Comments on: Adopting an orphaned cactus http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/04/adopting-an-orphaned-cactus.html It's a blog about Martha Stewart and her daily adventures. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:01:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Crazy Flower Lady http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/04/adopting-an-orphaned-cactus.html/comment-page-1#comment-38944 Crazy Flower Lady Tue, 19 May 2009 13:46:56 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2379#comment-38944 Hello Martha I also have an orphaned cactus, mine is at my moms in Fl. it was on the beach in Fl on the gulf of Mexico so I put a little cutting near the house. WOW it grows fast. the mother plant is now gone,new walk way in its place.(SAD) My sister said the jelly is good but dose not know how to make it. I also have 2 cactus that grows in Mi. I don't know the name. I have a snap shot on my space page ,the crazy flower lady zone 5<? Michigan Hello Martha I also have an orphaned cactus, mine is at my moms in Fl. it was on the beach in Fl on the gulf of Mexico so I put a little cutting near the house. WOW it grows fast. the mother plant is now gone,new walk way in its place.(SAD) My sister said the jelly is good but dose not know how to make it. I also have 2 cactus that grows in Mi. I don't know the name. I have a snap shot on my space page ,the crazy flower lady zone 5<? Michigan

]]> By: Brad http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/04/adopting-an-orphaned-cactus.html/comment-page-1#comment-38404 Brad Fri, 01 May 2009 15:30:37 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2379#comment-38404 Bolthouse Farms has a Prickly Pear Cactus Lemonade that is really good: http://www.bolthouse.com/html/cs_cactus_n.html Bolthouse Farms has a Prickly Pear Cactus Lemonade that is really good: http://www.bolthouse.com/html/cs_cactus_n.html

]]> By: Marie http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/04/adopting-an-orphaned-cactus.html/comment-page-1#comment-38384 Marie Fri, 01 May 2009 06:43:46 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2379#comment-38384 Just like magic. That's good ole Mother Nature. Just like magic.

That's good ole Mother Nature.

]]> By: Marian Fabb http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/04/adopting-an-orphaned-cactus.html/comment-page-1#comment-38375 Marian Fabb Fri, 01 May 2009 01:46:10 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2379#comment-38375 Dear Martha Correction to my last comment, here's the full URL, sorry for inconvenience. http://www.northwestweeds.nsw.gov.au/prickly_pear_history.htm Dear Martha

Correction to my last comment, here's the full URL, sorry for inconvenience.

http://www.northwestweeds.nsw.gov.au/prickly_pear_history.htm

]]> By: Marian Fabb http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/04/adopting-an-orphaned-cactus.html/comment-page-1#comment-38373 Marian Fabb Fri, 01 May 2009 01:40:21 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2379#comment-38373 Dear Martha Not sure if your orphan prickly pear is like the prickly pear introduced into Australia at first settlement and now a noxious weed, but it sure looks like it. See this website for details of it's introduction into Australia and the problems it has caused. Be careful as Sue Austin has warned. http://www.northwestweeds.nsw.gov.au/prickly_pear_history Best wishes from Australia Dear Martha

Not sure if your orphan prickly pear is like the prickly pear introduced into Australia at first settlement and now a noxious weed, but it sure looks like it.

See this website for details of it's introduction into Australia and the problems it has caused. Be careful as Sue Austin has warned.

http://www.northwestweeds.nsw.gov.au/prickly_pear_history

Best wishes from Australia

]]> By: Jan Erickson http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/04/adopting-an-orphaned-cactus.html/comment-page-1#comment-38333 Jan Erickson Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:57:56 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2379#comment-38333 Hi Martha, Thanks for this fascinating information about prickly pear cactus. I have always found cactus to be really great and fun to grow. I've never grown prickly pear or even seen it in person. How lucky you were to find some on the ground and be able to bring it home to plant. Shaun did a great job of planting it and I can't wait to see how they turn out. Jan Hi Martha, Thanks for this fascinating information about prickly pear cactus. I have always found cactus to be really great and fun to grow. I've never grown prickly pear or even seen it in person. How lucky you were to find some on the ground and be able to bring it home to plant. Shaun did a great job of planting it and I can't wait to see how they turn out. Jan

]]> By: delia http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/04/adopting-an-orphaned-cactus.html/comment-page-1#comment-38331 delia Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:14:32 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2379#comment-38331 I just lost 2 of my potted plants, one a prickly pear cactus, it was about 25 years old(never thought you could kill it but I forgot to bring it in and it froze...also forgot my 38 year old potted Asparagus fern ouside and it froze...I know this sound silly, but I cried as they where part of my life for many years, moving them from California, to Missouri and then here to Wisconsin, they had been with me in many places for many years. I just lost 2 of my potted plants, one a prickly pear cactus, it was about 25 years old(never thought you could kill it but I forgot to bring it in and it froze...also forgot my 38 year old potted Asparagus fern ouside and it froze...I know this sound silly, but I cried as they where part of my life for many years, moving them from California, to Missouri and then here to Wisconsin, they had been with me in many places for many years.

]]> By: Shannon Hooper-Cintron http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/04/adopting-an-orphaned-cactus.html/comment-page-1#comment-38328 Shannon Hooper-Cintron Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:58:09 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2379#comment-38328 I tasted Prickly Pear jelly for the first time when I was twelve years old and spending the summer in Arizona. I had it on toast and it was DELICIOUS! It had a very fresh flavor and not too sweet. I'm thirty-three now and have not had it since-I live in UpState New York and I can't seem to find it here. I tasted Prickly Pear jelly for the first time when I was twelve years old and spending the summer in Arizona. I had it on toast and it was DELICIOUS! It had a very fresh flavor and not too sweet. I'm thirty-three now and have not had it since-I live in UpState New York and I can't seem to find it here.

]]> By: sue austin http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/04/adopting-an-orphaned-cactus.html/comment-page-1#comment-38327 sue austin Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:25:38 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2379#comment-38327 The cactus you potted grows in one of my flower gardens here in Mexico, MO, zone 5. I have to chop it back each spring. It is rather invasive if left untended. It is a hard and dangerous job that I hate! And then if I put it in my compost it just starts growing there. . . It is NOT one of my favorite plants even though I have lots of people admire it and its blooms. Please be careful. The cactus you potted grows in one of my flower gardens here in Mexico, MO, zone 5. I have to chop it back each spring. It is rather invasive if left untended. It is a hard and dangerous job that I hate! And then if I put it in my compost it just starts growing there. . . It is NOT one of my favorite plants even though I have lots of people admire it and its blooms. Please be careful.

]]> By: Beth http://www.themarthablog.com/2009/04/adopting-an-orphaned-cactus.html/comment-page-1#comment-38326 Beth Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:10:34 +0000 http://www.themarthablog.com/?p=2379#comment-38326 Would love to hear more about your trip to Palm Springs - photos too, please! Would love to hear more about your trip to Palm Springs - photos too, please!

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