pereskiopsis agri-tycoon

i keep telling all rangers theres a pereskiopsis shortage............the only way to get ahead of the curve is for all rangers to plan early for a massive 2010 grow season.
id like to see some agri tycoons............i know you dont live in montana, and, its not dental floss.......but...................

ok, so above we have hydro pereskiopsis in 50 ml polycarbonate nalgene bottles in a small rack.
the root shot is typical of the whole bunch. (PET is cheaper than polycarb, but not autoclavable.)
these are 100% CFL "daylights" at about 15 watts foot at about 12 inches distant.
the advantage here is flat bottomed bottles, the disadavantage space, here is about 16 pereskiopsis per rack.
if i double up on the test tubes, as opposed to bottles, i can get 72 in the same space.
the big diff is hassls in handling and density of grafts.....one must consider this in your peresekiopsis grow model.

if i had a small closet pereskiopsis graft forest, id definately go tubes in racks...........
if i had a garage for instance or a greenhouse, id go with pop bottles on bigger racks.
one must also consider electric if indoors...........
in these times conservation is key,
one must consider the more one spreads out indoors the more area, and hence the more power.

also peeps ,pereskiopis is NOT like "other " types of indoor growing, flat out ,ya dont need ALOT of light, i can see where rangers might use a MPH or HPS on a bottle garden in the garage, and ,on the surface it makes sense, but ,really rangers, a good closet and CFL and tube hydro could get ya much more mileage per $ spent. consider CFL for all your agri needs, or CFL /LED combo is best..............

dont understimate the CFL and the density of tubeage / bottle-age
as with all gardens , engineer it rangers, thinking is cheap and effective in gardening!

now a quick word about "outdoors" ya grow a forest outdoors! , but remember the following things.........GRAFTS ARE VERY SUSCEPTABLE TO PESTS OUTDOORS!
AND, IF YOU BRING IN OUTSIDE PERESKIOPSIS YOU RISK PESTS!

rangers, one word on this...............NEEM...........use as directed, and also, dont get carried away.
in hydro it might spike the nutrient value takeup, show some caution, a light spray about every 2 weeks is good..................

ok, beyond that, stay tuned, its the holidays, so, like i have a life........this is a good time of yr to build up agri supplys for pereskiopsis foresting, a bottle drive this time of yr is not only effective, but very enviro chic, also in the holiday rush one can often find CFL's on sale in multi packs, and ive been seeing LED xmas lights, im sure well give those a whirl at some point.........
got a cool idea on that, just waiting to pounce when prices collapse after xmas.

ok ,also a note , BEADWONIX /TEAM ANTIBARBY are going to review equipment this spring for indoor gardening with cacti................send equipment get reviewed, plain and simple. full disclosure of course...............

id really like to see some rangers report with more pics too............
and yes the microscope and servers are up and tested, complete with custom 1 meter boom stand, but we got stuck inspecting a bunch of pentium chips with it for the moment........
stay tuned............its on the list

peyotepink, pereskiopsis and you...............

pereskiopsis lighting update CFL / LED

ok rangers, alot of the fan mail asks about pereskiopsis and LED lights, yes they work good, and, often i photograph with the LED lights, i also use CFL ...........

now peeps, in LED world there are alot of variations, not all LED are equal.
lets assume ya have the common 1x1 144 or so LED , red/ blue grow combos.
yes they work, run them 20 hours a day about 7-10 inches from the tops.....
side lighting is good..........rotate your test tube hydro cacti often.
depending on your red /blue ratio you might have some elongation...........
i like alot of blue.........but peeps , read up about BLUE LIGHT HAZARDS FIRST!
you were warned...........
LED science is still kinda new, its an experimental thing...........peyotepink is a nut.

now , peyotepink recommends THIS , use LED AND CFL IN COMBO.

its the way to go on pereskiopis cultivation, this is what ya do, set up your pereskiopsis grow, then get LED red/ blue. or just plain red or just plain blue LED, rig them so they hang about 1 foot to 2 feet above your pereskiopsis hydro garden.
THEN add a CFL about the same height, get a cool daylight one , figure 15 -25 watts per panel.........so if you have 2 LED panels , and 1 CFL lets say ,45 watt? that, at about 16 inches height, will do a 2x2 garden.........maybe a little bigger, this is at least 200 tubes, but your mileage will vary, and the watts total, about 70...........fans extra of course.

if i was gonna do a massive pop bottle garden on racks id use 40 -60 watt CFL at 1 foot above the tops...........

so peyotepink says use LED and CFL...........
sorry no pics, using PMAGIC linux on a server as a test, and cant find the pereskiopsis flash drive.......

um , peyotepink, in the new age lots of rangers collaborate and share data....

