homebase cactus?

mazkc · 20-02-2010, 10:59 AM

hey all,

i'm going to homebase today and wondered what cactus i can get from there which are edible??

thanks!

clairestortoise · 20-02-2010, 11:04 AM

Hello I was looking in H/B the other day, They had small ones perfect to place inside Teddys enclosure, some were prickly so didnt buy. I wasnt too sure which to buy either..

Was you looking at the ones in the small pots? I do know Crassula is fine, thats the one with no prickles, soft leaves. They are also called Money plant.

I got several in the house, If you want a pic let me know I will post up Crassula for you

mazkc · 20-02-2010, 11:43 AM

wow i didnt know they could have money plant leaves...we have a massive one of those in the porch! we've had it for years! yay paddy will be happy

i'll have a mooch around homebase anyway and see if i can find anythin else! thanks claire

x

clairestortoise · 20-02-2010, 12:48 PM

YW...There is a site..The Tortoise table..Gives you info on safe/non safe plants, indoors and outdoors..HTH

**16 shells** · 21-02-2010, 10:21 AM

Opuntia cacti the ones with the pads, like micky mouse ears, prickly and smooth, Subulata is another, thick stem with little branches coming of everywhere, most crassula's

mazkc · 21-02-2010, 11:50 AM

oooh ok, thank u claire and paul

i got a money plant and an aloe! already got a money plant n had it years, but read that some arent edible? i'll take a photo and post it in the weeds section to check

Victoria35 · 21-02-2010, 05:19 PM

I've tried prickly pear and I even bought my naughty torty a nice Pachyphytum bracteosum for his enclosure which I found him perched on top off next to the the prickly pear pot he tipped over. The aloe vera which he didn't want to eat also squished in it's pot lol... In the end I've given up on cacti and nice plants and put in some carex grass he had in his outdoor enclosure he loves climbing on that stuff and it seems very hardy.

20-02-2010, 10:59 AM	#1
mazkc Member Hatched Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: West Midlands Posts: 499	homebase cactus? hey all, i'm going to homebase today and wondered what cactus i can get from there which are edible?? thanks! __________________ Maria 0.1.0 THB - Paddy ♥

20-02-2010, 11:04 AM	#2
clairestortoise Member Juvenile Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 754	Hello I was looking in H/B the other day, They had small ones perfect to place inside Teddys enclosure, some were prickly so didnt buy. I wasnt too sure which to buy either.. Was you looking at the ones in the small pots? I do know Crassula is fine, thats the one with no prickles, soft leaves. They are also called Money plant. I got several in the house, If you want a pic let me know I will post up Crassula for you __________________ Owner of 3 Horsfield Tortoises 9 Cats, Wallace 15, Blackie 10, Scooby&Phoebe(Bro&Sis) 9, Gucci 6, Snuggles 5 and Oliver 3 and Blossom and Billy 10 months old Tye 9 Yr old Yorkie 2 children 1 Husband http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.p...e&id=523711412

20-02-2010, 11:43 AM	#3
mazkc Member Hatched Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: West Midlands Posts: 499	wow i didnt know they could have money plant leaves...we have a massive one of those in the porch! we've had it for years! yay paddy will be happy i'll have a mooch around homebase anyway and see if i can find anythin else! thanks claire x __________________ Maria 0.1.0 THB - Paddy ♥

20-02-2010, 12:48 PM	#4
clairestortoise Member Juvenile Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 754	YW...There is a site..The Tortoise table..Gives you info on safe/non safe plants, indoors and outdoors..HTH __________________ Owner of 3 Horsfield Tortoises 9 Cats, Wallace 15, Blackie 10, Scooby&Phoebe(Bro&Sis) 9, Gucci 6, Snuggles 5 and Oliver 3 and Blossom and Billy 10 months old Tye 9 Yr old Yorkie 2 children 1 Husband http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.p...e&id=523711412

21-02-2010, 10:21 AM	#5
16 shells Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hull Posts: 7,286	Opuntia cacti the ones with the pads, like micky mouse ears, prickly and smooth, Subulata is another, thick stem with little branches coming of everywhere, most crassula's __________________ Paul.

21-02-2010, 11:50 AM	#6
mazkc Member Hatched Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: West Midlands Posts: 499	oooh ok, thank u claire and paul i got a money plant and an aloe! already got a money plant n had it years, but read that some arent edible? i'll take a photo and post it in the weeds section to check __________________ Maria 0.1.0 THB - Paddy ♥

21-02-2010, 05:19 PM	#7
Victoria35 Junior Member Egg Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: East Yorkshire Posts: 2	I've tried prickly pear and I even bought my naughty torty a nice Pachyphytum bracteosum for his enclosure which I found him perched on top off next to the the prickly pear pot he tipped over. The aloe vera which he didn't want to eat also squished in it's pot lol... In the end I've given up on cacti and nice plants and put in some carex grass he had in his outdoor enclosure he loves climbing on that stuff and it seems very hardy.

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