Just got my first San Pedro and put it into full sun thinking it would grow faster, it started slightly yellowing at the top so i moved it to a shadier spot. Nice channel :) very helpful
Hello. Years ago in Peru; we used them by boiling them in water, after having peeled and cut into several small dice. Cooking time at medium heat; More or less 3 hours. Then it came like snot; and bitter to swallow; we used a little lemon to remove the bitterness, start with a tablespoon ... and enjoy a magic moment. The best of my life. Continue to send videos; very interesting subject. Stay awesome.😎
@@slipknot9023 30ml if I remember correctly… (this was 35 years ago)..with a twist of lime to camouflage the bitter taste/keep you comfortable and happy before sipping 😇
@@slipknot9023 It's not necessarily how much liquid, but how much you rendered down into that liquid. You cook down 88gr of dried material into a single measuring cup full, you did really good.
I had 4’ San Pedro’s that I’d had for 3yrs. 2021 winter, I thought I brought all my plants in before the last freeze into Spring. It was the only thing that was forgotten and I’m still not over it.
Noticed something that was said about the water dishes. You mentioned about watering in winter. I don't water in the winter at all and I don't recommend it for anyone. From October to May they get zero water and extremely minimal light. Myself and thousands of other people have done this for years with complete success.
Thank you, I'm exactly the same. I live in a climate zone that requires dormancy. I too start water cut back during the month of September, completely stopping all water by, at the latest, October 1st. They then don't get a drink until mid to late April, maybe early May, *depending on how warm our spring is coming back in.* I keep them in the back room where it stays much cooler than the rest of the house that's heated, and light is quite minimal, keeping them all perfectly content within their dormancy period. It's amazing how everyone else, with their own growing tips, tricks, and experiences, all say the same thing about their dormancy schedules.
Where I used to live, San Pedro grows everywhere like weeds. It doesn't take any special care. Nobody I know ever bothered consuming it for it's mind altering effects, or for any reason! I heard too many scary stories about it, and we had SAFE things like LSD and Mushrooms. Still fun to have hallucinogenic giants in our yards! Even if just for inspiration and good vibes.
So many "dangerous" hallucinogenic plants grow in people's yards that no-one pays much attention to. We had belladonna, and other powerful plants that just grew, or someone had planted in the past. Tampa/Clearwater area, and beyond.
The only local growing thing I messed with was the mushrooms. The most dangerous thing about them was getting caught by farmers or their bulls. Bulls were less dangerous. They're not too smart, and they don't have guns.
Safe like lsd or muschrooms 😂. Well firstly lsd is unnatural and can cause alot of issues if taken too much, then there's the fact there's a similar drug that people sell as lsd but it isn't and can kill you just having 2 tabs worth.. then muschrooms, depending on type there are a bunch of lookalikes that are potentially poisonous as f**k, so unless your a very experienced muschroom picker those can be dangerous too
I planted a 35 year cutting torch upside on purpose because I wanted base level growth instead of top growth that would be too heavy... only time I would suggest it. Takes a lot longer to root though. I’m not new to this, growing for over a decade, harvest a 100 ft a year, grown from seed, grafted to pereskiopsis, made every mistake under the sun... these cacti are resilient. Cater to your climate.
Lautaro Acevedo it taste like shit no matter how you take it imo lol. You can eat lophophora straight but you’d need a lot bigger piece of San Pedro and I’d be impressed if you could eat 1’ of 6” diameter cactus
elderbonsai I found that adding tartaric acid or lemon juice while cooking it and then neutralizing the acid after with baking soda will result in the most best taste doesn’t taste good but it doesn’t taste like bitter alkaloids either it’s almost like if milk was made out of a plant
If anyone wants to know what boiled down condensed san pedro juice tastes like I suggest taking a chew of earwax out of your ear and dipping it in motor oil and putting it in your mouth. 100% San Pedro flavor. Getting it down is rough, throwing it up is rougher, but the next 12 hour are amazing!
I just found your channel on the weekend. I love your videos!!! I've learned so much. I've been propagating for the past 3 years and now you've inspired me to grow some from seed! I was wondering if you would ever consider doing a "how to repot a big/heavy mature cacti" video? It's something I need to do but don't know where to start. Much appreciated, keep up the great work!
