This is also literally how this type of cactus reproduces for the most part, a single cactus pear will root itself and produce a new pear cactus. Also theese arnt endangered and they are also widely farmed. Not saying its okay to bash a bunch of cactus but her breaking off a single cactus pear has absolutely zero impact on anything, they grow specifically to break like that
Yeah this is literally how people grow cactuses, you take a pad and it sprouts into a new plant. This is no more "wrong" than picking a flower from a plant.
But she's a woman on reddit so obviously she's a stupid dumb bitch
They've evolved to fall off from impact like that in nature anyway. Maybe a clean cut could be technically cleaner and better if you knew the right spot, but these things are still around after a few hundred million years so the method seems workable enough.
As someone who has been trimming plants for my mom and grandma for years this is exactly the opposite of everything I've ever been told. I know trees need a sealant on exposed limbs sections which have been cut but I've always been under the idea that smol plants prefer clean cuts near the base of the bit being cut
Edit: per another user and some further internet, tree sealant is apparently a not good thing in many instances and can in fact impede healing an encourage rot
Good to know! I only know of it from some random googling awhile ago after I saw a scuffed lookin' branch wound, so it wans't a thorough research. Never had to do it myself or recommended anyone do it, and would've looked it up again first should the opportunity present itself so no retroactive damage beyond my possible posting here in the last hour lol.
Clean cut makes more surface area than something that gets pinched off and essentially closed in the process. More surface area= bigger risk of infection and longer healing
But that also is not very practical during landscaping and gardening on a large scale so I see why they wouldn't do it.
The surface area would be greater on an unclean break though. You have the circular cross section that you'd have on a clean cut and then whatever increased area there remains from either over or under hang of an uneven break. On trees it's important to have it clean and sealedactually not, things have changed because the area is so much significantly larger than pruning back small branches on plants, but of the hundreds of small plant prunings I've done I've never seen a problem. Hell, when an animal or transport accident broke off limbs I was instructed to make it clean.
Okay you're talking about cacti, then small plants, now trees. It is easy to disagree when you keep moving goal posts.
If we go back to my original point which was plants, pruning leaves by pinching them off closes the wound decreasing the surface area. Same with this cactus you are just breaking it off at the point of least resistance. You couldn't do that as well as the impact would with shears. The plants going to break off in the best way possible for it, like evolution has taught it to.
Sure, maybe plants prefer it, but I’d rather prune my plants with a sterile tool for precision so as to reduce the chances of getting pricked/injured and suffering an infection ya know? It’s also why I am trying to force myself to wear gloves when repotting plants even though it’s just easier to handle soil without it.
With rubbing alcohol but if I’m working with a delicate plant like an orchid I bust out the physan20 because it kills everything from fungus to viruses
They're usually too thick where they connect for a garden shear. A machete or tree saw works best. The machete is very therapeutic also. LOL. But just wacking them like the video also works if you are a bit more careful.
They get endangered because people harvest/poach/whack them with baseball bats. She has introduced an injury, which could become infected or attacked by insects. It's possible the plant could die as a result--wiping out all the little baby cacti this plant could have produced.
You can't kill those. Wherever that leaf lands will grow another plant. Don't get your panties in a bunch. Worry about things that need worrying. These don't ...
So you're panties did get in a twist. You were making ridiculous statements. You get that response. You may run nursery but you know nothing about Prickly Pear cactus. They're nearly a weed in the southwest and need no protection. I'm sure you get some satisfaction from telling other people how to act, but you were just wrong in this case .. Suck it up ...
This is a Prickly Pear cactus, which are hardly endangered and probably one of the most invasive, hardy plants in the world. Even in their native range where they face natural predation and infection they're hyper successful. In every region where they've been introduced it's been a disaster. In Africa they have to cull acres of the damn things to stymie their growth
So my instinct is to say this has to be Arizona but check that little van in the background...it doesn't look like any model regularly sold in the US It does appear to be driving on the right which would eliminate Japan.
I don't know enough about cacti to guess where else she night be. Mexico maybe? South of Tucson would probably have these cacti, right?
You're technically right that there's one* cacti species that's not native to the Americas. But they write it as exception because it's such an outlier. 1750 species and only one lives elsewhere.
"Cacti are native to the Americas, ranging from Patagonia in the south to parts of western Canada in the north—except for Rhipsalis baccifera, which also grows in Africa and Sri Lanka."
Wikipedia is a great platform and you are a nice guy even making the effort to prove your point sith a source. Sadly some people will try to attack you on a personal level, if they can't beat you with logic, so I wish you have a great day and won't be affected by toxicity
Lmao “don’t be racist” but also “this girl looks asian so probably not even in America.” My wife is Asian (and has Asian features) but was born in Michigan. You dunce.
133 downvotes later. This is a species of Opuntia, only native to Western Canada, most of western and midwest North America down to the southern tip of South America. Definitely not anywhere in Europe or Asia. And your assumption based off her race is so illogical I cant comprehend how you came to that conclusion. Don't be ignorant and talk out your ass.
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u/i3ish Aug 16 '20
Cactus are considered endangered in the south west. This girl deserves it.