EZ-Breezy asked:


I saved seeds from a cactus pear and would like to grow a plant from them. Can anyone offer advice? I would surely appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

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Azalea E asked:


Okay, so I need to extract alcohol from the pads, not the fruit, of prickly pear cactus. I’ve got a project to make the alcohol into fuel for a car, and I can’t find any information. And also, even if you can’t give me instructions, any information that could possibly lead me to the answer would be appreciated. Please help me!
Also, if this is in the wrong category, please tell me and I’ll move it.

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Mark asked:


They are all plants and stuff: Nutmeg (fresh nutmeg, that’s not ground up), blue lotus, Jimson weed, San Pedro cactus, and Amanitas (mushrooms- not the poisonous kind!). Don’t give me any websites, please. I don’t really trust ordering stuff online. I live in the Midwest, would I be able to find any of this growing somewhere? Could any of these be found at a garden store place?

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Camee asked:


I recently bought a little saguaro cactus, potted, from a gift shop in Tucson. I didn’t notice it at first, but it had a black spot on it. Now, it’s entire body is blackening and shrivelling up, and the needles are turning yellow. I’m just wondering if this is something it will recover from, or if I should give up and go buy a new cactus.

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Mya asked:


I’m curious what species this is: http://i10.tinypic.com/29yioth.jpg

Sorry for the poor picture quality. The cactus is a mild green with several separate parts. It has columns of long, needle-like spines with no fuzz or fur, and it bleeds a white milkish substance (which I guess is typical).

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Tom S asked:


Can you plant a living rock in sand like a lot of other plants in the cactus family? How fast does it grow?

And about the Venus Flytrap. How fast do the leaves open back up after closing, and is there a way to open them up quicker when they haven’t got a bug when it closes? Also, how fast do they grow, and can I grow it in my backyard (I live in Central Pennsylvania)?

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plazmaplanna asked:


Is there any fast growing cactus’s with decent alkaloid content?

If searching for a cactus for it’s alkaloid content what should one stay away from or look for?

Is it a good idea to buy a cactus online? Or better to find somewhere they are sold?

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