{"product_id":"san-pedro-mid-cutting-grafting-stock-trichocereus-pachanoi-pc","title":"San Pedro 'PC' Cactus Mid Cutting, Grafting Stock","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrichocereus pachanoi\u003c\/em\u003e 'PC' (trik-oh-SEER-ee-us pah-CHAH-noy) (syn. \u003cem\u003eEchinopsis pachanoi\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eTrichocereus macrogonus\u003c\/em\u003e var. \u003cem\u003epachanoi\u003c\/em\u003e) is the fast-growing, blue-green columnar cactus sold in North America as San Pedro. Left whole, a column thickens with age and branches into a candelabra; the vigorous, columnar growth habit is exactly what growers look for in a grafting rootstock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNative to the high Andes of Ecuador and Peru, it has long been grown as a landscape column and nursery staple far beyond its home range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the same \u003cstrong\u003ePC clone\u003c\/strong\u003e, the Predominant Cultivar behind most North American collections, cut from mature mother plants we grow. Unlike our regular San Pedro cutting, this piece comes from the mid-section of the column rather than the growing tip. A callused mid-section roots just as reliably as a tip; what differs is what it does afterward. A tip carries on as a single column, while a mid-section pushes new growth from the cut face once rooted, and its steadier width gives a larger, more even surface than a tapering tip. That is exactly why growers commonly use San Pedro mid-sections as grafting rootstock: a graft cuts the top off the stock regardless, so the growing point a tip offers goes unused, and the wider, columnar stem gives the graft union more to work with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis listing is an \u003cstrong\u003eunrooted mid-section cutting\u003c\/strong\u003e, 10 to 12 inches long, a fresh, callused segment you root yourself. Like all our plants it ships bare-root, with no pot or soil. Most grafting techniques call for rootstock that is already rooted and actively growing, not a fresh cutting, so root this first and let it establish before topping it for a graft. If you want the growing-tip form instead, see our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/san-pedro-cactus-cutting-trichocereus-pachanoi-pc\"\u003eSan Pedro 'PC' Cactus Cutting\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSold strictly as an ornamental specimen.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thoughtful Pricks","offers":[{"title":"10-12\"","offer_id":43569701453872,"sku":"SP-PC-MID-1012","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0691\/4877\/0352\/files\/san-pedro-cactus-12inch-cutting-middle-cut.jpg?v=1788566719","url":"https:\/\/thoughtfulpricks.com\/products\/san-pedro-mid-cutting-grafting-stock-trichocereus-pachanoi-pc","provider":"Thoughtful Pricks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}