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Header is my dragon fruit cactus I found in the garbage

This guy were parts of a sick large cactus near by that dropped pads. Opuntia grows like a weed here so i cleaned the pads and repotted large pieces so they'd root, they are now budding which means they rooted thru and will grow. The old parts will probably get pretty woody in the next few years and the fresh cactus will be on top

This is a mother of thousands.

This is a different opuntia that was growing out of my sidewalk as a nub. It has grown and I have cut it up a few times to make more, they all came from the same.

A different opuntia dropped a pad that I planted and it grew a really tall and fell over. I cut each pad and replanted each. Now they are all budding!

This is a blue agave I got from an estate sale

This is another trash cactus, when rescued it was only yellow and the other side had turned to wood, it has regrown skin over the wood and has budded, not sure what kind of cactus it is but for once it isn't a prickily pear

Yet another opuntia lol, this was in the trash with the other one and was totally dead, I can't believe it has a huge new pad and is green again.

I have no idea what this is, I found I got it at an estate sale as part of a lot of random stuff

Random plant that was in a pot that was way too small I found somewhere. I repotted it and it created a second plant in the pot I will eventually move out

Again no idea, maybe some kind of aloe or agave? It is spiny. I found it in the garbage at a friends condo complex.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What a cool collection of cacti!

Is cultivating dragon fruit at home feasible or is it more decorative?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It is feasable but it won't ever come from that guy, it is too late for them. Where I live I can get it to fruit but it would need to be guided in a certain way and fertilized early. The dragon fruit farms tie them up on posts to give them a strong base and let the cactus hang down. Mine is all fucked up and old lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That's really cool but also looks like some kind of plant torturing device