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Peanut Cactus Echinopsis Chamaecereus Rooted Plants
Packet contains 5x well established bare rooted plants!
These are grown as little clumps of cuttings in pots and each pot has at least five. They are exact clones and I do this by placing half a dozen or so well calloused cuttings into each 100mm pot then leaving them for several months to send down roots and harden off.
I had originally planned on selling individual bare rooted cuttings for a lower price but I wasn’t happy with the arrival quality when I ran extensive test shipping trials. I always test ship every product with a doubled transit time long before I ever consider selling it to the public to make sure what you receive is of an acceptable quality even if Australia post completely stuffs up the delivery. Unfortunately with these guys I just wasn’t totally happy.
Selling them this way as half a dozen plants per pot takes me much more time and costs you a couple bucks extra, but you also get well established little plants that will give you a much higher success rate compared to buying fresh unrooted cuttings from other folks.
On arrival place the bare rooted plants into a nice sandy well draining soil mix in a warm sheltered shady position and don’t water them for a couple weeks. This helps prevents any transit damage from rotting. After that you can gradually move them out into full sun and from then onwards they are as tough as old boots.
The first new growth is upright, but soon after it produces a heap of little pups along the main stems and each of these can be detached and used to start new plants with.
The cute cacti plant looks spiky but it is actually quite soft. You don’t need gloves to handle these guys! They also stay nice and short making a really cool looking ground cover. It gets heaps of red flowers in the warmer months and I am told it can handle temperatures all the way down to -8°C for short periods!
It has been known by a few different names over the years including Chamaecereus silvestrii, Chamaecereus silvestrii crassicaule, Cereus silvestrii, Lobivia silvestrii and now the accepted one is Echinopsis chamaecereus, commonly called Peanut cactus.
It won the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society, and it is originally from the Tucuman province of Argentina.
I am told it has been successfully used in hybridisation experiments with various Trichocereus over the years and as a pollen donor I have big plans for this little fella!
These are the ideal plant for folks renting or living in the city and a few of these in pots on a windowsill or balcony garden looks super cool I reckon!
Grown by me and the Mrs organically, no chems, no nasties, no problems!
