How to grow Cactus from cuttings - Opuntia 'The Prickly Pear' Cactus
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- Hi Guys :-) in this video me and my wonderful Fiance Hans show you how you can easily propagate Opuntia cactus from cuttings :-) Please subscribe to Hans's NEW Cacti & Succulent and gardening channel HERE: / @plantdaddy3420
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Shes like hehhehe while hes slicing off the poor cactus arms.
You must not understand much about cactus
I love your sunroom. I wish I had one like that.
The fruit they produce is really nice. I only have had it on holiday and it was one of the nicest fruits I’ve had. I love this cactus type as it looks beautiful and tastes a amazing as well as lots of seeds to regrow in the seeds.
Thats fantastic you have tasted the wonderful fruits on Opuntia :-D I have eaten a couple of them that I bought from a Market and they were so tasty like mini Dragon fruits, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
Hi Lyn! Say well done to Hans for prouning this Opuntia 'The Prickly Pear' Cactus! He is like you Lyn, he is not afraid to touch those large spines! Anyway it looks better now and you have lots of smaller ones! Thanks for sharing Lyn! Have an amazing evening Lyn and Hans! Lots of love and happiness to you both!
haha Sylvia :-D these Opuntias have to be the worst of the 'Biters' haha :-D and I am so glad that Hans was the one doing the pruning on these prickly guys haha :-D so happy you enjoyed the video, thanks so much Sylvia for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a sunny afternoon XXXX
I was so nervous for Hans hands while he was handling that thorny cactus but he was a total pro... Thanks for sharing love
Wow! That is great! I can see now where I made my mistakes a few years ago when trying to grow these. I didn't bury them deep enough and they kept getting top heavy and falling over, and I think my soil was a bit too loamy and couldn't support the weight. Every day I came outside to find them upended outside the soil. I might try it again. I just love these cacti. They're really beautiful when they get big with many pads on them and start blooming and bearing fruit!
I just happened to find a spineless opuntia pad tonight and searched for an idea on how to root it- and lovely Lynn pops up to save the day again!! I'm going to pot it up tomorrow.
So happy I saved the day for you haha :-D and good luck on rooting your Opuntia cutting :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Ireland XXXXX
It's so wonderful to see someone like you, who is passionate, friendly and shares knowledge with strangers. People like you make the world a much nicer place.
Thank you.
P.S. I came across a really nice looking 4=5 ft (1.5ish M)blue/ green agave while on a hike a few days ago. It has some nice sized pups and it has plenty of leaves for cuttings. I'd be happy to mail you a cutting if you'd like one.
(and got the opuntia planted today)
Hans has one of the thickest swedish accents ive ever heard in my life! Wow!
LOL! yes Hans has a strong Swedish accent and I LOVE it :-D thanks so much for watching XXXXX
I love you guys....cool people a few and rare ....mean people are everywhere.... anyways thanks 😉
Awwwww haha thank you so much David :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching XXXX
"Nopales" is pronounced "no-pa-lez" great video, can't wait to try it
Thanks so much for the correct pronunciation :-D thanks so much for watching and sending tons of love and plant power for a fantastic Sunday XXXXX
Desert Plants of Avalon my pleasure thank you for the great video
no PAH lez ...or no PAW lez...or maybe no PAUL lez..accent is on the middle syllable. Hard to say though how the Spanish would sound with an Irish accent...lol.. Thanks for another great video!
It's more like noh-PAH-les imo
No-pah-les
Thank you for this. We have edible cactus in our yard and since I'm getting better at container gardening, I wanted to add cactus to our diet (not our favorite, but you have to have common sense to eat the stuff you don't prefer as well). Anyway, I just took a couple of cuttings to start me off and I'm sure in time we'll be overflowing with more cactus than we know what to do with lol
Thats fantastic news you have edible cactus in your yard, these Opuntia cacti are highly nutritious and very high in amino acids, the pads can be very tasty either cooked or raw in salads or juiced into green juices, as long as the spines are removed first haha, thanks so much for watching and for your wonderful comment and have a fantastic plant powered day XXXX
Prickly pear is beneficial to women's health and blood cleansing I hear. The fruits is so delicious, and the pads are edible and referred to as "nopales" .
I prefer the fruit, but I'm still learning the pads.
Most delicious thing in my desert imo.
