[AG] Prickly Pear Fruit

[Linda Guy]

Your question has been around for a while, and I'm not sure I have seen
a response to it. Many of us who volunteer to answer these questions
have specialties other than cactus.

I hope you won't mind if I suggest that you contact the Desert Botanical
Garden by telephone, during their hotline hours of 10-11:30 am, M-F.
480-941-1225
These plants are clearly their specialty, and I suspect they will help
you very quickly.
I apologize for the delay in our own response.

Linda Guy
Master Gardener

Tanya.Mure@nau.edu wrote:

> arid_gardener
> >From some quick research I have learned that
> prickly pear fruit can be anywhere between
> yellow to red.  One of my friends has a prickly
> pear that had red fruit earlier this year and
> was looking forward to harvesting the next
> batch.  Right now the fruit is yellow and is
> falling off the cactus, when it is cut open it
> smells o.k. but looks mushy (technical term),
> almost like it had been left on the plant too
> long.  Help!
>
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