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Benedict Arnold

do you like cacti and succulents

Posted - February 24, 2018
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  • 10515
    I like outside succulents for ground cover. Cheers and happy weekend!
      February 24, 2018 7:43 PM MST
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  • 2052
    Yes, I do. 
      February 24, 2018 7:51 PM MST
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  • I'm not the biggest fan, but I do like jade plant. I have one jade plant back home that I picked out a nursery when I was 5. It's still around and doing very well. :)
      February 24, 2018 7:56 PM MST
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  • 5835
    Dude, this is The Great Southwest. Cactus pads are sold in grocery stores. 

      February 24, 2018 11:11 PM MST
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  • 16240
    Not really



    There are no cacti native to Australia and relatively few succulents. One cactus that was introduced wreaked havoc on the local environment - prickly pear.
      February 25, 2018 1:25 AM MST
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  • 44232
    We have a prickly pear patch in our flower garden. Beautiful yellow flowers. This post was edited by Element 99 at February 25, 2018 11:40 AM MST
      February 25, 2018 6:49 AM MST
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  • 16240
    Some idiot brought one here from South America and neglected to bring its natural enemies, so it went crazy and overran everything. Same with rabbits (still a problem) and Salvation Jane (also still a problem, nicknamed "Patterson's Curse"). They brought foxes over to try to control the bunnies - surprise, surprise, marsupials are easier to catch.
      February 25, 2018 4:47 PM MST
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  • 44232
    Not to mention Cane Toads.
      February 25, 2018 5:20 PM MST
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  • 5835

    You can eat prickly pears, you know. Prickly Pear Jelly (Opens in new window)

      February 25, 2018 5:20 AM MST
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  • 44232
    I've never eaten them before, other than cactus pears.
      February 25, 2018 6:50 AM MST
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  • 5835
    The flavor is half way between strawberry and lemon.
      February 25, 2018 10:25 AM MST
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  • 44232
    Yes...they have them seasonally at a local produce market here. I have the plants, but the growing season is too short here for the fruit to grow.
      February 25, 2018 11:39 AM MST
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  • 5835
    I snatched some from a neighbor's fence in Phoenix and made jelly. It didn't set, but it made a wonderful syrup!
      February 25, 2018 8:01 PM MST
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  • 44232
    There's a reason they call them prickly pears. I picked one from a plant in FL and spent an hour plucking the tiny invisible hairs stuck in my hand.
      February 26, 2018 2:38 PM MST
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  • 19942
    I do like the look of them, but have a tendency to overwater them, so they die in my care.  I can grow almost anything else but them. 
      February 25, 2018 11:36 AM MST
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