@@SonoraSlinger Hi there :-D so sorry for only just seeing your comment now, yes the Pads are very nutritious and high in amino acids, and the fruits are so tasty too, thanks so much for watching and have a fantastic Wednesday XXXX
By the way, I like to think about a plants natural instincts. The first pad was growing opposit and downward. All the other arms were growing opposite and up. Makes sense to me regarding balance. A small pot with a tall, lopsided plant might benefit from growths that go in the opposite direction.
I just got my first prickly pear t this last spring & the top pad literally turned 45 degrees!! I thought that was quite wild to watch, then when he grew another pad & all the little flowers, I understood it was for balance 🤩🤩
Big spikes but when it blooms and makes fruits are delicious.
Subscribed to Hans….I’ll binge watch after your vids xx
Thanks so much for subscribing to Hans, thats fantastic, thanks so much Vixi for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Thursday today XXXX
Long live King Hans!
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A great how to Lynn. that parent plant will fly now with a good root structure behind it, and you have all those cuttings, brill
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Fun video .. thank you for sharing your planting tips!
So happy you enjoyed the video Bren, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness for a super plant powered Sunday today XXXX
Thank you For This Excellent Video maam and Sir.
So happy you like the video and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER fora fantastic day XXXX
great video! thanks for sharing! hoping to add these to my garden this year!!!
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you an abundance of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a Sunny filled Sunday today XXXXX
I would love to see a video where you explain which types of succulents and cacti you keep indoors and which ones you put in the greenhouse. 🌵❤️
I got a tip a while back about Opuntia cuttings. Instead of waiting for the cut end to callous, then sticking the cut end down into the soil, lay the pad on its side on damp soil with the cut end exposed. All the areoles on the bottom of the pad will send out roots. This is the way these cacti reproduce themselves in the wild when pads break off due to wind or animals eating part of the plant.
WOW thank you so very much for sharing this info about rooting Opuntia Pads Emmit, I will definitely try this out too, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Thursday today XXXX
Thank you going to do this. I can't find the plant around my area but I did find it sold at one place I'm get two and pot one
First video!! I think you guys are awesome.
Thats so wonderful of you to say that :-D thank you so much
I love you both! Always learn so much and smile every video! 🌵❤️🌵❤️ Happy Holidays!!!!
haha so happy we make you smile :-D thank you Avi for your wonderful comment and support and a very happy HOLIDAYS to you today
You guys seem so fun. Beautiful plants!!
thanks so much Sarah for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
This was so helpful, in the desert im able to grow cactus to eat, thanks, also your enthusium was great i definatly subscribed.
Was that an psychedelic trip on mescaline?🤣
amazing video i liked , Good luck at the planting , sucess and byyyyyyyeeeeee
What a great start ( whilst drinking a nice cup of tea!) to my day watching you both, your happiness and enthusiasm is beautiful. Sending love to you both from Solihull : )
So wonderful that you are from my home town too haha :-) sending tons of love right back to you from Ireland to Solihull and thanks so much for watching XXXX
Amazing! You are from Solihull! I was born in Solihull too! Currently, living in America. Love your opuntia propogation video. You and Hans are wonderful!
Opuntias are wonderful specimens :)
They sound Rosie and Jim on childrens hour!! Hahahahahaha. That was VERY hard work!
haah thanks so much for watching Suzanne :-D XXXX
How often do you mist the cactus while waiting for it to root? When the soil just starts to dry or when the soil is bone dry? I got a rescue prickly pear today and I'm going to have to chop it up to propagate. Thank you for your help. I love your cacti knowledge!
Hi Sena :-D I wait until the soil is mostly dry before misting again, as soon as the soil has dried I will give a good misting again, Good luck with your cuttings and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Aww i love you guys
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful new week XXXXX
So.very cute you two supporting one another! Thank you for sharing now I know what to do with my first opuntia aka prickly pear. I have six in one pot!
Will they have roots before I attempt to propagate?
Love watching You two
Thank you Denice :-D they wont produce roots until you separate the individual pads, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a fantastic Friday XXXXX
0:25 Hans is just a little too happy to see those cacti.
