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Old 14-08-2008, 06:40 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default Prickly Pear Cactus

So after a gruesome summer of watching one napole after another
shrivel 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.
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