Thanks! I will probably do a repotting video soon, I have some plants to repot.. though they're not really that big and heavy. Same process though, just more difficult...
I wish I could share photos but I just flipped a cutting I assumed was upside down and there were "warts' of new growth, not roots, underneath. Now they are exposed to light and right side up. Thank you.
I live an Canada and I put my cacti under growing lights during the winter and outside in the garden during the summer. They grow much better, faster, healthier etc during the winter in Canada then during the summer. One of the reasons is that the humidity is very very low inside the house during the winter. It is around 20% and they love that. During the summer outside there is high humidity, a lot of rain ( I have to protect them against the rain) and every summer I got black spots in some of them ( around 10% of them). I've never got black spots or any other problem during the winter inside. All problems were during summer outside. I'm writing this because everybody told me it is a good idea to put them in a cool dark place during the winter. I keep them 9 months a year inside and 3 months outside. 80% of the growth takes place inside. During the summer outside they grow like 3 inches and during the winter inside like 9 inches. If I were to put them in a cool dark place I would have had only 3 inches per year growth. Not a good idea at all. At least, not for me. If you want big healthy cacti, buy growing lights and keep them inside during winter.
They grow faster under lights but it's a good thing you take them out during the summer as it makes them tougher. Indoor-only plants look strong but are more prone to issues.
Very useful video! I just got some San Pedro cuttings (about 24 cm long). I live in the Netherlands and I am planning to keep these cacti indoors. I am curious regarding mistake no 10. Considering winter is coming, I am wondering, should I place the unrooted cuttings by the window (it's a sunny window, but not much sun here in general) and kind of near the radiator or should I choose a dark spot and far from the radiator? Basically, I am not sure if the fact that the plants are still unrooted means I should not do the winter hibernation yet..?
I have grafted upside down pieces of Trichocereus, and it works, te pups that come out just change growing direction to the opposite side, with no problems. I don't see why It wouldn't work to plant it upside down, I think it is a misconception to say "it will never grow".
Number 9 was my first mistake ever.. My very first trichocereus exposed directly in the sunlight.. I thought (like many other people) that trichocereus was a desert plant.. I think number 9 mistake should be number 1 mistakes in your video 😂
mine turned completely black watery it was in a well drained planter and also covered of too much sunlight, is the fact of being a tropical area making it difficult or impossible to grow?
I am just starting out and my San Pedro has gained about 10 inches to it's length and starting growing two pups from the bottom I wish I could post pictures. I would like to know if I'm doing things right
Hi there! I just found your channel and I love it already. How are the seedlings that you started last year doing? Can you make an update video? Or do you already have one? Great job on all of your vids. Thanks, Ewan
Yes I did upload an update video on that tray, which I left abandoned for a long time. Nowadays, the plants have been repotted and I'm not even sure where they are... mixed among the others.
Thanks for the video it was very helpful but I have a question, I have a 11 inch San Pedro and I am growing it indoors. I have a heated room with lights and adjust day and night temperatures along with adjusting light. Will it be ok if I do this year round?
I bought tree San Pedro cuttings in a single pot, and I realized that they were deeply poted, and most roots are not at the bottom, but near the top of the soil. When repoting them in individual pots, I tried to plant them less deep, but they are still at least 4 inch in the soil, because the deepest part have nearly no roots. What should I do?
Such a great video. Thank you for doing this. I subscribed. I just got my first San Pedro and I live in Phoenix, AZ. It’s about 3 feet tall in a 5 gallon nursery pot. I keep in on my south facing concrete patio. Can San Pedro be okay outside in temperatures as low as 25 degrees Fahrenheit? Also I’m trying to figure out what the water standards are for them in the Sonoran desert, knowing the San Pedro is a more sub tropical cactus. Can you help?
I would think it should be fine as long as the temperature does not dip lower than that. This said, it is a good idea to place a polystyrene drinking cup on top of the tip when temperatures are freezing or below freezing point.
