"Will
your
cactus
freeze
during
shipment?" 99%
do not; but
that is
because my
customers
first
check
for
sub-freezing
temps across
the nation
at the US
Weather
Service. Ask
for a
shipping
"Hold" if
you see that
Hell is
freezing
over...we
can ship
next
week...OK?
2012
—
end of the old world
Special Specimens Sale
These are my 2011 newly rooted
cuttings—new plants—from my
collection. Others are rare
Peruvian seed grown such as
"wild Andes."
More...
San Pedro
plants
These are my 2011 newly rooted
cuttings—new plants—from the legendary
Cactus Kate strain. Her
authentic San Pedro came from
cuttings a biologist brought
back from Peru in the 1960's.
This is
the source for all San Pedro
plants unrivaled in health,
vigor, & authenticity (despite
what jealous competitors may
claim)
Sizes available
(quantities
limited)
— 14"
— 16"
— 21"
Cactus
Kate's San Pedro;
the donor
source for all
my Trichocereus
Pachanoi
Wild
Andes seed grown
In 2007 I obtained seed
collected from wild growing
Peruvian Torches. By paying for
a special trip he photographed
the plants in the mountains,
some spilling over rock ledges.
The seed had a high rate of
germination allowing me to raise
thousands of healthy seedlings.
These are now nearly sold out
with a limited number of 15"
ones as shown in the photo at
right.
BUY ONE WITH GOOGLE CHECKOUT
(limit is 4/customer--please?)
• 1-Supersize Wild Andes
in 5.5" square or 6" round pot — $34.95 plus FedEx Ground shipping.
Properly grown
these Peruvianus
varieties more than double in size each
year
(below)
growing in only 10 gallon or 20 gallon
containers the tips have to be harvested
each year to prevent falling over.
Winter sunrooms!
(above) First I framed my
large deck with used
redwood. 3/4" PVC pipes were
employed as ribs spanning the
width. Clear greenhouse 6mil
film did not hold up to winds &
UV.
The 4 year guarantee on such
plastic was false due to batches
imported from China without
proper UV stabilization -
falling apart after 2 years.
14mil white tarps are more
durable while allowing plenty of
bright diffused light through
for cacti. That is what I use
now.
Visitors and customers have sent
the photos at right showing
their glass window sunrooms.
No bare root plants!
Your cactus ships
in its
container with all soil; just unpack
carefully. Let it sit for a few days away from
direct sun. After a couple days give it some
water. After five days gradually introduce to
brighter light and increase watering, etc. This
allows any fine root hairs broken by shipping &
handling to heal and re-grow.
Bare
rooting kills the delicate roots, dries & shrivels them
up requiring months to nurse back to health
before they grow again. I will never ship "bare
root". Just because "Everyone else bare roots"
doesn't mean I do it.[How do you pack a
cactus?]
(above) see the snow
outside? Jesse in Canada sent
this photo. More...
(right) Paul
moves his cacti inside for
winter...
German
Shepherd Brand Cactus— "Evil spirits
don't stand a chance"
We don't make this stuff up:
Subject:
Drop Shipping? / To:
bobcat@sanpedrocactus1.com
Date:
Thu, 11 Nov 2010 /
From: (bozo) Botanicals
Hello,
I run (bozo)boners.com. I am
looking to switch my cactus company and
am curious if you would be willing to
drop ship 12" cuttings of san pedro,
peruvanis, and bridgessii for me.
I
appreciate your time and consideration. Sincerely,
Tyler
(bozo)boners.com
Dear Tyler,
You have the same name as my German
Shepherd dog! Arf! Arf! Arf! Drop
ship for you?!
No thank you Tyler!
I sell direct to my
own very happy customers who appreciate
the quality and price of my plants.
Its how I can afford to buy fresh meat
to feed my dog Tyler, Tyler. Good luck
with your scheme to profit from someone
else's cacti. "Arf! Arf! Arf!"
Photo Tutorial up-potting.
You must repot skinny necks...
•
How to
support skinny neck specimens
with repotting. To assist you
to
grow a huge specimen.
• Peruvianus are rapidly
growing plants; they are not statues. You must re-pot
to keep up with growth. Study each
photo because its all going to
be on the final exam.
November 2010
Buying rare cactus seed can be a frustrating
experience. How do you know that the seller
really made sure the parent plan was one
worth saving its seed? Was it accidently
cross pollinated with another Trichocereus
in the neighborhood?
More...
May, 2009
There is this story about a meat cutter
in San Francisco who liked cactus. One of
his San Pedro grew big and fat so he called
it his "Big Boy". Mr. carnivore was
actually named
Mr. Butcher, so of course his fatty was
called Butcher's Big Boy. Some say his name
was spelled Buutcher, others Buetcher. There is no seed source known
in Peru or Bolivia for such a variety. That
means Buutcher's Big Boy (BBB) must be a
mongrel, a mutt, a cross breed/half breed,
or something like that, etc. More... I recovered a single specimen from the
ghost town of Cactus Kate's place in
Watsonville back in 2006. It was so battered, just a tiny
stump, I didn't know what it was for 2
years
until it grew a healthy new tip. It is still too
rare to sell so I keep taking cuttings for
propagation each year. There is no seed
source of any proven reliability. No one is
really sure what it is.
But my German Shepherd dog companion found
one growing in the San Francisco Botanical
Gardens in Golden Gate Park in August of
2010. What a good dog! (photo)
Let the plant specialist cat Dustball
show you her how to tutorial about
breaking up the root ball to allow new
growth. I whack at it with a bench brush,
but you can use your fist and fingers to
tear the roots free.
More...
May, 2009
Those are good insects! Thousands
of these are crawling over my plants inside
the greenhouse. They are everywhere this
time of year. Do you know what these little bugs are? More...
San Pedro & Peruvianus
photo essays from years past...
San Pedro & Peruvianus
photo essays from years past...
