You're awsome! Thanks for all your work. It was right for what I'm doing. Looking forward to part 2. My San Pedro soil mix is three parts compost, two parts Coco coir, one part pea gravel, two parts pumice and two parts washed sand.
HI Brandon... which are the weather conditions around the cacti? i think this has to do with final potting mix. I live by the beach and having a hard time with rooting...
Hi, really enjoying your videos. I have a young, 6 to 8 inch San Pedro that is very top heavy, which the base will not be able to sustain long term as it is one fifth the diameter of the top. What can I do please? thanks
How long should it be before the cactus mix dries out, I'm using 26cm diameter plastic pots for a few larger sp, 50/50 JI no2 and potting Grit, and the top is drying out but not the bottom after nearly 2 weeks
Awesome. Today I potted some mutant peruvian torch cuttings, the ones that look like melted wax. I used 2 parts perlite, 1 part sand and 1 part potting mix. The potting mix had a lot of bark I had to sieve out. I then repotted some peruvian torch plants using the same mix but with more potting soil.
Since there is no link and or update I can find.. why no coxo coir? Most say the opposite, not to use peat moss, unless using the racks in greenhouses, like nurseries use, that are half peat moss, and half perlite. Why is this, or is it determined on weather climate? I'm curious, as a friend just sent me trichocereus Peruvianus seedlings, and their soil root balls were peat and perlite basically.
Lophophora likes a lot of inorganic I'd probably do like 15-20% castings and the rest coarse sand, pea gravel, and marble pebbles. I'd also mix a little cinnamon in or a trichoderma culture to control damping off.
@@joshuaj2960 for the noob what type of castings are you referring to? I also totally lost with the cinnamon and the trichoderma lol. Suggested reading?
Thank you for all of your videos and very useful information. I always sift my soil with a strainer, should I do this for San Pedro? Also I add course sand and chicken grit, is this necessary? Once again thank you for your channel.
I used for my Peruvian torch , cactus soil, desert sand, charcoal on the bottom, perlite and earthworm castings. The only fertilizer being the castings. During the hot summer, im going to make a tea to use when I feed them. Ill use earthworm castings, molasses and an extremely small amount of blood meal and gypsum for calcium.
I would add more soil for the mutant peruvian torch. 75% total rocks/sand is way too much, the soil will be poor and it won't grow fast. It should not be more than 35% perlite (I personally use 25%), the rest being soil. Sand is not really useful for trichocereus, although you can use it for peyote.
@@sanpedromastery6262 I guess Ill have to re-pot them again and add more soil. Unfortunately my "potting mix" is just half composted bark and I dont have a sieve. Filtering out all that bark is going to be a pain. Last time I buy that brand
Your recipe makes sense to me. Just adding neem cake to it will make it better, because neem cake will ensure that there is NO rotting of the roots. It is a natural fungicide.
Interesting suggestion. Have you actually tried adding neem cake to cactus soil? In what proportions? I don't see how it could ensure that there is no rotting of the roots, since that often comes from non-fungal causes (overwatering, virus...) but it could possibly reduce that dreaded white mold.
Where I live you can buy unfertilized soil, but that may not be the case everywhere. If you have to buy some soil with fertilizer in it, that should work too. I have done that in the past.
@@sanpedromastery6262 Okay, thank you for getting back to me. Will keep looking for unfertilised soil (would a farm be a good place to look, as a friend of my family owns one?), if I can't find any I assume go for the one with the least amount of fertiliser in? Thanks again, for taking the time to get back to me, I do appreciate it greatly.
@@yungghi Happy to help. :) You can try at the farm, why not... Here I've seen that soil in garden stores often advertised as "replanting soil" for replanting trees. Otherwise, yes try to go with the soil with the least fertilizer in it. But don't worry too much about it if there is fertilizer in it, the cacti will probably be fine.
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Precisely what I've been using.
Never had a problem.
You're awsome! Thanks for all your work. It was right for what I'm doing. Looking forward to part 2. My San Pedro soil mix is three parts compost, two parts Coco coir, one part pea gravel, two parts pumice and two parts washed sand.
Thanks!! Sounds like a great mix. Let us know how that works out for you.
HI Brandon... which are the weather conditions around the cacti? i think this has to do with final potting mix. I live by the beach and having a hard time with rooting...
This is such a refreshing video. I'm so glad too cause this is what I used :)
Hi, really enjoying your videos. I have a young, 6 to 8 inch San Pedro that is very top heavy, which the base will not be able to sustain long term as it is one fifth the diameter of the top. What can I do please? thanks
How long should it be before the cactus mix dries out, I'm using 26cm diameter plastic pots for a few larger sp, 50/50 JI no2 and potting Grit, and the top is drying out but not the bottom after nearly 2 weeks
Awesome. Today I potted some mutant peruvian torch cuttings, the ones that look like melted wax. I used 2 parts perlite, 1 part sand and 1 part potting mix. The potting mix had a lot of bark I had to sieve out.
