Mexican Fence Post Cactus Cuttings

Central phoenix it is interesting given the other comments on mexican fence post cactus that i have never experienced scale on any of mine.

Mexican fence post cactus cuttings.

How to trim transplant mexican fence post cacti dominating our front yard is a 20 foot tall mexican fence post cactus mfpc. Pachycereus marginatus mexican fence post cactus is a cactus with columnar trunks that grow slowly up to 12 feet 3 7 m tall. The stems are with 5 to. It was planted in 2004 and the previous owner according to my neighbor s observations used to be out there every morning spraying something on it.

Ironically the mexican fence post in my plant container is growing the fastest and shows no signs of stress from the summer sun. Living cactus fences and the hardy mexican fence post cactus on sale october 2017 40 off the deep green columnar trunks of the mexican fence post catches the eyes. I noticed this brown spots on my cactus and i was not sure if it is some form of. Propagated by inserting callused cuttings directing in the soil where they re to grow.

Last year i bought a 1 foot tall specimen and planted it in a large container. What may not be initially obvious is that 11 years ago i started this cactus from a 2 ft. Since then it has added almost 3 feet to its height. This mexican fence post cactus grows surprisingly fast and has new red spines.

So much so some would say it s a good lookin cactus. This is my mexican fence post cactus pachycereus marginatus which i brought home as a single cactus cutting over 10 years ago. Photo by doug martin. The mexican fence post in my planter is doing the best.

What is happening to my mexican fence post cactus pachycereus marginatus. The cactus develops stout cylindrical stems with ribs over its lifetime. Piece of one called a cutting given to me by a client from their large mexican fence post cactus. In spring the cactus produces tubular pinkish red flowers that are very showy.

On feb 12 2015 poeciliopsis from phoenix az wrote. Use it as a desert accent or specimen. As you can see it has grown a lot since then growing taller and producing new stems. This cactus above is a mexican fence post pachycereus marinatus which has been happily growing in my front garden.