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Beccabud's Cactus Garden of Spiny Delight: Peruvian Torch aka Trichocereus Peruvianus
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Watering+ day. Each Torch cacti got 400mL of water with 6mL of Jones Juice mixed in. Sprinkled 200mg or so of myco atop the soil in each pot and top watered with the first 100mL, then bottom watered the remaining 300mL. They are getting some knarly spines!
Wow, those are so nice looking. The ones I got are not doing nearly that well. One is doing pretty good, the others are chugging along slowly. Thinking about putting a couple in the ground.Watering+ day. Each Torch cacti got 400mL of water with 6mL of Jones Juice mixed in. Sprinkled 200mg or so of myco atop the soil in each pot and top watered with the first 100mL, then bottom watered the remaining 300mL. They are getting some knarly spines!
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They are in near ideal conditions in the tent, @Phytoplankton. They love the cool, bright LED light. Been running the lights 16hr/day and now 15, slowly dropping back toward 12 to see if anything interesting happens. Watering every 2 weeks or so. These are all big enough now to take cuttings, start propagating or up-potting but for lack of space. They would love some fresh, sweetened soil in low, wide 3 gallon pots.
Be interesting to see what happens as the light wanes. In the case of the Sam Pedro’s (which are related to PT’s) they tend to yellow a bit and “suck in” in winter, but I don’t know if that’s related to light period or cooler temps. I Haven't figured out flowering schedule yet, they seem to flower 3-4 times a year, all year long. Mine look like they’re getting ready to bloom soon.
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Maybe both light period and temperature? In my case they are still pretty young so I think all that will happen is they will grow a bit slower.
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Today I discovered my bag of Geoflora Veg is beyond it's expiration date (3/2023) so I figured I better use up whatever I can. I gave each of the Peruvian Torchs a tablespoon, worked it into the soil a bit and watered in with 100mL. They're going to get huge!
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This afternoon I gave the 10-gallon cloth pot full of pc San Pedro a cup of Geoflora Veg, worked it in and watered it well. It's been a month since I last watered it.
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#10 Collana Pichu is sending out 3 more aerial roots. Curious that it's the only one out of the six to do this (so far).
Cool, I’ve never seen that on my San Pedro’s.
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I've never seen it on any of my SPs either. I thought about putting a root riot cubes there and keeping them misted to see what develops but the show is very interesting just as is. 
Looks like the San Pedros are getting ready to flower, in a week or so all those fuzzy spots will grow out and the flowers will form:
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Wow, that's a lot of fuzzy spots! Those are going to be covered with blooms!
It's pretty impressive when they bloom, just wished the flowers lasted longer, 3-4 days at best. The other strange thing is that they don't seem to bloom on any set schedule, it's kinda random, but when they bloom, they ALL bloom, everywhere in the yard
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Hmm, yesterday was a full Buck super-moon. It's got to be related to the 4 seasons somehow. My best guess anyway.
I think you're probably right, but I just haven't got it figured out, they bloom 3-4 times a year, but it's still kinda random, sometimes they don't bloom for 5-6 months, then bloom twice in three months, they often bloom in the dead of winter when they're relatively dormant. It's a mystery!
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I bet you get a big flush this time after all the rain we had a few months ago.