I went back to Home Depot today for the sun goddess, but it wasn’t there anymore. However, found this other guy, cracking the pot, with 7 pups and flower pods and decided to take it. What do you think?
These guys are great for grafting, when I select them though I like going for the ones that look like they don’t pup as often as the others. You’ll see a lot of variation in that department with these guys, some will have 20 pups, others with only have a couple. I like getting the ones with less that way they don’t spread out there energy as much and can focus on the graft.
The ones with a ton of pups can be nice though, as you can separate out all those pups and get a ton of graft stock in the future. So pros and cons for sure, but if I’m just gonna simply chop and graft onto the largest without doing anything else then I grab the ones with lower pup counts.
My only advice would be to up-pot this first thing, you’ll get way better growth rates if you get this into a larger pot with decent soil. Plus it’s a great opportunity to separate out those offshoots. It takes awhile but worth the effort. I take them out of pot, use a hose to wash the roots clean while combing them out. Then separate whatever pups I can that have their own roots established. Then lay them all out to air dry for a week, and then plant them into a well draining potting mix, I use 50% my standard potting blend mixed with 50% inorganic pumice, lava rock, perlite. Finally I sit them out in a partially shaded area, wait another week till I water, and within a month from un-potting they’re usually bouncing back and ready to be grown out or grafted up.
Hopefully this is helpful, not the only way to go about it for sure, but what I’ve found I like best when working with these guys. They’re absolutely awesome plants for the price when giving some love, and you’re all but guaranteed some nice blooms in the spring/fall when they’re happy. Take care and good luck my friend💚🌵
devoga83
I got one of these from HD several months ago and got two fruits last week. Harvested the seeds and am looking forward to planting them after they are dried out.
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These guys are great for grafting, when I select them though I like going for the ones that look like they don’t pup as often as the others. You’ll see a lot of variation in that department with these guys, some will have 20 pups, others with only have a couple. I like getting the ones with less that way they don’t spread out there energy as much and can focus on the graft.
The ones with a ton of pups can be nice though, as you can separate out all those pups and get a ton of graft stock in the future. So pros and cons for sure, but if I’m just gonna simply chop and graft onto the largest without doing anything else then I grab the ones with lower pup counts.
My only advice would be to up-pot this first thing, you’ll get way better growth rates if you get this into a larger pot with decent soil. Plus it’s a great opportunity to separate out those offshoots. It takes awhile but worth the effort. I take them out of pot, use a hose to wash the roots clean while combing them out. Then separate whatever pups I can that have their own roots established. Then lay them all out to air dry for a week, and then plant them into a well draining potting mix, I use 50% my standard potting blend mixed with 50% inorganic pumice, lava rock, perlite. Finally I sit them out in a partially shaded area, wait another week till I water, and within a month from un-potting they’re usually bouncing back and ready to be grown out or grafted up.
Hopefully this is helpful, not the only way to go about it for sure, but what I’ve found I like best when working with these guys. They’re absolutely awesome plants for the price when giving some love, and you’re all but guaranteed some nice blooms in the spring/fall when they’re happy. Take care and good luck my friend💚🌵
I got one of these from HD several months ago and got two fruits last week. Harvested the seeds and am looking forward to planting them after they are dried out.