A long long long long long long (i could keep going) time. This link will show you how to graft the peyote to accelerate its growth. The guy states that what would normally take 10yrs can be achieved in 2-3 when grafted. http://www.drugs-forum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=50747 but using the grafting method is thought to lower the alkaloid content due to its rapid growth. What i would suggest is then re-planting the buttons for like 6-12months before you do what ever you planing on doing with them (wink wink). hope this helped.
This is my peyote, i think its just over 2years old.....its 3cm in diameter and has a fair few buttons froming off/around it. sorry bout the crappy picture, i couldnt be bothered to get my camera so i just used my phone
hmm i was just wondering because one of my friend's friend is extracting the mescaline from peyote. i thought he had to grow the peyote first, but if it takes that long he must have already gotten a cactus from somewhere. which means mescaline soon! that makes me excited in my pants!
San Pedro (Trichocereus pachanoi) - any of the Trichocereus genus can grow like 1 foot + in a growth season (summer). If you've just got a pup grow it in a pot untill it looks fairly established then plant it in some sandy soil outside, they grow alot better in the ground than in a pot.
nice pic of the peyote. my pach's grow like weeds. 1 foot a year is about right. plus they grow shoots that grow 1 foot a year. give em plenty of root room. small pots tend to inhibit the growth.
this may be of use: http://kadasgarden.com/Cgrafting.html seed grown lophs can take take from 4-10 years to reach 5cm...depend son your conditions. here, they grow year round, so are pretty fast....in canada (where i am from originally) they take 2x as long.
tell your friend to stop extracting the mescaline! peyote are already endangered, so if he's just doing an extracting he should use perovian torch or san pedro, which would be more efficient and better for keeping the species alive. plus, I peyote should have a higher street value than extracted mescaline because of the novelty.
peyote are pretty common in cultivation so i dont see any problem with eating home grown type peyote....wild peyote of course should be strictly hands off i agree!
3-4 years from seed here get them about 5cm and worth the wait but growth sped is directly related to growing conditions. here are some that are around 4 years old and 5-6 cm. and they are for sure "mature" or "viable"
it can be that long if grown in poor conditions or long winters. wild plants are likely to take that long as well...maybe longer.