I am curious and eager to try this. my wife has a variant of this cactus, it's a lot smaller, with a more fuzzy appearance. store did a number on the poor guy, hot glueing flowers on it and everything. I managed to resuscitate it and nurse it to health, only a minimal spot that will scare slightly from the removal of the hot glue. it has a ton of pads, and it would be nice to make a few more of this plant. I'm going to wait til next spring to summer though. it's allready August and I want to give it a chance to heal and rest after the abuse it got. I did put it in a bigger pot mainly because I want to not only keep it in that pot for a long time, but eventually add two more different types later. it's mainly for a permanent display at my wife's work in her office. I think as long as the roots develop well, it won't be a huge issue. soil wasn't meant for cactus use, but I left it stored for a year, and found it totally changed it's composition. it's now very loose and airy, and tends to dry out very quickly. it actually takes an effort to initially get it to soak up water, it all most appears to repel it lol. but after that initial break in, it seems to do well for my Peruvian old man cactus, so I'm hopefully it does well for her cactus too. I'll continue my research on this propagation method. if you make any more videos on this id like to see them. grafting as well. I'm really waiting til I get a really good knife for this.I want it to be a dedicated tool, and got a good idea what I need it to be. just a matter of finding it. I want it to have a fillet knifes edge, but short and not as flexible. but good work as always and thanks for the time you take to post these
Hi dear Lyn and Hans,this is a great video thank you for shared
thanks so much Luthje for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle XXXXX
You`re welcome Lyn,I have learned so much by watching your video`s I will be implementing a lot of your tips! sending you a big giants hugs too you and Hans.Can your feeling my Hugs Hahaha XXX ~Luthje~
Hi thanks for the video, was thinking of pruning my massive tooth pic cactus but not sure as it looks healthy but the arms/pups are growing thick and fast now.
So happy you enjoyed the video Tony, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching XXXX
Good Job! I got two opuntia cuttings from Italy but mine turned totally black in two weeks :/.
Amazing! Thanks
Thanks so much Brian for watching and for your wonderful comment XXXX
Nice information
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and have a fantastic plant powered Sunday XXXX
Nice..!
I was given today a mature opuntia ficus-indica giant cutting (there are more than 20 ears on it), it weights about 25 kilos, and I consider planting it as it is..!
I'm worried about wich way i could securely plant it directly - after callusing - in the earth, i mean supporting it's weight until it makes strong roots..
SO.. My major concern is "Can i bury the whole lowest ear of the cutting, or may be the two lowest ones (so as to support more of its weight), without the possibility of rotting..?
I hope i made myself understood..
WOW thats a wonderful size for a cutting and I bet its a beautiful plant :-D Its best to not bury any of the ears as they may rot under the soil, you would be best to use some canes and ties for supporting the large cutting, If you have some heavy canes or sticks to push into the ground or the pot where the cutting will be and use ties to tie around the cactus and the canes for support that would be the best thing to do
Yes, like the other commenter said. Only bury it 2 inches or less. Use porous soil that drains thoroughly. Prop the pads up with rocks. Keep it under bright but cooler light until good roots form. Don't let it sit in claylike wet dirt. Keep it thirsty. Semi moist. Rot is a succulent's enemy. Good luck 👍
lmfao she sound like pinky in the cartoon pinky and the brain lol
Dude...the hair man
Do these come in a tiny version? Lol. I’ve been trying to prop 2 pads I thought were this plant and they haven’t done anything much at all. They still look really good though. I’m about to mix up a special soil blend for them snd see what happens. And finish watching this video to see what I can learn. Ooo so it can take months! There’s still hope!
Hi there :-D yes these Pads can take many months before they root, and can root from 1-6 months, thanks so much for watching and good luck with your propagation, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon thank you so much! Should I lay them on top of the soil or put the calloused end in the soil?
after cutting, will the original plant grow new pads from the "wound"? or will the cut heal and callous?
Hi there, yes the Original Mother plant will eventually re shoot new pads from where it was pruned, it can take a good few months but it will eventually re shoot once it has fully healed and callused, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful plant powered new week XXXX
I came across a piece of Opuntia aciculata fruit that had allread fallen off the plant. I though I'd take it home to plant the seeds. I was surprised to find no seed inside. So I have a piece of fruit cut long wise into four pieces. Any idea if I can plant this some how? ie let it dry over etc?
Hi Pete :-D yes you can definitely try as some Opuntia fruits will root if they have the areoles attached, it is much more difficult to propagate from fruit parts though, but its definitely worth having a go, let the fruit part callus over first for a few days before planting into dry cactus soil, good luck with propagating and let me know if it turns out a success, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
great video
I love the video, but didn't anyone notice Hans is not wearing any pants? "hahahaha"
So happy you enjoyed the video and yes LOL! at Hans not wearing any pants :-D XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon I want to grow some of these , I just seen some growing on the side of the road, big ones , the county mower mowed half of them🤦 I can get some really big pieces, what's the best way. Some have fruit. I want to grab a huge one and put it in like a 30 gallon bucket. Any help would be appreciated thx
How do I know it's fully callused over? would you recommend doing so indoors or outdoors?
