Fertilizers for the San Pedro cactus (and other Trichocereus cacti)
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- In this video, I review various fertilizer options for the San Pedro cactus (Trichocereus Pachanoi). This info is of course also valid for the Peruvian Torch (T. Peruvianus), the Bolivian Torch (T. Bridgesii) and other sacred columnar cacti, but NOT the Peyote.
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Hi, in his video:,,what soil mix for the San pedro cactus"
He says that you just should use regular potting soil and perlite.
Do you know if he really just means the soil for regular FLOWERS? So I don't should/must take cactus soil?
I just want to make sure that's why I am asking!
It AMAZES me how huge these things can grow in a relatively small pot of cactus mix...it's almost like magic! A little bit of pee now and then seems to be appreciated too...a little for you and you and you. I heard goat poo is particularly outstanding ...
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Hey, ive just recently bought my first echinopsis peruviana. San pedro cactus are sadly illigal here in switzerland but the peruvian is legal. Im very thankful for your videos. Thank you.
Love your videos!
Great video again ! Keep going !
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Great site! Thank you for sharing your experience. I have been propagating San Pedro for many years. This year I have black spot fungus on the growing tips of all my cuts. Can you do a video on diseases and fungus on San Pedro?
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Hi there and thanks for the great channel and information. Do you recommend using worm castings to make a tea and feed to the cactus that way or only mixing into the soil? My cactus is already potted so was looking at this as an option.
Dude I look up to you and love your videos I will post a video of all my true pachanoi! Will u make more videos soon or are you too busy?
Really enjoy your videos ! I just brought myself 2 cutting of san pedro and im gonna grow one of them sidewalls cant wait for the results !!
Sounds like a fun project! Good luck with it! :)
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I would like to purchase some seedlings from you how do I go about this. Thank you. I enjoyed your advice as always thanks
@@dottiecrew2056 such great results with log method
How far my collection has come ty again for all you do you helped mr on my path
Your channel is oh so very good and helpful. I recently got into San pedro cactus. I have many other species of cactus already) I've got a small one, a medium one, and 2 - 14" monstrose type san pedro. I got them because I like them, not because I want to use them for the medicine it contains. I actually didn't learn about that until after the fact. I have recently started 100 san pedro seeds. It's been about 3 days and no signs of life just yet. But I watched your videos on starting san pedro seeds so I'm pretty confident they will germinate if they are good seeds. You sell seeds correct? I might just have to get some from you, if so. Thank you for your videos.
I use a regular 13-13-21 (did mix pearls both with soil or diluted them in water, now and then) and egg shells powder for calcium. Never had rots or pests. My climate is ideal, though.
Hello. If I buy a San Pedro cutting, that grew with chemical fertilizer, is the cactus safe to eat after some time without fertilizer. Maybe after one year? Great video.
Fertilizers are actually absolutely necessary for healthy plants and plant growth.
@The Senate of course they do. Without fertilizer not a single plant, animal or what will grow. That's nature!
@The Senate Bird and insect poop is a natural chemical in the forest that cause plants to grow. ;)
Hey San Pedro maestro, do you use castings on peyote too
So if you were going to consume San Pedro how long would it take to be considered safe to consume 3+ months?
How often should i fertilize and how much do i add? Do i just put it in the soil?
Will this work for Bolivian Torch too ? (Trichocereus Bridgesii)
Do trichocerus respond well to buried fish of some kind?
What do you recommend for peyote fertilizer?
While most cacti are not big fans of nitrogen, Echinopsis, Trichocereus and Opuntia are definitely an exception; just be sure not to use too heavy a dose or it results in soft growth
Echinopsis and trichocereus are the same i tought ? Echinopsis just the new name
I learned a 1:2:4 (N:P:K) liquid fertilizer is best for Trichocereus pachanoi. I'm hoping this will help my cactus that I fertilize about once a year. Any advice on keeping the cactus healthy, preventing yellowing, when it only gets rain water from a USDA 10b zone dry coastal climate.