I then repotted some peruvian torch plants using the same mix but with more potting soil.
Can i use peat moss instead of potting soil?
Do you know anything about charged bio char? could that be used with perlite instead of regular potting soil??
Since there is no link and or update I can find.. why no coxo coir? Most say the opposite, not to use peat moss, unless using the racks in greenhouses, like nurseries use, that are half peat moss, and half perlite. Why is this, or is it determined on weather climate? I'm curious, as a friend just sent me trichocereus Peruvianus seedlings, and their soil root balls were peat and perlite basically.
Hey Jerry! I hope this finds you well:) Would this 50/50 also work for Peyote? If I add Castings what would your react suggestion be?
Lophophora likes a lot of inorganic I'd probably do like 15-20% castings and the rest coarse sand, pea gravel, and marble pebbles. I'd also mix a little cinnamon in or a trichoderma culture to control damping off.
@@joshuaj2960 for the noob what type of castings are you referring to? I also totally lost with the cinnamon and the trichoderma lol. Suggested reading?
Thank you for all of your videos and very useful information. I always sift my soil with a strainer, should I do this for San Pedro? Also I add course sand and chicken grit, is this necessary? Once again thank you for your channel.
I use reguler soil from my garden ground + vulcan sands. My cacti look healthy 😀👍
That's what I do. Living in the US (midwest) I crush lava rock into sand and mix it with commercial cactus soil.
I used for my Peruvian torch , cactus soil, desert sand, charcoal on the bottom, perlite and earthworm castings. The only fertilizer being the castings. During the hot summer, im going to make a tea to use when I feed them. Ill use earthworm castings, molasses and an extremely small amount of blood meal and gypsum for calcium.
ur a troll lmfao
Why just peatmoss? In general, wouldn't that make the soil too acidic for trichocereus?
Do you live in the canary islands? The Palms in the beggining of the video are the native ones from here
So no food ad all? I use humus de lombriz
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I also repotted a peyote using the high perlite mix. Is this okay or should I add more soil?
I would add more soil for the mutant peruvian torch. 75% total rocks/sand is way too much, the soil will be poor and it won't grow fast. It should not be more than 35% perlite (I personally use 25%), the rest being soil. Sand is not really useful for trichocereus, although you can use it for peyote.
@@sanpedromastery6262 Ah thanks so much for the info.
@@sanpedromastery6262 I guess Ill have to re-pot them again and add more soil. Unfortunately my "potting mix" is just half composted bark and I dont have a sieve. Filtering out all that bark is going to be a pain. Last time I buy that brand
Your recipe makes sense to me. Just adding neem cake to it will make it better, because neem cake will ensure that there is NO rotting of the roots. It is a natural fungicide.
Interesting suggestion. Have you actually tried adding neem cake to cactus soil? In what proportions? I don't see how it could ensure that there is no rotting of the roots, since that often comes from non-fungal causes (overwatering, virus...) but it could possibly reduce that dreaded white mold.
Are earthworm castings also good for peyote?
Lophs dont like too much organic material
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If I'm growing from seeds what do I use as soil if it needs to be unfertilised? Aren't all store bought soils fertilised? I'm confused, sorry.
Where I live you can buy unfertilized soil, but that may not be the case everywhere. If you have to buy some soil with fertilizer in it, that should work too. I have done that in the past.
@@sanpedromastery6262 Okay, thank you for getting back to me. Will keep looking for unfertilised soil (would a farm be a good place to look, as a friend of my family owns one?), if I can't find any I assume go for the one with the least amount of fertiliser in? Thanks again, for taking the time to get back to me, I do appreciate it greatly.
@@yungghi Happy to help. :) You can try at the farm, why not... Here I've seen that soil in garden stores often advertised as "replanting soil" for replanting trees. Otherwise, yes try to go with the soil with the least fertilizer in it. But don't worry too much about it if there is fertilizer in it, the cacti will probably be fine.
@@sanpedromastery6262 okay, thank you very much. Can't wait to purchase some seeds and get started 😊
How about watering?
Don't water it at all
I'm confused. You seem to have a French accent but the soil brands were in Portuguese and Spanish haha what's the story, mate?
Europe is comprised of many countries touching each other.
hello can u send some seeds or cuttings to tenerife thanks
Decomposed granite, azomite, coarse sand, gravel, pebbles.
Dirt from my yard in El Paso.
i use 50% potting soil 50%volcanic rock pulverized into dust
Great content but i hate his voice. Sound like AI.