Pencil cacti are among the easiest houseplants to grow from cuttings. To propagate a pencil cactus, the first step will be to take a healthy cutting from a pencil cacti you already own or wish to use ...

Next, pot the cutting using standard cactus mix containing 50 percent pumice or perlite and 50 percent peat or compost. Plant it deep enough that it won’t fall over, filling in with fine gravel ...

If I’m right, and this is a climbing cactus, those cuts create new growth coming from the ribs just below the cut. The cuts will force new side growth, columns, that continue growing upward.

Cactus removal companies exist, but can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars depending on the size of the cactus. Without the proper equipment, however, it can be dangerous to remove a large saguaro.

Keep Christmas cactus and cyclamen holiday houseplants blooming longer (photos) Updated: ; Nov. 25, 2015, 7:00 p.m. | Published: ; Nov. 25, 2015, 6:00 p.m.