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Prickly Pear (Opuntia) Fruit Beginning to Ripen in the Garden This Week

As summer winds down, the prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) is starting to ripen its fruit. I have 5 large cacti in the front and back garden, and they have reached maturity, so our harvest of fruit has been growing each year. Today, I spotted over 40 fruits at various stages of ripening. I am guessing they will all be ready for harvest once I return from a 2-week trip to Australia in September.

#pricklypear #opuntia #fruit #plants #garden #gardening #harvest #photo

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Earthworm 🐌Aug 11

@margamp

Yo siempre asesoro para usar cualquier material para muching. El estado natural de la tierra es estar cubierta. o por hierba, o por material organico (hojas o lo que sea) 😊

Y los restos de poda van de seda. aportan algo de nutrientes a largo plazo, materia orgánica para el suelo, protejen el suelo de erosión, sol y variaciones de temperatura, y hacen posible que las raíces colonizen los cm superiores del suelo, donde justamente hay la mayor concentración de nutrientes.

Lo mejor seria triturarlos un poquitín, pero haste que tengamos bicitrituradora comunitarias para los restos de poda (https://kante.info/download-bereich/fahrradmaschinen/) hacemos lo que podemos...

el consejo de @durru de usarlos como fondo para bancales profundos apoyo también. Solo ten claro que los restos de poda contienen bastante carbono y en el proceso de descomposición, lxs microbixs immobilizan algunos otros nutrientes como nitrogeno y fósforo. entonces si los tienes ahi, asegurate de asegurar un buen suministro de nutrientes (p.e. con orina -para abrir otro melón, ya que estamos).

Hagas lo que hagas, deja algun metro como control sin el tratamiento, y asi puedes mirar el efecto que hayan tenido tus experimentos. Y apuntate todo lo que has hecho, que en tres años no te acordarás 🤓

Un abrazo y mucha suerte en la horticultura y la recuperación de las memorias, que es muy bonito

#mulching #horticultura #Chumbo #HigoChumbo #Chumberas #Opuntia

Fahrradmaschinen | KanTe

Hey Gus Jul 24

More prickly pear processing!

This time I made all the decisions so I’m quartering them and stewing them with no other ingredients. Ideally fresh lemons, but probably just some citric acid if I can find some.

I really miss having access to a steam juicer as this would be the correct tool. Food mill and chinois will do.

Also the colloquial American name for chinois is still “china cap”

#pricklyPear #preserving #opuntia

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Hey Gus Jul 19

I suppose the other pictures are interesting as well. All the skin and seed waste is going into the wash and the end of our front yard for the quail and friends to nom on. Hopefully sprout a couple of new stands of opuntia

#pricklyPear #cactus #opuntia

AI6YR Ben Jul 14

Cactus for breakfast (a story in parts) 1/x #cactus #opuntia #nopal

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Karakteristika Jul 5

@thebiologistisn my Opuntia (not sure about the species but yellow flower) was blooming last week. It has been living on a my glazed balcony, also during the winter season. Minimum balcony temperature was around -16C this year.

#Opuntia

Ryan Hodnett Jun 27

Indian Fig Opuntia (Opuntia ficus-indica)

#Opuntia #PrickleyPear #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Plant #Plants #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

Ryan Hodnett Jun 26

Indian Fig Opuntia (Opuntia ficus-indica)

#Opuntia #PrickleyPear #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Plant #Plants #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

AI6YR Ben Jun 20

Most productive and useful garden crop for my part of Southern California, by far... prickly pear cactus.

1. Produces more pads (nopal) than I can possibly eat. Perpetual, near infinite source of vegetable matter all year.

2. Prickly pear fruit available in summer... with enough prickly pear, WAY MORE than you can eat. You can make it into a jelly, or into wine. And probably other stuff.

3. Can be used to cultivate cochineal for red/purple coloring, if you're into natural fiber weaving or crafts.

4. Grows on a hot hill without water where NOTHING ELSE LIVES.

5. Fire buffer plant. Almost entirely water.

Probably more benefits I don't know about!

#gardening #cactus #opuntia #nopal

Ed Sullivan Jun 16

Eastern Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa) winding down on its blooms, with four new ones today. The plant had seventeen buds set and has four left after these fade.

#Portland #Oregon
#gardening #cactus #opuntia #bloomscrolling #florespondence