Those pups are plump and healthy, more beautiful flowers 🌺, thanks for sharing Ana!!!

Thanks ANA, it's always nice to see how other's complete the same task, And share their experiences, Bill.

Recently had to cut one of my lobivia due to a mushy area about an inch above the soil. I propagated the top and it’s thriving. Left the bottom part in the original pot and added cinnamon. After watching this video I went out to check on the bottom inch stump, and what do you know…my first pup is growing off the side! 🥰

I did this last year with an old Parodia magnifica that had grown top-heavy. The top had kept getting fatter and fatter, but the bottom eight inches stayed small. I didn't leave enough of a stump, though, so the pups are growing very slowly and won't be ready to pick off for several years. Lesson learned. Leave enough of a stump to nourish the incoming pups.

Try spraying the water every few days. This will give a more even distribution of the moisture. An 8 oz. bottle is easy to handle. Works for me.

Beautiful video! It's nice to see pups on top of the cut Lobivia! Nicely repotted! Nice weekend!

Great video, Ana, thank you for sharing your experience. We all know it's possible. But actually seeing successful propagation gives more confidence to all cactus collectors.

Thank you! I didn't know about cinnamon for this purpose! I'm propagating my cactus for the first time, and you've helped me immensely!

This is a really FANTASTIC video Ana :-D and BRILLIANT result you have had with the pups growing from the top, top cutting is a brilliant way to propagate and get more pups from the top, I will need to do this to some of mine that refuse to send out any offsets from their base

I had a soft spot on a Spiral cactus and I wasn't sure how to do it.. I went to your videos and was so happy to find this video. I felt more confident and cut the top off and I cut it on an angle cause I saw another video you did and put cinnamon on it. Thanks so much for your videos. I love them. I hope my Spiral will recover I have had it 3 years and have no idea why it happened.

Enjoyed the video Ana! Thank you I will have to get to work on my dragon fruit cactus this week! Cheers from Austin, TX!

Thanks Anna, great how to and the cinnamon opposed to sulfur much better around the house!

It's addicting to cut cacti for pups ate ana😂 i remembered i cut about 5 of mine before to make them clump 😆 now that they are clumped, i bought bigger pots and it's so expensive 😂😂. Great vid ate ana 👍🥰❤️

Interesting Thanks for sharing I think it is better to renew the cut to encourage the mum cactus to produce pups again

Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazingly cactus lovely collection beautiful garden

I also had the tall Lobivia arachnacantha plant. So I decided to cut the top of the plant. Now there are many pups around the plant. Nice vedio thankyou for the vedio.

Excellent video, Ana 😊 This reminds me I’ve got a few cactus that need propagating soon. Need to wait for this second heatwave we’re having to end first though, it’s making even basic tasks an energy draining mission! 😂 Thank you for sharing with us as always, Ana. Have a wonderful day and weekend from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜☕️

My lobivia is also starting to lay down 😅 I am very tempted to do this as well 😅

What a great Idea. That's what I'm going to do when my Lobivia rainbow burst gets tall.

Thanks for sharing how to propagate. Cheers! for more cactus

Instead of expensive spices like cinnamon, you should simply use ground charcoal.

Thank you. Easier than I thought.

Hi! New subbie from Tampa Florida 🌴. Thanks for sharing your video… this really helped me with my little cactus garden. I don’t know the names of what they are… will need to label them. But I see the same ones in your video. 🙂. I need a pair of those giant tweezers too🙂 ok…. Going to look at the rest of your videos… take care 🌵

Hello 👋 beautiful Cactus 🌵 good to see you

Love the info. Thanks!

Does the top of the cut one eventually heal? Or does it only callus and produce pups?

Great video! I just tried this with a tall & skinny cactus I have and hopefully the top roots!

Will more pups continue to grow from original base plant?

Hi, Anna. What did you use as top dressing? Now I know why you love Cactus, for those flowers in different vibrant colors.💕 inspired me to get some more.

Loved ur video.

Nicely Done

Nice one Ana 🙂 I do that with my Opuntia vestitas, works well although I've started rooting them in pure grit instead of potting mix. Seems to be working fine 🙂🌵🌵🙂

One of my cactus had soft rotten base, I cut it off and added cinnamon, will see how it works.

