The plants still take 6 to 7 years to mature. If you think broadcasting that you can fuck up nopales because they produce paddles annually, you’re not promoting an environment that’s sustainable for the nopales.
You do you… but I think it’s not cool to fuck with them.
And DO NOT assume you can carefully touch them by just putting your fingers in between the big seemingly sparse spikes coming out of them. It turns out there are little tiny prickers all along the entire surface at high density. They will sink into your hand, are very painful, and very difficult to remove.
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These are cultivated nopales. They grow lots of new pads every year for harvest. This is like scratching a picture on a apple.
The plants still take 6 to 7 years to mature. If you think broadcasting that you can fuck up nopales because they produce paddles annually, you’re not promoting an environment that’s sustainable for the nopales.
You do you… but I think it’s not cool to fuck with them.
Let’s just fuck em all up then, right?
I appreciate your intentions my friend. But I guarantee to you that nopale graffiti is not a problem.
And DO NOT assume you can carefully touch them by just putting your fingers in between the big seemingly sparse spikes coming out of them. It turns out there are little tiny prickers all along the entire surface at high density. They will sink into your hand, are very painful, and very difficult to remove.
when I was a kid I had to retrieve a ball that went into a brush of prickly pear. I didn’t see any spikes coming out of it so I thought it was fine.
it hurt so much just to move my hand
Those pads are edible
And delicious!
This comment needs some disclaimers however! Proper preparation is very important here!