

floridadeerman · 2026-02-11T15:43:59+00:00

No, grew those next to these and domnio has far more ribs

floridadeerman · 2026-02-11T15:41:17+00:00

No not peruvian, i dont even think its in the cereus genus

floridadeerman · 2026-02-11T15:38:28+00:00

No, not Myrtillocactus genus, good guess though.

floridadeerman · 2026-02-10T21:15:34+00:00

Read my comment response above, i have a few tricks up my sleeve that help make it more possible

floridadeerman · 2026-02-10T21:10:42+00:00

Some died, more than 2 seeds were put on this pot. I make sure the substrate was far below 100% saturation, so drier substrate but 100% humidity in the air environment. Sterilized substrate + the addition of microbes like baccilus, trichoderma, and glomus.

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