I cut this from a very large prickly pear cactus about a month ago in the hopes that I could get it to sprout. Since then it’s gone from slightly rooted to a lot more roots. The second to last image is from a week ago, the day I moved it outside to full sun. Should I repot this soon or…?

by sweetdeee33

9 Comments

  1. graemeisgreat_backup

    There are plenty of roots on it, so yes you can repot it as soon as you like.

  2. Masterzanteka

    If you pot it in-ground it’ll should a ton of paddles within the next few months. Once they know that they’re tapped in they turn a switch and start pumping in every direction. Two years ago I had some opuntia in similar sized pots that barely did anything, grew tons of roots and each pushed a new pad every so often. Last fall I chucked them in ground and each one has added no joke at least 10 some of them close to 20+ paddles in just under a year.

    Granted I don’t know the variety I have, they’re from Bethany Beach, DE, but I would think it would be a similar case for most.

    If you want to keep it in a pot then the larger the better, now that it has roots you could go fairly big if you really wanted, up to around 3-5 gallons and it would stretch out its roots and grow faster.

  3. Remarkable_Peach_374

    If you dont, its going to grow legs and walk away

  4. imsoupercereal

    First off, prickly pear don’t care. It will survive in that and be fine in a huge pot.

  5. dragqueen_satan

    YES! Best time to do it too since the seasons just changed.

  6. plantedinprayer

    Prickly pear, survives all sorts of drought situation and grows very well. I would throw that thing in a three or 5 gallon pot or in a garden bed and barely water it. I’m in West Texas and surrounded by it, does the best getting randomly watered barely once a week

Pin