• Monday 31 July 2017

    How to Grow Prickly Pear, Different Tips About Growing Prickly Pear



    Coastal Prickly Pear (Opuntia littoralis)
     


    Harvesting Prickly Pear Fruit: When And How To Pick Prickly Pear Cactus

    You may have seen them in your local produce market – those plump pinkish red fruits with characteristic scars from thorns. These are heat-loving prickly pear fruit. Southern foragers can simply go out into their wild regions and pick the fruit, but when do you harvest prickly pear fruit?



    Prickly Pear - Growing the Hardy Cactus Opuntia compressa

    Prickly Pear is a surprising cactus. It' is easy and undemanding to grow, hardy enough to survive in climates down to at least USDA Zone 2, and it has a cheery, delicate flower. Eastern prickly pear doesn’t have the stature of it’s dessert cousin Opuntia ficus-indica, which can top 15 ft.
     



    Pricky Pear Cactus Pads Lot of 3 Opuntia Ficus Indica, Cactaceae nopal
     



    Prickley Pear Cactus " Nopal "
     



    Prickly pear cactus pears or fruit

    The pears with the reddish-orange or purple skin and deep purple interiors are considered to be the sweetest.
     



    If you were a bear, living in our desert, you might eat prickly pears right off the plant... carefully, as Baloo taught Mowgli in Disney's The Jungle Book.
     



    How to Make Your Own “Ruby Nectar” Juice from Prickly Pear Cactus Apples
     



    A closeup of ripe Prickly Pear fruits. Beware the little glochids as well as the larger spines!
     



    Opuntia ficus indica, prickly pear, cactus, fruit, growing in a rural area of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
     



    Thorny cactus pads, either green or purple, are flat vegetables called “prickly pear cactus” in English and also known as cactus paddles.




    Growing Prickly Pear - Prickly Pear Plants In The Home Garden
     

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    Santa Rita prickly pear -- a summer splash of purple in the garden

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    Best Opuntia cactus ideas on Pinterest
     
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    Ruth Bancroft Garden 2013 spring plant sale
     

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    Cacti at the Arizona Botanical Garden
     

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    How to Cut and Prepare Prickly Pears
     

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    Florals and Greens This Prickly Pear
     

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    Indian Fig Opuntia (opuntia ficus-indica) Fruit
     

    1 comment:

    1. Prickly pear grows wild on my place. I will try your tips rather than allowing the critters to enjoy all of the fruit

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