Prickley Pear Cactus Medical Use

[Gary350]

This cactus have the ability to lower blood pressure and keep your blood sugar levels low too.

Eat it like you would any other vegatable with dinner.

Slice and dice a Pad then stir fly with onions and cilentro.

I have seen these sold at all the Mexican flea markets I have been at in several different States. Eat new groth pads they have no needles yet.

Needles are micro small and scrap away with a knife like cleaning a fish. I planted some pads in pots and they grew roots in 2 weeks.

They are so cheap it is hardly worth the trouble to grow them to eat, 6 pads for $1. Wal Mart sells them $1.49 per lb in the produce section.

[ElizabethB]

Hmmm sounds good

[Ozark Lady]

What would you compare the taste of them to?

[PunkRotten]

I need to keep an eye out for them. I saw dragonfruit the other day but they wanted $5 just for one fruit and they weren't even in good shape too.

[rainbowgardener]

They are exceedingly easy to grow. There is actually an Eastern Prickly Pear that grows natively here in Ohio; I think it is our only native cactus. I have just dropped a pad on the ground and had it root itself in and grow. The flowers are beautiful.