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