Hi Ken. I need to get some feeders and plan to be there. Wish it was in Albany. Parking and the wait in line has gotten to be ridiculous up there.
Opuntia growth?
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queen koopa
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How long after new pads grow before I can pick them for feeding? Does picking the new pads promote new growth?
Once growth finishes on the pad or later is the best time so it is a full pad. The bigger root system a plant has determines how much it grows under good growing conditions more than pruning does I believe. Also these plants take a rest from growing in the Fall and Winter unless in a warm greenhouse.
You can cut them anytime you like. I use younger smaller pads for smaller tortoises and save the bigger more fibrous older pads for my larger adult tortoises. I haven't noticed that cutting off pads has any effect on new growth.