Yellowing usually means too much sun from what I understand. So planting another plant to shade your Tricho's, or even just bamboo screen might help
Compañero yo he buscado en si plaguicidas naturales fuertes, ya que la mescalina del cactus no se defiende de los caracoles psicodélicos de mi jardín hahaha
en el caso del nutriente, yo tengo una lombricomposta casera que hice con 2 baldes de 20 litros perforado uno en el fondo y el otro como recipiente de lixiviados, el lixiviado lo he usado para fertilizar mis cactus y unas que otras plantas, solo que el lixiviado debe hervirse o debe usarse alcohol en grado mayor al 70% para matar la mayor cantidad de microorganismos, una vez esto se diluye aproximadamente 30 a 100 ml de lixiviado que hervimos en un litro de agua, puedes usar mas o menos, eso depende de la temporada claro como sabemos los cactus en verano consumen mas nutriente y liquido, pero en invierno verter mucha cantidad puede ser letal para el abuelito san pedro.
saludos desde ensenada México
Coconut milk is great with some urine preferably with medicines in it.
Would adding something like Mycorrhizae to the soil be good for cacti? I use it for my potting soils with most plants, but wasn't sure how it would affect a San Pedro.
likely fine
A bit late but yes! They tend to have shallow roots because of the low water conditions but that helps them get some larger deeper roots. From experience!
Can you send me a link for true Pedro seeds?
Can diluted coconut water work as an organic fertilizer? I heard someone talking about it but for cacti but it was new to me.
I was told it is useful to spray on top to have more pups
What ec and ph do they like at 1 year old?
How long should I wait before I try taking a cutting from a san pedro? Mine is a year old. It is about 13 inches tall and probably 1.75 inches wide. Is this to early? This is the only san pedro I've come across . I'm eager to increase my collection. Thank you .love the videos.
You can do it at any stage really, but in my opinion it’s better to wait a bit longer. Ideally, you want the plant to grow the height of a small person, by then it will be fatter and it will start growing new branches from the base. Soon you will have a large, multi-branch plant which you could take plenty of cuttings from. That’s how I would do it, but if you want to take cuttings before, you certainly can do so :)
I realize that conditions being the determining factor in growth rate... that aside what kind of timeline am I looking at if I go the recommended route? I live in temperate zone . The cactus can only be outside from may till very early November if I'm lucky.
@@jonathanlallo4920 The first few years are relatively slow in growth, then once the plant is adult, it puts the turbo on and grows very fast. From seed to large adult plant (height of a person, with branches often starting from the base), you are looking at maybe around 10 years, sometimes less, sometimes more. Depends a lot on the specie and strain, finding the perfect spot for them (semi shade works best where I live), watering often in growing season, and using fertilizer (worm castings for me).
I have been using kelp me kelp you and tigerbloom. I have been using tiger blood. At .25 the recommended dose and kmku at 1.25 the dose. I have it in a large pot with virgo succulent mix,perlight. @60/40% I'm fertilizing every 4th watering. Watering 3 oz. At the base. Once a week. The soil is dry again in a day. This has put 8 inches of growth in the 10 months I've been doing it. Gaining 4 inches during these cold months here in zone 7. Your videos have been a great baseline for me. Thank you. I appreciate the 1 on 1 attention. You have a fan here sir. Good day. Be blessed. Be well. Be full.
@@jonathanlallo4920 Thanks for the tips! Great to see how others are achieving good results. :)
I don't fertilize my San pedros and they seem to be growing very well.
I've discovered that human urine makes the cacti grow faster, great video, cool channel too.
Pissing on a san pedro?! Aren’t these cacti supposed to be sacred?! Joking ;). Pee has an NPK of 11-1-2, so very high in nitrogen.
@@sanpedromastery6262 But you have to watch for the ammonia build up. Its a widely accepted myth that Tricho's don't like N They love it. Lately I've been using Marine Cuisine with great results.
