Cleistocactus strausii damaged by wind.

[Paradise Found]

Hey you all, My C. strausii got knock over in a wind storm a few days ago. What should I do now? Can I replant the top part? BTW it's the rainy season. 

[Silas_Sancona]

38 minutes ago, Paradise Found said:

Hey you all, My C. strausii got knock over in a wind storm a few days ago. What should I do now? Can I replant the top part? BTW it's the rainy season. 

Paradise Found,  Welcome to the forum.

Regarding re-rooting these,

After removing the top  from where it broke from the stem, clean up the cut by simply slicing off a small section of the removed piece ( want the cut to be flat, not ragged ) You can also clean up the top of the remaining part of the stem as well. ( same technique ) 

Allow the removed section to cure/ form a callus  somewhere dry and cool for a couple weeks.  Can apply a light coating of Sulfur powder to both cut ends also to help keep it from rotting ( some cacti will do this regardless of how clean the knife you use to clean up the cut is ) After that, set the cutting in a mix of pumice, turface ( MVP ), and/or grit.. Absolutely NO organics / perlite in the rooting soil mix.. Place the cutting in the mix and soak once.. Leave it until rooted which will take a couple months, longer if it is cooler.  Don't add more water, until rooted. Keep in bright indirect light during this time.

Remaining stem should push out new stems from dormant buds along it later on.

** Should add Cleistocacti are one of the easiest cacti to root cuttings of.  Hope this helps.

Edited January 14, 2021 by Silas_Sancona
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[Paradise Found]

  Silas_ Sancona that is good news.  Thank you for your help! I'm still new to growing hardy column cacti... going on 5 years so this will help me a lot. I put a stake next to the other smaller one so this doesn't happen again. 

Thanks for the warm welcome. 

[Silas_Sancona]

20 minutes ago, Paradise Found said:

  Silas_ Sancona that is good news.  Thank you for your help! I'm still new to growing hardy column cacti... going on 5 years so this will help me a lot. I put a stake next to the other smaller one so this doesn't happen again. 

Thanks for the warm welcome. 

You're welcome.. Have been collecting/growing Cacti seriously for about 10 years myself.. Had one of my Tricocereus spachianus snap in half after a monsoon-related wind event last summer and re rooted the top, along with some others that were either flopping out of their pots, or had other issues related to sun exposure here during the summer. Thread related to re setting cuttings is on here ( in this section ) if you search around.. Also post a yearly thread dedicated to the flowering season of all mine as well..

Feel free to post any updates on this one later..

[Hillizard]

Hoping that my very elongated Cleistocactus samaipatanus is better protected from the elements in this tall, heavy concrete planter. Waiting for it to bloom some year. That's white-flowered Dorotheanthus ('Livingstone Daisy') around it.  Both of these species have handled a cold, wet winter without complaint. And like the comments above, it roots very easily.