Hi Sunee :-D when the cutting has callused fully it will have a white hard scab, its best to let the cutting callus over outdoors if its dry as the fresh air can help dry the cutting faster, but indoors is best if its winter time or rainy, thanks so much for watching XXXX
Great video, as I needed confirmation of how to handle my damaged cactus. I went away for a few weeks on vacation and we had a terrible wind storm here in Kansas. It knocked over my big umbrella, that was weighted down by sandbags, and the umbrella came crashing down on my pots - breaking many and injuring my plants. Your video helped confirm my next steps with the broken pads - thanks. By the way, I posted a video yesterday on CZcams about my visit to the Zurich Succulent Collection. I know you and Hans subscribed to my channel, Overland Gardener, and as it was my first succulent video endeavor I'm curious as to your thoughts. I don't know if you have been to see the collection, but I was impressed. I very much enjoy your channel. Cheers.
I planted my pad about 3 weeks ago and have been using a grow light indoors. I live in GA so I am wondering how long will it take to root?? I live in a apartment on the bottom floor and dont have much direct sunlight so I'm wondering if it'll still grow with indirect sunlight?
Hi there, yes the good news is even with indirect sunlight your Opuntia pad will still root and grow, the more direct sunlight you can give them the more rounded the pads will form, in less light these Opuntias have a habit of stretching out, but if you have a grow light to supplement the light this will work perfect for your Opuntia, I grow some of my cacti indoors all year in a north facing window that never gets any natural direct sun but they still grow well and flower as I use a grow light over them for a few hours a day ( about 3-4 hours ) to supplement natural sunlight, thanks so much for watching and good luck with growing your Opuntia, wishing you a fantastic plant powered Tuesday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon thank you for replying!
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Thank You for sharing. How long does it take for a prickly pear cactus to grow from seeds and give fruits, growing it indoors? Bright Blessings!!!
Hi Catherine :-D it can take up to ten years for Prickly pear to reach flowering stage but some of them are faster growing and can reach flowering stage after 5 years, but they are very hard to get to flower in cultivation unless very strong sunshine can be given, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a safe and sunny weekend ahead XXXX
Thank you!
Thanks so much fr watching and have a wonderful day XXXX
I want to have tea with these people
Hello friends and family!!
Hey so I have a question I was wondering if someone could help me out with???
I've been blessed with a prickly pear pad that I'm trying to grow in a pot indoors.....and the pad I layed it flat on the soil ..... someone told me you could do this??
Anyhow....the pad is curling In such a way to where the two ends are moving towards each other....like a pouch almost ( if that makes any sense) ....is this ok? Did I mess up laying them flat on the soil??
Thanks so much for any input...🌵🎂🍕🐧
Hi David :-D thats fantastic you have a Prickly pear pad, they can definitely be rooted flat too, it can be a bit tricky though if they are planted flat as they often have a habit of curling up as they use up their water reserves before they have had a chance to root properly, you could try to re plant it again upright, or you could keep the pad hydrated by misting the pad and the top layer of the soil with water to prevent it curling up, if I was you I would re plant it upright and keep misting the pad lightly with water daily to prevent it from curling up any more, once the pad has taken root it will eventually straighten back out as it fills itself up with water again, keep the pad in a bright position but away from excess heat and sun until it has rooted, good luck with rooting your pad, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Hello! I love the video! Please let me know when to put the rooting hormone on - did you put it before or after the callus forms? Thank you so much! 😉
Hi Cherstin :-D so happy you loved the video :-D I put the rooting powder before the callus formed, you can use it after too, but its more effective straight after cutting and helps the cut to callus over faster
👁 👄 👁 Yayyyy!
Thums up 👍
nice thank you
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from right right across the Emerald Isle for a TERRIFIC Thursday today XXXX
How often do we water the cactus? Once a week? Twice a week?
Hi there, I water the cuttings very lightly just enough to keep the top surface of the soil slightly moist, once the cuttings have taken root and they show signs of new growth then I water them every time the soil has completely dried out in their pots, I keep them mostly dry over the winter months, thanks so much for watching and have a fantastic plant powered day XXXX
I am going to start growing these as food for my tortoises. How fast do they grow in an indoor situation?
That will give me an idea of how many pads to start out with.
