Cactus Grafting - why, why not and the pros and cons

In this video I show you a few of my grafting experiments to show you the results I've obtained and a comparison of some of the grafts to non-grafted siblings grown at the same time and in most cases in the same conditions. I've found grafting to be a whole lot of fun, and although I've had many failures along the way, the successes have given me very satisfying results. I discuss the pros and cons (as I see them) and why you might want to graft, as well as why you might not. I was going to include grafting some of the Astrophytum Asterias seedlings that feature here onto rootstock, but that would have made this video a bit too too long so I'll do that in a separate video.

Apologies for the shaky camerawork and poor audio in a few places. Please do comment about your own grafting experiences, I'm really just learning so if you've got any tips or tricks that I've missed or any spectacular results, please do leave a comment or link to photos!

Happy cactusing everyone :-)