looking for opuntia/ prickly pear

[hrnsyrk]

hi,
I am looking for some opuntia/prickly pear varieties with good quality fruit .  i can pay or exchange. i am in Florida. thanks

[Ertdude]

I have pads from a spineless variety i can sell to propagate from, never had the fruits from it yet buts its flowered before.

[Francis_Eric]

I picked a good type out side a Mexican restaurant in Memphis in a pot .

I do not know how they compare to the named varieties way better then store bought though.

They are red  soft , and not firm. 

I may go back there I want some for myself as well,
but I cannot make promises .

[Francis_Eric]

I was just reading this a day or 2 ago,
It was such a pain to find since I deleted my history

I hope it helps someone .
I want to  Use Grin as well I miss the timeline every year.
Here native we just have prairie opuntia (opuntia humifusa )
, and I never tasted the fruits yet.

http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=534.0

quote Nullzero

Yeah its tougher the other way around, I don't mind sending you some interesting cactus stuff though. Would just need the cost of shipping covered. The PARL Opuntia selections I have from the NALPGRU;

1     PARL 237 http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1652656 ?
2     PARL 244 http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1652662  BRIX 13.00, S. DEV. 0.52
3     PARL 246 http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1652664  BRIX 10.43, S. DEV. 2.82
4     PARL 253 http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1652671  BRIX 15.03, S. DEV. 0.85
5     PARL 254 http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1652672  BRIX 14.60, S. DEV. 1.15
6     PARL 256 http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1652674  BRIX 14.73, S. DEV. 1.37
7     PARL 262 http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1652678  BRIX 11.30, S. DEV. 0.82
8     PARL 342 http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1652725 ?

Give me some time (perhaps 3-6 months), I am going to start grafting these once I get new pads out to Opuntia monacantha rootstocks (This is one of the fastest growing and prolific fruiting, Opuntias I have seen in SoCal). Also going to try grafting a section of Stenocereus gummosus to Opuntia monacantha.

Felipe, I will add you to the friends and feel free to ask me questions or what I have via msgs.

[Francis_Eric]

See  grafting stock Opuntia monacantha

See How he uses this species to speed up the fruiting after he grafts on it
you may ask for that as well if you'd like looks to grow very vigorous  on the posts.

If it easy to find I'd like it as well ?

Funny because I searched here to find that post    (Opuntia monacantha) ,
but still must of over looked it.

[hrnsyrk]

Thanks , grafting is pretty easy but first need to find some worthy varieties.

[Puiwiparat9]

Grafting or from cuttings is pretty much the same as long as the pads are from fruiting mothers. They are very easy to root From cuttings.

[WonderKeeper]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-OPUNTIA-Prickly-Pear-Barbary-Fig-Tuna-Cactus-A/324275962799?hash=item4b805a83af:g:bi0AAOSwV69c2xg~


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Spineless-OPUNTIA-Prickly-Pear-Barbary-Fig-Tuna-Cactus/324275988332?hash=item4b805ae76c:g:-Z4AAOSw1K5fSLWd

[D-Grower]

Always looking for quality fruiting opuntia varieties. If anyone has pads to sell let me know!