Long winters here. November they're pulled inside until April, 6whole months. I had plans to keep them under grow lights 7hrs a day 7days a week. Are you suggesting to keep them in dark at around 62° for that entire duration? 🤔
@@SuperRisingdeath Man, that just feels so wrong. They don't experience complete darkness in the outdoors, so how could that be beneficial indoors? May have to split them up, half in light, half in dark. Thanks for the input.
@@1neAdam12 if you don't put them into a psuedo hibernation the new growth while indoors will usually not be as fast as when outdoors in the summer , so the thinner growth will be a weak area and allow for an area of break off. But if that hasn't been happening , then ok. You're fine then
@@SuperRisingdeath I started cutting off the few inches of etiolated pieces and regrafting the tips back onto the root stalk. I need to keep them under 4foot for ease of moving. I also really like the calloused graft appearance they have now. The etiolated pieces I grew as little logs and they all sprouted pups. They'll be very small for awhile.
Help ! Hi there, I got a San Pedro and it got grey moisture on the top. Actually I don't know if it's Botritys and I don't know how to save it. Is someone got an idea ? Do you think I have to cut the head. (the size of the cactus is 50 cm high this 25 cm of diameter) The moisture is 10 cm of diameter on the top. Many thanks for answer. Laurent
What temperature is too cold, and (if possible) too hot? Where I live in the winter it can hit -6c (although temps as low as -17 have been reported) and can hit 45 in the summer. Also in the winter we can get 18 inches (46cm) of rain within a single day (Which obviously would waterlog it) so what's the upper limit for rain so I can know the best time to take it in before or during a storm? Is strong wind an issue?
I have two beautiful pieces of san pedro. I want to make tea from one and plant the other one. One has a “dome” shape on top. One does not. Should I plant the dome shape piece and consume the other one?
Are you sure I cannot plant a fresh cut if I leave it without water for a month? Climate is hot and dry here (Canary Islands)...thx so much for your great videos
@@Andrew-yd3bn well I meant not watering AFTER planting it:) I got my answer: even planting small children with little diameter they started rotting. Saved them by leaving them in the fresh air and planting them again!
As the proud father of about 100 pach babies (all but 13 of which come from your seeds), I appreciate this advice. Now I do have them in pots with holes in the bottom, and when watering them I have just put the entire pot in a box with water in it, so as to let it soak through from the bottom. Then, of course, I remove the pot from the water; I don't leave it in so that the soil would be constantly wet. Is that what you are warning against? My understanding is that I should make sure the soil is completely drenched when I do water the cacti, but then allow it to dry up completely before I water it again. Watering "from below" seemed to be the best way to make sure the soil was completely drenched, but of course I don't leave it soaked all the time. The mixture of soil and vermiculite dries up pretty quickly, even after being soaked.
@@cactuslove6708 this isn't true watering from the bottom is perfectly fine and will absorb to all of the soil, just like watering from above will drain through, it has the exact same effect, actually misting plants can also lead to rot too if you do it at the wrong time and let the water settle on the plant, misting will also significantly raise the humidity, so if the air around is stagnant that wouldn't be good either
I was gifted a san pedro cutting and I planted it upside down, last spring. I assumed the slanted cut was the top but I was wrong. So now I have an upside down planted cactus with a pup that has grown up through the soil. What do I do to fix this? Is it too late the the season to do something about this, seeing as how it's nearly autumn.
hi, cool video, i have a cutting which gave 2 cuttings that are planted and growing fine, i was wondering if this cutting which is still alive but getting at thin and dryer could still be brought back, it has some roots so if i was to lay it down in soil could it be revived? i have to say it's allready old, cut off about 1.5year ago..
PS. Yes lay it down. The roots are no good after they have been out of dirt. Laying it down gives it several new places to sprout pups, it might get two or three sprouts out of the sides.
They tend to germinate after a week, sometimes 10 days. After 2 or 3 weeks, they should have really come up. If you have bought seeds that you know are viable, then it could be that you wet the soil too much or not enough, in which case don't give up on them yet, they could germinate at the next dry-wet cycle. Good luck!
"Water can burn the skin of the cactus when exposed to the sun. *2 seconds later* "as an added precaution you can even spray water on them the next morning" 🥴
