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i started growing opuntia for my tortoises - addicted to opuntias myself now :)
Hi everybody, glad the shelledwarriors is now back
I feed my tortoises a complete pellets free diet (nothing against it, but it was my decision), 90% of it its wild plants/weeds, 5% supermarket greens and the final 5% succulents and cacti I plant myself. I started with 1-2 opuntias, but I think I got addicted to them now.. I have +40 opuntias now.. lol. they are really great cacti, grow fast and are a good addition to their diet. Some of them are hardy in the uk, others not so hardy, so i've them in greenhouses. Here're some pics of some of them OPUNTIA HUMIFUSA - hardy in the uk. ( I have tons of these outside now) Cilindropuntia - hardy OPUNTIA VULGARIS OPUNTIA LINGUIFORMIS OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA OPUNTIA SUBULATA OPUNTIA BRAZILIENSIS OPUNTIA CONSOLEA MACRACANTHA OPUNTIA CONSOLEA RUBESCENS OPUNTIA NOPAL OPUNTIA SANGUINOCOLA OPUNTIA PRICKLEY PEAR - this one is the one comercially used in america for nopales and for the fruit OPUNTIA ROBUSTA OPUNTIA LITORALIS OPUNTIA TUNA OPUNTIA BASILARIS OPUNTIA MICRODASYS OPUNTIA BABY RITA OPUNTIA AURIANTRICA OPUNTIA MONOCANTHA OPUNTIA ?????? (this one I dont know) OPUNTIA MACRACENTRA (and behind the leftovers of a spineless opuntia thorntons blue that my tortoises destroyed --- trying to regrow it.. ) OPUNTIA TOMENTOSA OPUNTIA VIOLACEA SANTA RITA OPUNTIA ROBUSTA (another kind different from the other ones) OPUNTIA GRANDIS OPUNTIA BERGERIANA OPUNTIA QUITENSIS then I also have aloes, desert sedums, gasterias, echeverias, agaves, etc.. I now I'm trying to grow also hottentot fig i think I'm addicted to opuntias indeed.. lol
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