Hi Jason :-D yes tortoises love Opuntia's
All my tortoises and I thank you for your help!! Not only will they provide healthy food for them (nothing is better than food you grow yourself),but it will add beauty to my home!!
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I waited maybe 48 hours before putting mine in the dirt, but figured I would wait a week or so to water. I got mine from the wild. Southern US. Heck I didn’t know they grew down here.
Thats wonderful you got yours from the wild Doug and I bet is a beauty :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXXX
Very informative, thank you. But what brand/s of rooting powder/rooting hormone did you use or recommend? (Also, would i be able to get it in the states or offline?)
Hi there :-D I use a rooting powder from a discount pond / dollar store here haha its so cheap but works a treat :-D its a brand called Doff :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comments and for watching and sending you tons of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle and have a wonderful evening XXXX
I have Opuntia humifusa pad that I found outside. In dormant stage. Can I propagate it?
Hi there :-D yes you can definitely propagate it, you can plant the pad up in totally dry cactus soil and keep the soil dry now with no watering at all until the spring, the pad will still root without water, a sunny and warm position is ideal to encourage rooting in the Winter, rooting will be much slower in Winter than Spring and Summer but if you keep the soil dry it will be much safer to prevent any chance of rot in Winter, Good luck with your Opuntia and thanks so much for watching XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon thanks for replying. I always love watching your videos.
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@@desertplantsofavalon it's growing new growth this year. Very excited. I'll make a short video later
Good day, my friend gave me a big branch of a nopal cactus, after it calluses would the entire branch grow?
Hi yes :-D the branch can also be planted too as its possible it can grow as a cutting also :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald isle for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXXXX
but you didn't clean the bugs off those pads or do you do something after?
Can you cut the pad a third of the way up from the stem? I have a Santa Rita that started to rot after some torrential rain. Thanks
Hi :-D yes you can as long as you allow the cut to fully dry over a few days to a couple of weeks before you plant up as a cutting, depending on the size of the pad, XXXXX
Here's a tip it's better to twist the pads off than cutting the pads off
XXXX thanks for the tip and thanks so much form watching XXXX
What type of Opuntia is that in the video?
Hi there :-D its an Opuntia bergeriana :-D thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful day today XXXX
For you pads you say a few days for the pads? What would a few days be 3-4? Or is it okay for the pads to go a little past that?
Hi there :-D yes I would leave them to callus for a minimum of a week but longer is best to be on the safe side, it depends on the size of the pads, with larger pads its best to wait for a month until they form a harm callus, but with smaller pads like these in this video its best to wait a minimum of a week so he cut part has formed a hard white skin of a callus, XXXXX
When I plant in damp soil after callous several have rotted and won’t root . Why is this ?
Hi Brett :-D so sorry to hear about your your cuttings, because of the time of year its not a good idea to root them as they will not want to grow or root during the Winter days and low light levels and you would be best to keep them in dry soil until the Spring arrives, keep the cuttings dry and then pot up in the Spring or pot them up in dry soil and then only lightly water when Spring is here and the days are warmer and longer :-D thanks so much for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a fantastic Thursday today XXXX
How can I can my opuntia prickly pear to grow multiple pads and not just one pad upon another? Tks in advance.
Hi Janet :-D Unfortunately its not possible to change the way your Opuntia's grow the pads and it can depend on the type of Opuntia you have, as some of them grow differently than others, so sorry I can't help you with how to get them to grow multiple pads, but usually as they age they are more prone to send out multiple pads
hi! i bought an opuntia microdasys and 3 tiny pads suddenly fell off. can i propagate them? if yes, how many days should i leave the pads to callus? pls. help. i'm just a beginner and i want to learn more.
Hi there :-D yes Opuntia imicrodasys is really easy to grow from the pads and as long as the have been left to 'callus' where they have come off you can treat them as cuttings in the same way as in this video and they will grow really well :-D thanks so much for your fantastic comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast for a wonderful Tuesday XXXX
Thank you so much!! Unfortunately, my dog ate my newly cutted pads and I can't stay mad at her. I promise to be careful from now on. I wish you guys and your plants a good health! By the way, I'm planning on buying a new cacti this Saturday.
Any recommendations for a beginner like me? Again, thank you so much! 🌵🌵🌵
Hi Shia Gloria :-D Mammillaria, Rebutia, Gymnocalycium and Epiphyllum and Schlumbergera ( Xmas and Easter cacti ) are all wonderful plants for beginners to start with as they are all easy to grow and get to flower :-D good luck with growing and sending you loads of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Ireland for a wonderful day XXXX
Please can you do a maiden fern care video?