pereskiopsis hydro roots / bottle forest under CFL

this bottle forest is from fat pereskiopsis cuttings about 45 days old.
these were grown under CFL 26 watt at about foot distance from the light.
instead of the usual test tube cacti/ pereskiopsis, these are in polycarbonate 50 ml nalgene containers;
peyotepink has a bad love affair with nalgene..........
anyway , these take about 10 -15 mls of water, then i just let them slowly dry out.
once again they seem to thrive in the slow dry out cycle.............
how long can they dry? who knows so far, id say a month is a reasonable guess.
i wouldnt go more than 3-5 days though unless ya wanna hibernate them.

pereskiopsis will also kinda semi hibernate based on light too.............
something to think about .

ok , so the pereskiopsis root, youll notice they can get big, this is good, good roots good grafts.
i suspect the dry wet cycle gets em rootier...........also, the water doesnt have to be deep. or " fucked with" they seem like they actually like small puddles of slowly drying still waters.
yes peeps you can use aero bubbling, but why? they like the dead puddle better!
dont make it complex rangers, it looks all science-y here at our research facility, but one could get an outrageous farm going with recycle-able raid on a dumpster.
pereskiopsis forestry is intended to be low tech/ high output by nature, and simple.

algae? yes ya might see it, using clean techniques cuts it down dramatically, but really, i figure some get algae some dont...............when i get algae i just change the water a little more, our tap water here on the island has a zesty chlorination that thins algae, yet the perskiopsis doesnt mind...........your mileage may vary................

peyotepink, pharoh of pereskiopsis............
now back to "the hills'

pereskiopsis tube forest updates

healthy hydro test tube forest about 60 days from cutting...these are under 49 w CFL
this batch i only change water about every 3 weeks, and sometimes they run dry..........

now some updates......."red ranger" one of our most industrious pereskiopsis researchers,
has been using this thing called an "easy cloner" ........see the link................
it looks pretty cool............im considering trying it out myself.
his whole site is full of extreme gardening..........

in other news were gonna try and re double our efforts, i know its been slow a while , but contrary to popular belief, i have a life.

the microscopes and computers are set up for the pereskiopsis micro grafting and micro photos
its comming............
we also had a temp set back with the trichocereus seeds.............they were pry stale.
were about grafting and offsets and cloning anyway............but it does slow down the "trichocerues forestry service"

now, a note on LED lights, peeps are into them, and they are cool, and they are low electric.
after 5 yrs of pereskiopsis under every combo of light i can imagine, ive come to the conclsuion that CFL is best.........about 25- 30 watts a foot.........LED is best as fill lighting, or extended time lighting, or for tough spots, or as a color booster , the more powerfull the LED the better.

LED is good, and can be used alone, and is really good with the use of mylar, and can be put inches from the crop...........but ultimatly , upon observation, CFL gives the most dramatic growth, CFL with LED blue or LED blue / red combos may do marginally better.

on nutrients, i fall back on liquid 10-10-10, as directed, but lately ive been increasing by 10%

a good rule of thumb is darker fall back slowly on nutrients, brighter green add slowly.

also on the tubes folks, if they dry out a day or 2 once in a while they seem to like it.
over water or more than 10ml per tube and they can spontaneously die.

wich brings me to another issue
peeps , pereskiopsis sometimes die........
if ya stick to the basics on the grow , you will lose some.
i keep about 10 buckets shrubbing outside that i take cuttings off of for experiments.
a good bucket garden is a must.
the early blogs explain bucket garden pereskiopsis.
anyhow , the idea is to outgrow the small losses............

todays forester lessons are..........
grow alot in buckets.
use CFL or CFL and LED......... LED alone is tricky
go slow on fert changes.............
expect a few casualties.............
and , use some imagination on the hydro possibilities.............


peyotepink, if easy cloner wants testing review, ill need 6, and an ashtray and a bottle of chivas regal..................

pereskiopsis test tube hydro...........xtra short

ok rangers..........
what we have here is an experiment we started a few months ago.
we took some 100 ml PP test tubes and chopped them off about 1.5 inches high.
after racking the tubes we started putting 5 ml of water in each one and cuttings ranging from 1-3 inches in each one, most took root as you can see............

now rangers, i use alot of exotic contianers with my hydro pereskiopsis, but, i still say one of the best models for alot of pereskiopsis would be plastic pop bottles on plastic racks under HPS...............

im still getting various indicators that a worldwide perskiopsis shortage is building......
peeps NOW is the time to quadruple efforts.

i say all rangers pledge to have 500 or more 1.5 foot stalks by next yr this time!
thats the point of todays lesson, pereskiopsis cuttings even 1 inch can be rooted.

peyotepink..........let noting but leaves hit the trash in the new age!