Grafting Crab Claw Cactus onto Cactus: Step One, How to Get a Wide, Thick, Upright Cactus

Many friends like to use cactus to graft Crab Claw Cactus. So how do we get a cactus suitable for grafting Crab Claw Cactus?

First of all, the cactus used for grafting Crab Claw Cactus must be plump and thick. Wide and large, this kind of thin leaf is not suitable for grafting Crab Claw Cactus, because the nutrients inside it are very thin and very little. If it is one or two years old, it is still fine, but if it is older, the cactus will directly shrink back or shrivel up, and then it is useless.

When we graft, we should use a large cactus to graft. The nutrients inside it are very abundant, and the leaves are very plump and thick. Such a pad can obviously last ten years or even several decades, grafting layer after layer of Crab Claw Cactus. The flowers are very beautiful, and there are very many leaves that can be grafted.

So how do we get such a plump and thick cactus? Everyone can see that these leaves were all cuttings taken after the Chinese New Year. When they were cuttings, they were small leaves, and now they are growing very large and fat. They have already grown two segments and are about to grow to the third segment, and these leaves are also quite plump and thick. After we take cuttings, we use a large pot to grow them so they have enough nutrients.

For fertilizing, we can use this kind of slow-release fertilizer or this kind of nutrient solution. Bury it in the surface layer of the flower pot; every time we water, this fertilizer directly seeps into the flower pot, so it will not burn the roots. If we fertilize normally, it is easy to have a hard time controlling the amount of fertilizer. If too much fertilizer is used, the whole cactus will be ruined.

After taking cuttings, we tie them up with a wooden stick and let them grow upright. If there is a terminal bud coming out, we keep it; if there are side buds coming out from the side, we directly pinch them off. Let it only grow upward.

Then we give it sufficient light, and then water this cactus thoroughly when the soil is dry. In this way, what has grown now will grow very fast. By autumn, we can graft a multi-layer Crab Claw Cactus, and no matter how we graft it, it will survive, and there will be very many grafted leaves.

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