Comments on: Opuntia riparia, Arroyo Pricklypear https://www.opuntiads.com ...glochids are forever Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:58:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Joseph https://www.opuntiads.com/opuntia-riparia/#comment-1794 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 13:16:08 +0000 https://www.opuntiads.com/?page_id=32623#comment-1794 In reply to Randall Bates.

Hi Randall,

Thank you for visiting our website. Thank you for your question.

You said, Any additional information would be welcome and very helpful and I am happy to have found your website. Do any of the Native animals around here eat them as well so we know what to expect from the environment.”

Native animals will eat Opuntia fruit, but maybe they will leave some. They eat a lot in dry years. Fertilizer is not necessary if you plant them in the ground. If you plant in pots, use fertilizer sparingly, perahsps 1/4 what you might use for a rose.

More Questions are welcome.

Joe Shaw

]]> By: Randall Bates https://www.opuntiads.com/opuntia-riparia/#comment-1774 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 22:28:05 +0000 https://www.opuntiads.com/?page_id=32623#comment-1774 Hello, I live in Southern Apache County of Arizona along the New Mexico border elevation 7,300 ft above sea level. We have what I believe are the riparian type of prickly pear around the Juniper trees. We have 40 acres of land and want to cultivate these prickly pears for the beautiful red fruit that appears on them. But are they good to eat and what kind of nurturing do they require including fertilizer that isn’t harmful to us or them? Any additional information would be welcome and very helpful and I am happy to have found your website. Do any of the Native animals around here eat them as well so we know what to expect from the environment. We are very remote and have no neighbors for miles only wild animals and free range livestock. Thank you for your time, sincerely Randall Bates.

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