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| This is three main clumps
that had been growing in
Northern California for
several decades. |
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| Tall columns branch out
unlike shorter columns. |
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| Main cluster from a
single stump. No effort was made to prune this monster for a
pleasing appearance. Instead, it was over-harvested as a
source of cuttings. |
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Its hard to imagine how large
Trichocereus Pachanoi will become when you only have specimens in a
flower pot.

At 24'' to 36" tall I plant them outdoors by digging a pit
backfilled with sandy compost.

When they root in an unlimited size container (the earth) they grow
larger much faster. In a few years they become a cluster of columns
as tall as a person. Then I transplant to a permanent location. |
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| 14 feet to this tip from
the ground. |
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