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Bonsai Trichocereus huasca Posted by Fred SC on February 7, 2025, 9:11 am Here is a Trichocereus huasca that has been in its pot for more than 10 years and its parent that is about same age. In ground. I pulled the little potted cacti off of the mother plant when it was not much larger than a dime. My grandson put the little baby in the pot when he was 7 or 8 years old. Could I assume the potted cactus is a bonsai? Third picture is of my Trichocereus terschekii which is often called the Argentine saguaro, because it gets so tall and branches. In habitat it gets to be 20 or more feet. It grows pretty fast. It was in a 2,5 inch pot when I planted it about 4 years ago. Notice the nice unblemished color. The wet here is to its liking, apparently. The huasca doesn’t stay as pristine due to humidity snd wet. https://i.ibb.co/HDYLNvpT/IMG-6105.jpg https://i.ibb.co/r201DqMC/IMG-6102.jpg https://i.ibb.co/nJcCbmB/IMG-6104.jpg

Re: Bonsai Trichocereus huasca Posted by AJ Mid TN on February 7, 2025, 4:51 pm, in reply to "Bonsai Trichocereus huasca " Doing well looks like

Re: Bonsai Trichocereus huasca Posted by Fred SC on February 7, 2025, 6:37 pm, in reply to "Bonsai Trichocereus huasca " Yes, T, tershekii. Is blemish free. Thanks, AJ.

Re: Bonsai Trichocereus huasca Posted by Alvin, z6 on February 7, 2025, 9:15 pm, in reply to "Bonsai Trichocereus huasca " Fred, Tony Cerbone, in Dallas, used to have an Argentine Saquaro planted in the ground. It looked to be about 4 ft tall, back then. He claimed it was hardy in z8. However, Dallas had a below zero winter, 2 or 3 yrs back. If only z8 hardy, I assume it died with many of his other beautiful palms. I think Jason found a recent video post from him, off Facebook, and posted it. No, I don't think you can consider your cactus as a true bonsai, which require frequent root and top prunings. Evergreen and deciduous bonsai trees treated this way can develop gnarly bark, because these mini trees can be several decades old, if not centuries old, in relatively small pots. I don't know if cacti could survive with root prunings, though, to stay in the same size pot, if root bound. Usually removal of some roots require removal of part of the above ground part of the plant, to balance out the pruning. This method controls the size of the plant. I guess this is why bonsais are generally made from conifers or BLEs.

Re: Bonsai Trichocereus huasca Posted by Fred SC on February 8, 2025, 5:33 am, in reply to "Re: Bonsai Trichocereus huasca " Thanks, AJ!

Re: Bonsai Trichocereus huasca Posted by Fred SC on February 8, 2025, 5:35 am, in reply to "Re: Bonsai Trichocereus huasca " Alvin, amazing that by constructing root growth, a plant could be a miniature!

Re: Bonsai Trichocereus huasca Posted by Alvin, z6 on February 9, 2025, 11:23 am, in reply to "Re: Bonsai Trichocereus huasca " Sure is, Fred. Asians have practised the art for centuries, keeping trees that would normally grow very tall, much smaller, even though the trees can be very old.

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