cloning asterias by cutting in two parts

[Carlo & Daniele]

this is the lower part, it takes some months without produucing any offsets from the areoles, but now there are two from the middle.

[Carlo & Daniele]

update:

[fanecchissimo]

nice result! any hormones?

[Carlo & Daniele]

no...only time...you know we prefer natural methods...but it took some while, about 4 months

[fanecchissimo]

long period but good result

[AstrophytumCultivars.com]

Same happened to me on A. niveum. I will post photo when I came back from work

[Lucian]

Did you graft the upper side? On what? How did it work?

[Carlo & Daniele]

well it's quite risky when the plant is big and you need a large stock.
this is the upper part, grafted on myrtillo:



and this is an update of the lower part:

[Lucian]

Nice job, the upper par doesn't look like it was cut from another plant. This is a good surgeon's work. Congratulations!

[AstrophytumCultivars.com]

Same happened to me on A. niveum. I will post photo when I came back from work

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