Hi Guys,

I have asked my local nurseries and the closest thing
they sell to a cactus is a yucca.

I have looked on line with not so good result.

Anyone know where I can buy a specific kind of Prickly
Pear Cactus called "Opuntia Streptacantha Lemaire"?
(It has to be that one. No subs..)

Many thanks,
-T

In article , Todd
wrote:

Hi Guys,

I have asked my local nurseries and the closest thing
they sell to a cactus is a yucca.

I have looked on line with not so good result.

Anyone know where I can buy a specific kind of Prickly
Pear Cactus called "Opuntia Streptacantha Lemaire"?
(It has to be that one. No subs..)

Many thanks,
-T


The Cactus Store
http://www.cactusstore.com/catalog.p...eptacantha&con
d=advand&category=3

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On 05/10/2013 04:22 PM, Billy wrote:
In article , Todd
wrote:

Hi Guys,

I have asked my local nurseries and the closest thing
they sell to a cactus is a yucca.

I have looked on line with not so good result.

Anyone know where I can buy a specific kind of Prickly
Pear Cactus called "Opuntia Streptacantha Lemaire"?
(It has to be that one. No subs..)

Many thanks,
-T


The Cactus Store
http://www.cactusstore.com/catalog.p...eptacantha&con
d=advand&category=3



Thank you!

On 5/10/2013 4:39 PM, Todd wrote:
Hi Guys,

I have asked my local nurseries and the closest thing
they sell to a cactus is a yucca.

I have looked on line with not so good result.

Anyone know where I can buy a specific kind of Prickly
Pear Cactus called "Opuntia Streptacantha Lemaire"?
(It has to be that one. No subs..)

Many thanks,
-T


I've been looking for a nice "old man cactus" for months now. My
previous one gave up the ghost and died. I guess it was really older
than it looked.

--
Natural Girl

On 05/10/2013 07:33 PM, Natural Girl wrote:
On 5/10/2013 4:39 PM, Todd wrote:
Hi Guys,

I have asked my local nurseries and the closest thing
they sell to a cactus is a yucca.

I have looked on line with not so good result.

Anyone know where I can buy a specific kind of Prickly
Pear Cactus called "Opuntia Streptacantha Lemaire"?
(It has to be that one. No subs..)

Many thanks,
-T


I've been looking for a nice "old man cactus" for months now. My
previous one gave up the ghost and died. I guess it was really older
than it looked.


Is this it?
http://www.cactusstore.com/item_536/...-celsianus.htm

Have you been eating its fruits and pads? Over harvesting?

I have noticed that my hollyhocks will only grow in the
same spot for about four years, then their seeds will
just sprout and die.

My zucchini got really mad at me last year when they
figured out what I was doing with their offspring.
Gave them a real freight. Stems and leaves stood
straight up. I think I might have heard them accuse
my parents of not being married when I walked by.
It may have been the wind.

:-)

-T

On 05/10/2013 07:41 PM, Todd wrote:
I've been looking for a nice "old man cactus" for months now. My
previous one gave up the ghost and died. I guess it was really older
than it looked.


Is this it?
http://www.cactusstore.com/item_536/...-celsianus.htm

Have you been eating its fruits and pads? Over harvesting?

I have noticed that my hollyhocks will only grow in the
same spot for about four years, then their seeds will
just sprout and die.

Hi Natural,

I have an "Uneducated Theory": I think if you
grow certain plants over and over in the same spot,
they eat up (deplete) some specific nutrient(s) from
the soil and eventually starve to death and won't
reseed.

So far, I have tried adding compost to the dead
hollyhock spots, without success.

-T

On 5/10/2013 9:41 PM, Todd wrote:
On 05/10/2013 07:33 PM, Natural Girl wrote:
On 5/10/2013 4:39 PM, Todd wrote:
Hi Guys,

I have asked my local nurseries and the closest thing
they sell to a cactus is a yucca.

I have looked on line with not so good result.

Anyone know where I can buy a specific kind of Prickly
Pear Cactus called "Opuntia Streptacantha Lemaire"?
(It has to be that one. No subs..)

Many thanks,
-T


I've been looking for a nice "old man cactus" for months now. My
previous one gave up the ghost and died. I guess it was really older
than it looked.


Is this it?
http://www.cactusstore.com/item_536/...-celsianus.htm

That looks like it.

Have you been eating its fruits and pads? Over harvesting?

whut fruits and pads?

I have noticed that my hollyhocks will only grow in the
same spot for about four years, then their seeds will
just sprout and die.

oh no! They died? Did they re-incarnate themselves?

My zucchini got really mad at me last year when they
figured out what I was doing with their offspring.
Gave them a real freight. Stems and leaves stood
straight up. I think I might have heard them accuse
my parents of not being married when I walked by.
It may have been the wind.

:-)

-T

{snicker}!!!

--
Natural Girl

Todd wrote:
....
I have noticed that my hollyhocks will only grow in the
same spot for about four years, then their seeds will
just sprout and die.

try the perennial hollyhocks instead.


songbird

On 05/11/2013 04:54 AM, songbird wrote:
Todd wrote:
...
I have noticed that my hollyhocks will only grow in the
same spot for about four years, then their seeds will
just sprout and die.

try the perennial hollyhocks instead.


songbird


Hi Songbird,

Oh they are perennial. But they will only come back for
about four years.

I do collect the seeds and try to reseed the dead spots,
but they only sprout and die. The seeds will grow everywhere
else. Makes me think that all the nutrients where
sucked out and the sprouts are starving to death.

-T

On Sat, 11 May 2013 17:52:53 -0700, Todd wrote:
On 05/11/2013 04:54 AM, songbird wrote:
Todd wrote:
...
Oh they are perennial. But they will only come back for
about four years.

I do collect the seeds and try to reseed the dead spots,
but they only sprout and die. The seeds will grow everywhere
else. Makes me think that all the nutrients where
sucked out and the sprouts are starving to death.

Bet you've got a fungal disease established. Try digging in a copious amount
of well cured compost.

On 05/12/2013 02:42 AM, Kay Lancaster wrote:
On Sat, 11 May 2013 17:52:53 -0700, Todd wrote:
On 05/11/2013 04:54 AM, songbird wrote:
Todd wrote:
...
Oh they are perennial. But they will only come back for
about four years.

I do collect the seeds and try to reseed the dead spots,
but they only sprout and die. The seeds will grow everywhere
else. Makes me think that all the nutrients where
sucked out and the sprouts are starving to death.

Bet you've got a fungal disease established. Try digging in a copious amount
of well cured compost.



Will do. Thank you!

On May 10, 5:39*pm, Todd wrote:
Hi Guys,

I have asked my local nurseries and the closest thing
they sell to a cactus is a yucca.

I have looked on line with not so good result.

Anyone know where I can buy a specific kind of Prickly
Pear Cactus called "Opuntia Streptacantha Lemaire"?
(It has to be that one. *No subs..)

Many thanks,
-T

It would help to know your location.

Chris

On 05/13/2013 09:18 AM, Chris wrote:
On May 10, 5:39 pm, Todd wrote:
Hi Guys,

I have asked my local nurseries and the closest thing
they sell to a cactus is a yucca.

I have looked on line with not so good result.

Anyone know where I can buy a specific kind of Prickly
Pear Cactus called "Opuntia Streptacantha Lemaire"?
(It has to be that one. No subs..)

Many thanks,
-T

It would help to know your location.

Chris


Hi Chris,

Northwestern Nevada. But, I have found two source
of seeds now.

-T