I see pics of everyone's Prickly Pear and although mine appears to be quite healthy(it is growing and looking good) it lies down instead of standing up like everyone else's does. Am I not doing something right? Any suggestions? It stays outside in mostly full sun and gets watered sparingly now. In the summer- I watered it about every other day because I had the hose out anyway, but it is in well-draining soil mixed with small stones and dries out quickly because the pot it is in is shallow. What am I doing wrong??

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Mark - you are right - I did say that they get all flat and black here during winter - but mine are planted in the ground, so I didn't respond to Tonya. I do actually have a few small pieces in the multi-pot that I just took inside today. They are all laying flat in the pots too. I've never tried to overwinter any inside before, so it will be interesting to see what happens.

These are not the same as the small prickly pears that you buy in the indoor garden centers - they weren't grown in a greenhouse for indoor use.

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Lynne's knitting journal
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tonya, they will flatten out, if they are the "only" piece. when they get more pieces on them, it will stand up more.

kinda like the christmas cactus that has the first joint or two laying flat.

Tonya - some of my black parts never do recover, but I just cut those off, and the rest of the plant has done well year after year so far. (knocking on the wood of my desk now!

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Lynne's knitting journal
"I'm spayed, declawed, and housebound - how's YOUR day going???"

some of mine have black and gray parts and some wrinkled,but hubbys hit them with lawnmower&weedeater ......so its kinda expected here.I got one kind that gets wrinkley in winter,but they plump back up in summer.Some do lay flat....but if you seen the transported method.......a sheet of plastic was a stretcher..it was planed how it landed.Fruits are tastey.I got seeds too,just ask.I share them with my nephews iguana,butI give her the seeds too.the pods are ready but I'm waiting for them to get a lil more ripe so will sweeten up some more.I'm going to do a smoothie with one soon and see how it tastes.
Indoors.I have one thats a donkey ears prickly pear and is not frost hardy.I do grow it indoors in winter in cold GH.I dry to keep it on the dry side.I need to transplant it cause my dogs have broke some ears off.I can't believe my dog was CHEWING it...its like HELLO!THORNS puppies are NOT bright& this rotti pup is destructive.

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I got seeds too,just ask.I share them with my nephews iguana,butI give her the seeds too

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How do you get seeds from it? are you talking about the wild kind, the house-grown, or both?

Jiffy-- you gotta 'love' it!

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"I don't want no more of army life, gee mom, I wanna go, but they won't let me go, gee mom, I wanna go home!" My PB!

tonya, i went back and read this post, and realized that it was you who had the laying down pricklies! sorry!!! in my head it was lynne

but, there is another pic somewhere where you can see that it is the eastern prickly pear that lays down so much. i'll try to find it!

Jiffy- i looked back at it, and i do see the smiley!

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and yes, the pun was intended

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"I don't want no more of army life, gee mom, I wanna go, but they won't let me go, gee mom, I wanna go home!" My PB!