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CCC/Dennis
Joined: 15 Jun 2003
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Location: Ft. Worth,TEXAS
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 2:57 pm Post subject: Prickly Pear Cactus |
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| I have several pp cactus growing in my yard as ornamental plants. They are the yellow-flowering variety, with very small clusters of barely visible stickers. Does anyone now of a market for the pads, or a fast way to compost the trimmings? These plants are 4-5 feet tall and I must trim them often and figure there must be a valuable use for the pads. Thank you so much. - DLee |
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Gar
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Posts: 533
Location: Lavon,Texas
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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Dennis,
Where are you located at? If you are in my neck of the woods, I might come over and get a pickup load and run through my shredder then feed it to the compost bins.
Greg... :D |
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CCC/Dennis
Joined: 15 Jun 2003
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Location: Ft. Worth,TEXAS
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2003 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm in Ft. Worth. Good little haul from Nevada |
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Zane
Joined: 21 Apr 2003
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Location: Plano TX
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 10:09 am Post subject: |
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| Dennis, these leaves are edible if you remove the stickers. They also compost well. When I lived in Odessa, I used prickly pear as an ornamental all the time. I composted unwanted growth whole. Gar has a great idea too. Shredding would make this compost fast. They are largely gelatinous and will decompose quickly. |
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