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Can you airlayer a cactus?
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tru
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Can you airlayer a cactus?
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May 30, 2023, 12:06:33 PM »
I'm not sure if the question has been asked before but I couldn't find much in the search, has anyone ever air layered a cactus?
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Gulfgardener
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Re: Can you airlayer a cactus?
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May 30, 2023, 12:23:10 PM »
I think you could on a dragon fruit or prickly pear. if you put the growing medium at the node or section. One thing that could make it difficult is rotting if the conditions aren't right. Why do you want to airlayer? Most grow very easily from cuttings.
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Nick C
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Re: Can you airlayer a cactus?
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May 30, 2023, 12:25:31 PM »
All you really gota do is just stick them in the dirt. I don’t even use rooting hormone for cuttings
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tru
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Texas
Re: Can you airlayer a cactus?
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May 30, 2023, 01:54:41 PM »
no reason in particular, I have some longer pieces of dragonfruit that I was thinking about cutting up but thought a 3 foot cutting would skip the wait time by quite a bit
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max
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Re: Can you airlayer a cactus?
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May 30, 2023, 02:47:24 PM »
I think you could, at least with a columnar/vining cactus. You'd probably need to cut away at the flesh to reveal the cambium layer for it to root though. Dragonfruits have aerial roots which you might be able to use.
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tru
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Re: Can you airlayer a cactus?
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May 30, 2023, 03:08:12 PM »
True hmm, I'm gonna try it on a smaller piece and see how it goes before I go for the big one
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