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[Dionae]

If anyone has any pads up for trade it would make my month:D. Thanks!

Eric

[David F]

Dionae, I have prickly pears that were collected near my house from years and years ago. Needless to say they are massive.

I can give seed once the fruit rots away, I can root you a cutting (extremely easily). But be careful they can become a huge weed if you let them. Right now they are starting to sag and look shriveled as they always do for winter.

Let me know.

[Dionae]

Id love a pad or 2. No need to root them though. I have plenty cacti roiting experience. The PPs will root just lying flat on a table theyre so easy:D. Thanks David! Need anything in return?

If anyone has the spineless, purple or strange/unique varieties lmk. I'll hook you up for some pads.

[David F]

I also have a weird variety from near a Navajo park. It hasn't done any growth for me in 2 years but I think it's still alive, if I can legally collect a unique looking pad (as I've seen purple/orangy yellow colors before), I'll break one off for you.

Would you also be interested in a bur cactus... it's a prickly pear in all the sense but it's round instead, and it's not fruited for me.

Got any live sphagnum or utricularia?

[Dionae]

I want as many varieties as I can get my hands on and does the other cacti have edible fruit?

I have some weedy utric(no ID) and plenty of sphag dude. I actually meant to send you some but it slipped my mind.

[David F]

I can't say for certain whether it does, as it has never flowered or fruited for me, but I've eaten the new growth before with no problems. The other prickly pear though, the huge ones. They make really nice yellow flowers and the fruit is very purple and very edible.

Does the utric flower? I need all the live sphag I can get o.O (cause I luv it )

[Dionae]

I'll try the other one too then.

It hasnt flowered yet but just looking at how its taking over I have lil doubt its u. bisquamata(spelling???).

[David F]

Okay, I'll get pics up when I can, I'm not sure if the dormant pricklies will root super easily, but they will in the spring for sure.

If you fertilize with osmocote you'll get a ton of growth, or any fertilizer. These will do better long term in the soil. I can't find a pot large enough to keep them happy for more than a few months without having them set back compared to the ones in the rock garden.

[Dionae]

Theyll root. Just rooted one from a friend a couple weeks ago;).

These are definitely going in the ground. Youre awesome dude! Thanks!

[jjimenez831]

Dionae! I've got two baby pads from a friend, I don't remember the name but they are muticolored! They have two different greens and a very royal purple all swirled together like a 1960's painting! Not sure if your interested but there is some new growth, which has all been in the last month. So I figure I can send you one of the little pads or after I grow them a bit longer, I can send you more, larger pads!!

[Dionae]

I'm very interested! Any pics? That sounds too cool. You can send whenever youre comfy but size doesnt matter to me(that just doesnt sound right huh).

[David F]

Lol @ size comment.

It's weird because even though the green pricklies are really really comon, the color morphs are pretty rare in nature. The plants are extremely stunted in nature compared to their monstrous growth outdoors IMO.

Where did your friend get those plants jjimenez?

[jjimenez831]

I will put some pics up in a few! www.sgplants.com that's the website for the nursery my buddy got his little plant from, its a succulent and cacti nursery in Castroville, California!

[jjimenez831]

Hopefully this works??

it didnt put them up! anyone know how to post pics without uploading throught flytrap store? ive got tapatalk..

[jjimenez831]

Like i said very small! The color isnt really showing up on my phone at the moment, but the can see the red/purple and the green, just not really the two different greens.