what to do with tall Cereus Peruvianus? $ sell?

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got a cereus peruvianus that has become way too tall and contemplating moving into another place with much lower ceilings, so it has got to go

question is what to do with this 18 foot tall cactus? it is about 15 years old and about 8 inches across at the base.

does it have any great value to maybe a restaurant or ? any ideas of $

give it to the government?

what to do?

thanks

madgardener · Accepted Answer

damn, I wish I could take it for you.  I have a Cereus myself I've had foralmost 20 years. It and the pot weighs about 150 pounds or so, I drag itoutside every spring after frost is over, and back inside just before firstfrost kisses it. It blooms for me in the evenings somewhere around August orSeptember, depending on it's "mood".  Mine is about 6-7 foot tall onlybecause I won't let the arms grow too tall.  One year it grew me an arm thatput it at 10 foot 11 3/4 inches and I had 9 foot ceilings at the time.That's when I learned to cut the arms off, cure them and put them back intothe pot with their mom plant.  you could always let me baby sit it madgardener

harley39 · Answer

actually it had gotten to 20 feet and i cut offthe top 5 feet and potted and rooted thatand then it just grew backand now it has two branches/split  the last foot orso

Cereus-validus..... · Answer

First of all, there is no such thing as Cereus peruvianus.

What is usually grown under that name is Cereus hildmannianus.

It is neither rare nor valuable. So don't expect to get any money for it.

Donate it to a local botanical garden. You can write it off that way.

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