Editing Cereus repandus (section)

== Propagation ==

Cuttings are the standard and preferred route, since a clone keeps the parent's fruit and growth traits. <sup>[[#cite_note-6|[6]]]</sup> Take a stem cutting cut through the middle of a segment, leave it to callous for a few days, then plant it right side up; spring cuttings dried until calloused are also recommended. <sup>[[#cite_note-6|[6]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-4|[4]]]</sup> A grower who had written off a suffering cutting as dead reports that after about six months it pushed healthy new shoots from the base and then flowered and fruited from the old growth: cuttings are resilient even when they look moribund. <sup id="cite_ref-11">[[#cite_note-11|[11]]]</sup>

Seed also works: sow fresh, unrefrigerated seed on the surface of a moist mix, with germination reported at 14–28 days at 25 °C. <sup>[[#cite_note-6|[6]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-4|[4]]]</sup> Seedlings grow slowly at first and, in the wild, need the shade and shelter of nurse plants during establishment. <sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup> In cactus collections, slow-growing species are sometimes grafted onto apple-cactus rootstocks for faster growth. <sup>[[#cite_note-4|[4]]]</sup>