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by edbartlett
Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:26 pm
Forum: Free For All
Topic: Tucson
Replies: 35
Views: 3565

Have you ever tried to pull a stealth cactus spine out of your finger! I have 2 I simply can't locate.
Ouch!!
Ed
by edbartlett
Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:19 pm
Forum: Cacti Places
Topic: B&B Cactus Farm Photo Tour, Tucson AZ.
Replies: 13
Views: 1716

Just a note. Mark has very high grade plants cared and propogated by some of the best C&S folks around. The last count I recieved was he had filled 5 truck size garbage containers with damaged plants from our recent freeze!! His side of town is the area hit the hardest. If ya need good stuff on ...
by edbartlett
Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:38 pm
Forum: Free For All
Topic: Tucson
Replies: 35
Views: 3565

GermanStar,
That is "glass 1/2 empty"----"glass 1/2 full"=
In front of every rifle there is a CACTUS. :wink:
I haven't heard a machine gun fire for months now.
From safe(mmmmmm :?: ) southern Arizona,
Ed
by edbartlett
Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:32 pm
Forum: Free For All
Topic: Tucson
Replies: 35
Views: 3565

Ralf's Tucson Adventure-part deux

Ralf and Dani were welcome guests for a good ole "AZED Tucson Bar-B-Que" last night. T-bone steaks under the stars. Ah-there is some sanity in the world. What wonderful people they are. We are lucky to have them as friends. Daiv and Pieter--Hi back at cha. From soon to be a bit warm Tucson...
by edbartlett
Sun Jul 04, 2010 7:06 am
Forum: Uses For Cacti
Topic: Cacti Dinner
Replies: 10
Views: 8630

Peter,
I am always happy to show folks some of the places not in the tourist guides.
Come on down!! 106 F at my house today. We had a cactus rescue this morning and with the added humidity it was down right HOT!!!
by edbartlett
Sun Jul 04, 2010 5:02 am
Forum: Uses For Cacti
Topic: Cacti Dinner
Replies: 10
Views: 8630

Peter, OF. phaeancantha works but I find them less sweet and I would imagine adding some Agave nectar or other sweetener would be needed. The same goes for O. ficus-indica fruit. Tasty, mild and less sweet than O. engelmannii I'm not certain on the Mescaline in Opuntia but would not be at all surpri...
by edbartlett
Sat Jul 03, 2010 11:38 am
Forum: Uses For Cacti
Topic: Cacti Dinner
Replies: 10
Views: 8630

Oh Yes Peter, I do nature hikes for our winter visitors for Pima County. Nopales are said to not only have fiber but contols blood sugar and several other benefits. I'm not stating that as fact only from what I have heard. I enjoy them as napalitos (small slices of the cladode) as one ingredent in S...
by edbartlett
Sat Jul 03, 2010 4:25 am
Forum: Uses For Cacti
Topic: Cacti Dinner
Replies: 10
Views: 8630

Alex, The Opuntia cladode must be young to be tender and before they develope a high level of oxalic acid. Any Opuntia can be used but O. ficus-indica is the easiest to prepare. My next door neighbor comes out in the morning and cuts a couple young pads, cooks them on a George Forman Grill for break...
by edbartlett
Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:57 pm
Forum: Shared Content
Topic: Desert Breeze by TCSS June 2010
Replies: 20
Views: 17360

Hey Ralf, You didn't tell about your work at the cactus rescue on your last visit. You have a great system for cactus images. Thanks for your e-mail today. Lair3514, Come on down!! It is free and the take home plant for all is Agave victoriae-reginae plus you might win a door prize plant and if you ...
by edbartlett
Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:28 pm
Forum: Cactus Picture Contest
Topic: A Perfect Opuntia versicolor crested
Replies: 1
Views: 3046

A Perfect Opuntia versicolor crested

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How do I get a picture up here from Flickr?
by edbartlett
Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:01 pm
Forum: Cactus Picture Contest
Topic: "Creative Cacti" -Contest #15 (Submissions Only)
Replies: 16
Views: 12563

My First Graft

My first graft :!: :!:
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by edbartlett
Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:34 pm
Forum: Cacti Places
Topic: Cactus Nursery in Tucson
Replies: 15
Views: 7428

Bachs Nursery

I live a couple of blocks from Bachs. They get plenty of my business. I love their potting soil though I amend it with about 1/4 more pumice (from Backs too) than they use because I still tend to be a bit liberal with the spring water I use on my collection. I've been in Tucson one year and have bec...
by edbartlett
Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:20 pm
Forum: General-Succulents
Topic: Sansevieria pinguicula
Replies: 1
Views: 1459

Sansevieria pinguicula

I'm looking for a "ping". Does anyone know a reputable vendor, preferably in Arizona, that might have any for sale? ](*,)
by edbartlett
Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:27 pm
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: Coryphantha macromeris
Replies: 4
Views: 1730

Thanks

Thanks for the help. :)
by edbartlett
Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:07 pm
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: potting Peniocerus greggii
Replies: 7
Views: 2838

Thanks

Thanks for all the help. I think I'm going to start it in a pot for this winter and plop it in the garden next year. The curator af plants at Tohono Chul Park ( a must see if you get down this way) warned me to protect the plant from rabbits and rodents. Anybody have any trouble with critters with t...