Cinnamon cool nice tip

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Great video Ana!! It's a great way to increase your collection!!! I just had to start a bunch of offsets from a " rainbow bursts", peach color Echinobivia . Root mealies destroyed the mother with the help of ants!! But I got a good handful of offsets from it!! So, a good save!! I wonder, since it has such a tendency to grow tall, if you experimented and cut the very top meristem from one of the offsets after it rooted, would it turn into a candelabra cluster as it matured?🤔🌵 It would be interesting to see. Since the plant has a tendency to be single. Thanks for sharing your propagation method with us all!! I'm sure many will be using this method to increase their collection!! Good stuff!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, out to Las Vegas, have a wonderful evening!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌💖🌵🌺🌴🌻🌹🌳🌷🌲🏵🌿😃👍

Thank you ,very good information.I will try doing that.

Thanks for sharing ,Just started growing /collecting cactus this is vedio is a great help...

Damn was just repotting and you just saved me a major disaster in rotting, not root rot ofc but rotting the plant i wish to propegate, thank you fellow human x

I am going to have to try this.

What mixture soil do you use and what rocks for top dressing?

Great informative video. What do you use for soil?

Great channel, just subscribed👍👍👍👍

Cutting gives more pups 😊😊😊

🤔You gave me the inspiration to cut down my old Oreocereus celsianus which is like almost 60 centimeter (0,6m) and kinda has lost it's charm and getting super top heavy for my apartment. Does it matter what season you cut them? I think it would be very nice to get some "new" young cactus 🙂and maybe make a group of them.

I love cacti they are so cool I have a ric rac csctus that is dropping and not happy

What soil and fertilizer u use

Your channel has been so helpful! I have a monster of a lobivia in my bay window that has become unruly. There are about 6 long stalks that literally droop over the sides of the pot ( they are not dead but scraggly and take up alot of room) and in the last few months, I have noticed about 7 pups growing in the middle at the base. Is it possible for me to just cut way back some of these long stalks? I would never have known to do that until I saw this video. Thank you!

It's tearable

Can you use sand as top dressing?

Can you cut a big cactus into multiple parts to grow? Or does it only work in halves?

What top dressing are you using?

How often should you water the cuttings?

Did you also apply cinnamon on the top half you cut off? Noticed you applied some on your pups when you cut them off.

I have a mammillaria cactus. I think I cut it wrong. I cut it in the middle, not at the base of the pop. Will it die?

Do they ever flower ?

Aren't you cactus in air until it callus is over before you replant it?

I rescued many cacti from being thrown away after an estate sale. I have NEVER had a cactus before. There were multiple varieties and variable health. Several were columns that were rotting st he base and were up to 3 feet tall. I believe some are Lovinia. I cut them as you said. The bases are doing great, but all the tops went soggy on me (they are now in cactus heaven). Maybe I watered too soon. I also decapitated what I think is an Echinopsis. The base of the top portions measure 6 inches. How do I plant the top without the squishifying(I made a new word) the other cacti died from?

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sulfur works way better and just as cheap if not cheaper

my cactus have 1.5 inch spikes, ive no idea how to get it out the pot it needs repotting in something bigger , anyone !!

I have a jade plant that I had to cut back, can I use cinnamon on the cut?

How to prune very dead prickly pear plant in a pot that already died. Are the roots salvageable?

Hi, I just made a cutting on my cactus and I followed your advice and applied cinnamon on the cutting of the parent cactus. Should I just leave the cinnamon on it and will it be absorbed while the cutting dries or should I reapply cinnamon on it? Does it have to be a thick layer of cinnamon? Also regarding the cut section, I will let it callus, just as it is, for as you said 3 days to a week (I guess it's safe when it's not moisture anymore). I suppose I don't have to apply cinnamon on the cut section, right? And after I plant the cut section, how often should I water it until it grows roots? Thank you! I like your cactuses! 🌵

Can I put coffee powder instead of cinnamon powder?

Hi Ana. Im from the Philippines.. And just started on the jourmey of collecting cacti... Ive been binge watching your videos. And im learning alot.. ☺️ Thank you for doing them also... By the way.. Hope you can help clarify.. When Im repotting cacti.. Ive been putting Cinnamon on the roots. Is this okay...? Because ive seen some comments on the web that cinnamon repels water.. And that it should not be covering the roots.. The cacti wont absorb water.. Is this true..? Have you had experience on this one?

Why don't you pit rocks. All my cactus live with rocks. It also gives them micro nutrients.

Hi Ana...I have cactus with no name...any app suggestions that would ID a 🌵...salamat kaayo

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