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Old 06-27-2020, 05:58 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Smile Re: Eastern prickly pear

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Originally Posted by jrtalley43 View Post
What are your eastern prickly pear recommendations? Just got a starter pad potted. I'm thinking about planting outside next year. I'm in central Indiana, humid and heavy soils, borderline zone 5b/6a, so I'm thinking a small mounded bed, maybe 6 inches above ground level, dug out a bit and back filled with gravel, with a 3/2/1 ratio of succulent mix/sand/gravel on top (Someones home made cactus mix recipe I read somewhere) Anyone already growing these, anything you would do different? Bigger raised bed? Less organic matter more sand? Just keep it in a pot?
You will need to try this.....
The whole plant is interesting.

I have had this plant all ways.
A local mex establishment serves them up in a insane dish.
https://www.wikihow.com/Eat-Prickly-Pear-Cactus
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