Michael (scratchmstermike1@att.net, Did anyone ever answer your question about moving the cactus? These plants (succulents) can survive for a long, long time out of the ground so transporting should not be a problem if it is legal. . However, the key to survival in the desert is having clay soil. That is what holds the moisture in the soil around the plant so that it can absorb as much as possible. If it is too sandy as much of CA is, it can drain away before being absorbed. That is the key difference between the CA coastal deserts and the AZ deserts. I am not that familiar with the make up of the inland deserts. I know the inland empire area is sandy soil but by the time, it gets to Palm Springs it may change. Alternatively, you may have both. You could however change it by amending it with clay. It is not likely that you will find it in the local nursery but you can either use clay soil or just add clay that is sold as a raw material. It comes from the ground in places like the desert. I have actually dug the soil from my yard & fired it. Find out what kind of minerals are in the soils, in the Sonoran desert and buy clay with that make-up. All commercial clays will have a specific mineral make up. Just tell them you want to know the contents, not the formula. Then you can mix it in with your soil. You will need to dig a large hole to do this but you will have to do that to transplant anyway. If you do this and then water it, very well when you are around the transplanted saguaro should do very well. You have one of the biggest clay distributors in the USA right in So Cal. in City of Industry. However you may not even need to do this because they do a lot of farming in that Valley and it is hot, in order to do that they have to use a ton of water of have clay soil. Ask a farmer in the area. BTW, if you water these well they grow much faster than they do in the wild on their own. I may soon have three large cacti to sell if you have not acquired one yet.

Hi microthrix it definitely can be done. I have wondered the same thing.So on another forum site I asked someone posted a pic of their's grafted even to a pereopskis! I must say I was pretty shocked haha. Whether the degraft went successful idk but I have def seen it done. Check it out Here is a link that might be useful: Saguaro graft pic

Never treated my saguaros any differently from my other cacti. I have one in a pot which I don't touch all summer and another in the ground. Both are over 20 years old. Both are growing symmetrically and I have never given a thought to rotating the pot or not. Just leave it be like all my other plants. Water when dry is my rule although you may want to water less if it is drying out every day (that's why I don't use clay pots). Your plant looks to have healthy new growth.

Last one looks like it might be it, but i wouldnt bet on ebay....