Hana's seedling grafting in 2015/2016

Updated photo taken in this morning
The scion is an Ariocarpus retusus v furfuraceus cv Suguri-cauliflower.

I grafted cactus seedlings onto Pereskiopsis stocks in this morning.
11 x Astrophytum myriostigma cv khoyo, kikkou
10 x Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus v elephantideus

Photos of seedlings
khoyo, kikkou

elephantideus

The seedling grafting process had been completed and all of them were repotted in this morning.
11 x Astrophytum myriostigma cv khoyo, kikkou
10 x Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus v elephantideus

I have finished the seedling grafting in this season.
Summary of the grafting-

96 seedlings were grafted.
Grafting failure: Nil
Stock: 15 cm of Pereskiopsis, new off-shout cuttings
Scion: 1~3 months old seedlings
Timing of grafting: 3 days after setting of cutting, no-root on stocks
Grafting process: 10 days in a wet-box
Pressure on scions: Nil

Scions grafted in 2014 are in flower.
I will degraft them next spring.

Ariocarpus fissuratus v intermedius

Ariocarpus kotschubeyanus f Rio Verde

WOW WOW WOW!!! That is so beautiful!!

Updated photo taken in this morning
Same spot was posted on 20th January.
It is not significant but they have grown.

Such an awesome sight Hanazono! How do you keep your scions from bloating and forming to many offsets, "over-pupping"? Most of my pereskiopsis and hylocereus grafts made on taller stock have pupped to much and sometimes split. Only my grafts on shorter length stock have remained solitary. My taller Peres grafts are about the same height as yours, 15cm, but almost all of these have way to many pups, making it hard to see the true form of the scion. This is with ariocarpus, astrophytum, and lophophora.

(I have noticed with ariocarpus that if the scion is cut much shorter before grafting then it is less likely to pup. The taller Ario scions always pup.)

Thanks

Yes grafted scions tend to make many offsets.
Scions of Astropytum may split if you grafted them.

If you grafted Ariocarpus seedlings at the joint of tap-root, you get many offsets.
I use this character for kotschoubeyanus.

I normally remove all offsets when scions are degratfed, 2 years old.

Updated photo

This scion, Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus v elephantideus will be 1 year old soon.
The growing speed has not been significant but it pushes flowering buds up.

Update photos taken today
Ariocarpus bravoanus v hintonii

Ariocarpus fissuratus

Ariocarpus retusus v furfuraceus cv Daruma royal

Ariocarpus retusus v furfuraceus cv Suguri cauliflower

Astrophytum myriostigma cv kikkou, khoyo

Echinocactus horizontharonius

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus v elephantideus

I cut old shoots of Pereskiopsis off yesterday.
Young off shoots will be used as grafting stocks and so this job is necessary in this season.
Off shoots will be formed in September.

I moved grafted seedlings in 2015 to north end of the greenhouse today.
The north end can receive more sunshine than south.
They will be kept there 1 more year until degrafting time coming.

A space is made on south end for the seedling grafts in this year.
I can keep up to 174 pots on there.

The photo is grafted seedlings in 2015, set on the north end of the greenhouse, 96 pots.