Yes but if you eat and drink and generally use non organic products,your urine also will not be organic..
Yeah sometimes i take a dump on my San Pedro, he just loves my sphincter
@@kumulsfan8090 Salt can kill. Be careful.
I have mimosa hostilis trees growing near some of my San pedros and mimosas tend to give nitrogen to the soil. Will the nitrogen from the mimosas harm the San pedros?
Um can we chat?
Nitrogen from your urine should be fine for both
What are your thought on watering with Epsom salt?
Sorry I have no experience with that. Maybe someone else has?
Epsom salt is great. Hard to over do it! I mix it in with my regular fertilization treatments during the growing season.
Stupid question here is cal-mag considered fertilizer?
I wouldn't call it a fertilizer, but I've seen some marketed as such.
Most 1 part water in fertilizers (organic and synthetic) do not contain calcium. Some have magnesium.
calcium is reactive with the other salts and micronutrients, so it makes it hard to have it stay stable on the shelf.
Hence, it is separately contained, but critical part of plant nutrition.
Hydroponic and other types of “complete” fertilizers are often a 2 or 3 bottle combination as a result.
I use it with all water in fertilized potted plants, regardless of plant type. Even good soil eventually is exhausted.
Hard water contains calcium, and some times that will do it.
Ca is often called “the 4 macro nutrient” as most plants like about 5%. Significantly more then the micro’s.
Menos mal uno que sabe, guano de murciélago utilizo yo y va genial..... Todo el mundo me a criticado por ello
Gracias por tu comentario. Qué percentage de guano pones en la tierra?
Solo diez porcientos por la mixta.
I have absolutely no intention in eating them for psychedelic effect! 🤣
hi
have you never try bat guano for your cactus ? it is very low in N and K but high in P
what you think about it ?
No, I have not tried it. I just find the earthworm castings perfect for my needs. If any viewer has any experience with bat guano, I'd be interested to hear it.
@@sanpedromastery6262 considering it is bats that pollinate the cacti, perhaps you should reconsider ✌️
What is wrong with chemical fertilizers? Most food is grown with chemical fertilizers... What sort of dangerous chemicals do you think will end up in the cactus?
Seems to be a baseless claim.
you are an experienced coiler ... why do you use organic ... cacti love a mineral substrate ... 1/5 .. try what ratio and the cacti will thank you) ... thanks for the video)
My San Pedro’s seem to love bone meal
Mine too
i love mescaline
Injecting dopamine into your cactus will increase yeild without having to stress out the cactus.
@@BobSacamano666 is there any scientific evidence supporting this? articles I can read? this sounds very interesting....where can one get dopamine?
It's a natural precursor, supposedly. You'd probably need a prescription depending on where you live.
The truth is most of the vegetables in grocery stores are fertilized with chemical fertilizer so I doubt using it on cactus will make much difference. A person gets more chems from carrots since you eat those an a regular basis.
I don’t like to talk about consuming these cacti, this channel is about cultivating and collecting, but for safety’s sake, not all fertilizers are alike… and since cacti are not supposed to be eaten, professional growers may give them specific substances that are not OK for human consumption. For instance, out of the 2 bottles of cactus fertilizer I show near the beginning of the video, the non-organic one appearing on the left has some worrying instruction notes on the back, such as seeking medical advice in the event of skin contact. There has been reports of people getting badly sick from eating cactus nursery plants, though it’s hard to know whether it was due to a fertilizer or something else like a systemic insecticide.
You are likely right that insecticide would cause of sickness but eating cactus, even organically grown, is likely to upset a stomach at least to some degree.
@@sanpedromastery6262 Maybe they got sick from ingesting the cactus. It's reported that many people get sick ingesting it, from the alkaloids and other plant material.
Nothing is wrong with explaining harm reduction
It is fairly standard practice to put scary warning symbols even on products that aren't dangerous at all... Of course it's not going to be good for skin, it's a bunch of salts dissolved into water. I wouldn't worry about it though. BTW, did you know, half of the nitrogen in your body was synthetically produced in a factory?