How do i get a start off my coral cactus
Hi Lynn! Today I put rooting powder on prickly pear pads that I ordered online since it's overwintering time how should I go about the routing process? Hope you can help thanks PS what do you think about a dehumidifier to control humidity with cactuses?
Hi Josephine :-D the best thing to do is to pot up your cuttings of Opuntia but keep them dry and the soil dry until the Spring time, the pads will still send out roots in dry soil as they search for water, but its best to be on the safe side at this time of year and do not water the pads until the Spring and then treat them as ordinary cuttings but only keeping the very top surface of the soil moist, you could spray them with water if the cuttings show any signs of shrivelling before the spring time, A dehumidifier is a brilliant way to reduce the humidity too in rooms with cacti and is a great bonus to use, thanks so much for watching and sending lots of love and plant power to you XXXX
Hands you rascal she sounds happy as can be.
haha Doug :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXXX
Is Hans not wearing any pants????
haha :-D he is wearing a wrap scarf, he has better legs than I do haha, thanks so much for watching XXXX
Is Opuntia also known as ‘paddle cactus ‘?
Hi Suzy :-D yes Opuntia is also known as Paddle cactus :-D XXXXX
Desert Plants of Avalon
thanks!
How many time we need to water the cactus?
Hi there :-D here is a link to a video I have made on how to water your cacti as different types of cacti all need different types of watering and at different time so f the year :-D hope it helps czcams.com/video/d8yO3N7O7M4/video.html XXXXX
Sounds like you guys grow a lot of things that may not be exactly legal.... 🤔
haha no we only grow everything that is legal here :-D we dont even drink or smoke either
Just kidding, but I'm giving this method a go. Fingers crossed!
@@angeloscoleri :-D XXXXX
Do you sell or give away your prunnings?
Hi there, I do give extra plants away to local growers here in Ireland, but I am not able to send plants outside of Ireland or UK due to customs laws etc, so sorry, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
Desert Plants of Avalon that’s okay. I enjoyed watching you groom and talk about your succulents. Sending you love from the good ole U.S.A
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I grow exactly the same plant but I'm not sure about the name/ID : is it Opuntia Dillenii?
Hi Alexandre :-D its Opuntia bergeriana :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon HI!! Thank you very much for your answer
What is the color for these flowers? Some people on the groups told me that it was Dillenii, or Stricta. Bergeriana has red flowers. You have red Flowers?
@@grand_robespierre Hi Alexandre :-D Yes I have heard that the flowers on these are red too, ours have never flowered for us yet though but hopefully one day :-D it will be fantastic to see what colour the flowers turn out to be XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon I asked the question because I have been in Alicante, in Southern Spain, and I have took some pads for cuttings. And the cactus had only yellow flowers. And yellow spines too. Exactly like yours, the same. And when I saw photos ont Internet yesterday, all the articles I found told me that it was Opuntia Dillenii. Bergeriana does not have yellow spines. That's why I asked the question... in order to be sure it was Opuntia Dillenii 😊
Cactus fans told me it was Dillenii too.
If you cactus makes red flowers, that's why it's a hybrid.
@@desertplantsofavalon it's Opuntia Dillenii, or Opuntia Stricta var Dillenii. Fruits can grow in Southern France (the Northernmost zones it can grow), in Canary Islands, in Spain, in Morocco, in Madagascar, in Taïwan, in Portugal, in Southern USA, in Australia, in New-Caledonia and in the Caribbean Islands.
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Do you ever get fruits?
Hi there :-D I haven't got fruits on these yet but I have had fruits on my other Opuntia and I have son and grown the seeds from them too :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and PLANT POWER your way for a FANTASTIC day XXXX
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Question: Does Hans wear pants?
Is he not wearing pants? Or are they shorts....?
I don’t think he’s wearing pants
That is one laugh
its pronounced "noh - pah - les" not "no-pails"
LOL! Tomato and Tomato and potato and potato
@@desertplantsofavalon Derek is true. I'm an Opuntia fan and all our community say nopalez como en Español 😊
I have exactly the same cactus, but I'm not sure about the name : is it Opuntia Dillenii?
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Omg what a massacre!
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Why can't you allow nature to be nature? Why do have the need to interfere with the way the plant wants to grow naturally?
Nopales = No-PA-les!
thanks for the correct pronunciation and for watching XXXX :-D
Thank you!
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and have a wonderful weekend XXXXX