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AZ8theist

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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 2024

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".

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The end of a giant: [View all] Ptah Oct 2024 OP

What a shame! montanacowboy Oct 2024 #1

We had a big one in our yard that we lost right at the beginning of COVID AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2024 #2

We lost a big one about the same time... mike_c Oct 2024 #4

Something I wondered when we had ours chopped up AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2024 #3

Yes! Yes! My neighbor cut the tips off healthy young marybourg Oct 2024 #11

A shame to see it cut. duncang Oct 2024 #5

Yes, it was falling apart. Ptah Oct 2024 #6

Now people will wonder "Why is there a funny notch in that wall?" AZ8theist Oct 2024 #9

What a shame. Perhaps you can salvage some of the cuttings by transplanting? SWBTATTReg Oct 2024 #7

It can take 50-70, sometimes 100 years to grow the first arm... AZ8theist Oct 2024 #8

Those fan-topped ones are so cool! AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2024 #10

It is sad when the saguaros in our neighborhood ChazII Oct 2024 #12

... Kali Oct 2024 #13

Before the removal of this cactus, I would have 15 or 20 birds at my feeder, 80 ft from the cactus. Ptah Oct 2024 #14

There are still some other giants in my neighborhood: Ptah Nov 2024 #15

did you save a piece to regrow? BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 4 #16

Nah. I think that giant was about 150 years old. Ptah Dec 4 #17