I mixed a heap rooster booster in with my home made mix. It is possible it might be too rich. I spent a whole day repotting, so I'm gonna cross my fingers and keep an eye out
I've grown cactus in 50% worm castings 50% pearlite with no issue. Seems like Airation is the rot issue not worm castings. From the dirt left on the roots it looks like your running 80% plus organics which is bonkers for my climate.
In my case, the rot issue was definitely too much worm castings on green flesh, because I've always grown my san pedros with about 25% perlite and it's been fine for them, never had rot before. Professional growers I know also use 25% perlite on their san pedros. I keep 50% perlite for starting from seeds. More than a third perlite and it would give my adult plants stability issues with the wind, plus perlite would fly around more. :)
@@sanpedromastery6262 For debates sake what in worm castings would cause rot other then its moisture retention? Its pretty much the A1. choice for any soil. Its so cold you can grow plants in it directly. I know I'm seen as crazy where I live because I use 50% organic when most only use 20-30% organic. I've just never heard of using over 50% organic in any cacti mix not in a greenhouse because naurally rot would over take them. Also I've seen many people saying their rot issues were cured by using Calmag. These newb kids talk about the stuff like its Brawndo or something. I have a large gallon jug of if I'm going to play with this season so who knows. As long as your formula grows where you live. BUT!!! The standard cactus soil recomendation for any climate is 50/50 organic / stone. I hear that about perlite! I use Lava rock and cover stone and seems to work great for protecting perlite. No more streams of perlite after the rains.
@@JohntechFL San Pedro and other fast growing thrichs have very different needs in term of soil than for instance round type cacti. For instead peyote likes 25% soil, the rest sand and perlite/pumice. But the San Pedro, of my own experience, likes the opposite. I give mine 50% peat based soil, 25% worm castings, and 25% perlite and never have any rot - apart from that disastrous one-time event when I gave a lot of castings (too much) to fresh cuttings. But aside from that time, rot is not a problem I ever had here. In fact I have san pedros that are in 100% potting soil (they were sold or given to me as is) that I still have not repotted by laziness for over 5 years, and they are fine, though obviously adding 25% perlite is better.
@@sanpedromastery6262 This is not correct. San Pedro of ALL Trichocereus varieties like lower organic content and higher clay and minerals. You should probably use less than 50% regardless of species or cultivar. I use under 10% organic matter in my mix because I get fairly regular rain and I don't want water retention to rot my plants. I also use only clay pots and bigger pots have holes drilled all around. I use all sorts of fertilizers on the surface of my mix and let them seep through with no issues including composted chicken or turkey manure, black cow, (in smaller quantities), and lots of Alaska fish emulsion in water during the growing season and I get them to usually triple or quadruple in size. Miami Florida. Your location might have different outcomes.
@@alejandroguerra9413That is not my experience. San Pedro loves a very rich and fertile soil. Commercial peat-based potting soil is my main ingredient (about half); to that I typically add some local soil, some earthworm castings, and some perlite, and they couldn't possibly grow faster. Check my video on etiolation at 6:30 for the speed of growth. That's in the Mediterranean part of Europe. But way up north in Holland, I know of professional growers of san pedro using similar, super fertile mixes with great results (in greenhouses obviously).
I am so much more confident using synthetic fertilizers because I know they don't contain heavy metals or other contaminants. Who knows what's in someone's organic soil, could be full of Lead for one. I'm not sure exactly what toxic chemicals you are imagining. We produce food using hydroponics employing 100% chemical fertilizers and it's all safer to eat than anything grown in the dirt.
Become friends with an alpaca farmer. Alpaca 💩 topped dressed or made into tea is the best organic fertilizer because of their digestive systems.
Your San Pedro look hungry as fuck
Deeply flawed information regarding "chemical" fertilisers here...
Fantastic channel otherwise.