Prickly Pear Cactus

Billy · 2008-08-14T17:40:12+00:00

So after a gruesome summer of watching one napole after anothershrivel up and blow away, I'm down to my last one. Anecdotally,I've been told to just lie the napole on the ground and it will root. This hasn't worked.Googling, I find that it is recommended to set the napole on its'side and bury a small part of it.I am using a half barrel with hill side clay at the bottom and mixed with cactus potting soil (1-1) for the top 8". The "last nopale" has sprouted another nopale but I am too afraid to move it to see if it is rooted.Lacking any comment to the contrary, I intend to check the napale for roots today, and in the event that I don't find any, rotating it from its' face to its' side and planting a quarter of it in the ground.

Aug 14, 2008 22 Replies

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Quirky Cynick 17 years ago

I know and I have eaten them for years. They are good. Just slice them into strips and cook them like string beans or put them in salads or whatever.

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Omelet 17 years ago

semi-peel them first to at least get all the prickly "eyes".

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Quirky Cynick 17 years ago

Oh, I always singed them first and never had any problems.

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