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03-28-2010, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by crotalusadamanteus
If I ain't mistaken, they'll fatten up and widen out to be a new leaf like the one it's sprouting from, but larger. All the little spiny looking things will become needles. That's a Prickly Pear in case you didn't already know. We got some out this way larger then a man on a horse. 
Cacti roots LOVE oxygen. When you transplant, add plenty of sand to the soil so it drains good, and it'll love you for it. |
They are in a "cactus mix" I picked up from the nursery years ago when I had a bunch of cacti cutting from a friend. There is a pretty good amount of sand in there I just put put some peat on top after putting a god layer of cricket doo doo for fertilizer down when first starting them.
I'm looking forward to them opening up. Do you know if they flower at all? I haven't remembered to look hem up to see if they do.
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03-28-2010, 09:22 AM
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Sure they do, but not normally when they are that young. There's about probably 50 different kinds of Prickly Pear though. LOL I think they all get a different color flower, which will die off and become a "cactus apple". These are seedy, but edible when ripe, if you feel like messing with the micro needles they'll have. Each apple will have about 500 seeds or so.
Some species are farmed and Jelly is made, as well as the leafs being eaten in the Mexican culture, known as Nopales, or Nopalitos.
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03-28-2010, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by crotalusadamanteus
Sure they do, but not normally when they are that young. There's about probably 50 different kinds of Prickly Pear though. LOL I think they all get a different color flower, which will die off and become a "cactus apple". These are seedy, but edible when ripe, if you feel like messing with the micro needles they'll have. Each apple will have about 500 seeds or so.
Some species are farmed and Jelly is made, as well as the leafs being eaten in the Mexican culture, known as Nopales, or Nopalitos.
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Cool deal, thanks for the info. Maybe once they fatten up I'll transplant them and put them into a bigger pot or pots.
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