This a great web site: http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/Y2808E/y2 ... m#Contents
It has sections on using the prickly pear as forage in Brazil, Mexico, the US, etc. As you can tell by the table of contents, it's a comprehensive view of the subject that covers quite a bit of territory.
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- Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:01 am
- Forum: Uses For Cacti
- Topic: Opuntia as fodder- a worldwide study
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3099
- Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:56 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: winter hardy opuntia seeds
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1593
winter hardy opuntia seeds
I just scraped all the seeds from my winter hardy opuntia pods. They had been on my unheated porch all winter. I planted some of my homegrown seeds last year outside without much particular care and some came up. Some of the seeds from last year are coming up now also. Now I'm wondering if I would g...
- Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:24 pm
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: :[ it's dead, can I still root some of it somehow?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1434
- Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:49 pm
- Forum: General-Succulents
- Topic: Do yuccas go here?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 991
I have a few of the variegated varieties, I'm not sure of the names, some Y. Gloriosa that haven't grown trunks yet, and plenty of Y. Filamentosa. I want to get more with the trunks that are winter hardy, but they don't sell them in the nurseries around here; I'll have to send away for them. I think...
- Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:50 am
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Prickly Pear Plant - TLC Info
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7738
- Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:43 am
- Forum: General-Succulents
- Topic: Meet the newbies
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2133
- Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:16 am
- Forum: Grow - Trade List
- Topic: Lordarutha's Grow List.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8464
- Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:29 am
- Forum: General-Succulents
- Topic: Do yuccas go here?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 991
Do yuccas go here?
Do you discuss yuccas here or do I have to go to General?
- Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:11 pm
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Prickly Pear Plant - TLC Info
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7738
- Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:20 pm
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Prickly Pear Plant - TLC Info
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7738
- Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:19 pm
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Prickly Pear Plant - TLC Info
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7738
There's a few things I'd like to point out since I have some prickly pears growing outside In N.E. I started planting mine all densely together and almost too late I realized I would have to weed these things so had to make them accessible one way or another.Weeding cacti reminds me of what herding ...
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:14 pm
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Potting cacti
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7454
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:53 am
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: ROT!!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2412
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:35 pm
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: ROT!!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2412
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:01 pm
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Too late to overwinter?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1176