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Ptah

(33,480 posts) Sat Oct 26, 2024, 01:37 PM Oct 26

The end of a giant:

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The end of a giant: (Original Post) Ptah Oct 26 OP

What a shame! montanacowboy Oct 26 #1

We had a big one in our yard that we lost right at the beginning of COVID AZSkiffyGeek Oct 26 #2

We lost a big one about the same time... mike_c Oct 26 #4

Something I wondered when we had ours chopped up AZSkiffyGeek Oct 26 #3

Yes! Yes! My neighbor cut the tips off healthy young marybourg Oct 26 #11

A shame to see it cut. duncang Oct 26 #5

Yes, it was falling apart. Ptah Oct 26 #6

Now people will wonder "Why is there a funny notch in that wall?" AZ8theist Oct 26 #9

What a shame. Perhaps you can salvage some of the cuttings by transplanting? SWBTATTReg Oct 26 #7

It can take 50-70, sometimes 100 years to grow the first arm... AZ8theist Oct 26 #8

Those fan-topped ones are so cool! AZSkiffyGeek Oct 26 #10

It is sad when the saguaros in our neighborhood ChazII Oct 26 #12

... Kali Oct 27 #13

Before the removal of this cactus, I would have 15 or 20 birds at my feeder, 80 ft from the cactus. Ptah Oct 29 #14

montanacowboy

(6,284 posts)

1. What a shame!

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sat Oct 26, 2024, 01:40 PM

Oct 26

what a beautiful cactus

AZSkiffyGeek

(12,571 posts)

2. We had a big one in our yard that we lost right at the beginning of COVID

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sat Oct 26, 2024, 01:40 PM

Oct 26

Not that big, but it was around 25 ft and had multiple arms. Just keeled over and took out a bunch of other cacti in our yard.

mike_c

(36,328 posts)

4. We lost a big one about the same time...

Reply to AZSkiffyGeek (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 26, 2024, 01:50 PM

Oct 26

It dropped toward the house but just brushed the edge of the gutter on the way down. Unfortunately (or maybe not), we weren't here when it happened. Apparently it came down in a wind storm. Old, old tree, but great wildlife habitat while it lasted!

AZSkiffyGeek

(12,571 posts)

3. Something I wondered when we had ours chopped up

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sat Oct 26, 2024, 01:49 PM

Oct 26

Can you plant one of those sections and have it grow? Sahuaros are protected and very expensive to buy, I wonder if a healthy portion of that one can grow into a new cactus?

marybourg

(13,131 posts)

11. Yes! Yes! My neighbor cut the tips off healthy young

Reply to AZSkiffyGeek (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 26, 2024, 04:28 PM

Oct 26

arms (about 6 - 10 “) planted them a few years ago ( with some light shade, water) and now has a little saguaro farm! You could also heal a health small arm for a few days in shade, until it grow a bit of a callous, and plant that.

duncang

(3,493 posts)

5. A shame to see it cut.

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sat Oct 26, 2024, 01:54 PM

Oct 26

But you can see the base was rotted out.

Ptah

(33,480 posts)

6. Yes, it was falling apart.

Reply to duncang (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 26, 2024, 02:00 PM

Oct 26

Left Oct 10; Right Oct 18

AZ8theist

(6,447 posts)

9. Now people will wonder "Why is there a funny notch in that wall?"

Reply to Ptah (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 26, 2024, 02:52 PM

Oct 26

SWBTATTReg

(24,011 posts)

7. What a shame. Perhaps you can salvage some of the cuttings by transplanting?

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sat Oct 26, 2024, 02:26 PM

Oct 26

AZ8theist

(6,447 posts)

8. It can take 50-70, sometimes 100 years to grow the first arm...

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sat Oct 26, 2024, 02:49 PM

Oct 26

Funny story. Had a coworker who lived in Chandler had one in his front yard. Didn't have any arms, but the top grew out kind of odd. Let's just say it looked like a giant "Arnold Palmer".