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The prickly pear

regions:

The original home of the prickly pear may lie in Mexico. Today he is in much of the Tropical and subtropical. Also, he has run wild in the Mediterranean.

Prickly Pear (Mexico)

Growth:

It is a shrub-like cactus, which consists of numerous leaf-like stem segments. These segments are up to 40cm long and 25cm wide. Also sit on them spines and many small hairs that bore into the skin, hardly noticeable and very uncomfortable.

on the market prickly pear (Opuntia)

flower of a prickly cactus.

location:

summer	The prickly pear was to receive as much light as possible. In the summer, he says a place in the open air.
Winter	In winter it can be held without problems in the room, as it tolerates dry air well. Basically all he needs but also a much cooler space.

cultivation / propagation:

If you want to quickly come to a prickly pear, you will certainly find it in one or the other store. Who should be more patient, try it with seeds from the fruit. Fruits are sometimes given to us at the markets or in specialty shops. Take the seeds from the fruit, she cleans the pulp and dry the seeds for several days or even weeks in air. Then they can put one or two days to swell in water and then sprinkle the surface of Earth. The seeds are not buried. The germination period is often very different. Some seeds germinate after 2 weeks, others for over 12 months. As long as the seed is hard and not rotten, you should not give up hope though.

In the garden trade offered prickly pear

substrate:

sandy, stony soil with few nutrients are sufficient for the cactus. Torfreiches soil is not desirable. If you give him nutrient-rich soil, the plant begins to grow atypical.

casting:

The cactus is a special feature of the casting. After a final watering in the spring is cast again until the root ball has dried out. In winter, did not cast.

fertilizing:

range 1-2 fertilization in summer is sufficient. (And inorganic fertilizers is possible)

fruiting / Harvest:

develop from the flowers are yellow egg-shaped red fruit. They are provided with numerous fine spines, which makes harvesting and peeling a bit difficult. Protect your fingers in any case, before you handle the fruit (eg, gloves). The fruit is harvested when it yields slightly to finger pressure.

harvested fruit and entstachelte

fruit use:

The juicy fruits are peeled with a knife and eaten along with the interior of the hard seeds.

warning:

Both the plant and the fruits have very unpleasant stings. Are not you find them, eight in the fingers, lips and tongue again, is something very unpleasant.

Text: Dominik re