Prickly pear - cactus set without pot

Prickly Prickly Pear

When growing prickly pears, apart from the environment and temperature, proper watering and fertilization are also important. During the growing season (March-September), water the plant systematically, but very moderately, making sure that the soil in its pot is only slightly moist, but never wet (prickly pear does not tolerate overwatering and rots easily from excess water). At this time, we also use small doses of fertilizers intended for cacti.

When the season comes to an end, we stop fertilizing and limit watering the plant to an absolute minimum, almost not watering the prickly pear in winter (once a month or less).

In spring, we gradually increase the temperature and resume irrigation and fertilization.

However, before we start replanting or propagating the prickly pear, we must protect our hands with thick, rubber protective gloves and use appropriate tools (e.g. silicone tongs), otherwise we may be exposed to very unpleasant punctures and irritations caused by small but dangerous Italian.