How to despine/prepare cactus. [video]

[Elohi]

After getting quite a few questions on how to despine and how I prepare prickly pear pads, I figured I'd make a how to video.
Excuse the imperfections, it's my first ever "how to".
I hope it helps someone.

 

[wellington]

Not a bad first vid. That's how I do mine, minus the grass and calcium. I do usually cut off a little of the stem end, I don't grow my own otherwise I wouldn't. I also cut a little of the very tip off they usually has a lot of the little hairy spines.
Okay in the vid when you are at the sink. There is a pic of like a reflection of a tort towards the upper little left of center. It almost looks like it's on music sheet notes. Please what is it. Drove me nuts trying to figure it out

 

[Elohi]

Not a bad first vid. That's how I do mine, minus the grass and calcium. I do usually cut off a little of the stem end, I don't grow my own otherwise I wouldn't. I also cut a little of the very tip off they usually has a lot of the little hairy spines.
Okay in the vid when you are at the sink. There is a pic of like a reflection of a tort towards the upper little left of center. It almost looks like it's on music sheet notes. Please what is it. Drove me nuts trying to figure it out

It's a really cool little piece of art I need to frame. It's a tortoise on a piece of old sheet music. It's super cool. I'll post a picture of it.

 

[Elohi]

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[Blakem]

Nice, I have always wondered how people burn them off. I always just flulay them off.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

~ Great video ~

 

[wellington]

That is really nice. So, I was right on in what I thought it was. I just didn't think a tort would be on sheet music. Cool find. Thanks

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Very useful, thank you!
That will save several hours of work and picking spines out of my hands, the way i do it.
And the music sheet tortoise is adorable.

 

[Tactical Tort]

Thanks for the great video! Well done!

 

[SarahChelonoidis]

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I was actually looking at that on etsy the other day!

Very nice video.

 

[xXtortoiseloverXx]

Nice video , I got a spine in my finger and I can't take it out , hurt me like weeks , lol

 

[ritalutzer]

After getting quite a few questions on how to despine and how I prepare prickly pear pads, I figured I'd make a how to video.
Excuse the imperfections, it's my first ever "how to".
I hope it helps someone.

after you spray

 

[ritalutzer]

after you spray with water what is the brown stuff you are sprinkling on the cactus?

 

[BillyTheSulcata]

After getting quite a few questions on how to despine and how I prepare prickly pear pads, I figured I'd make a how to video.
Excuse the imperfections, it's my first ever "how to".
I hope it helps someone.

Thank you very much for this most helpful video.

 

[Yvonne G]

after you spray with water what is the brown stuff you are sprinkling on the cactus?

dried weeds. You can buy them at tortoisesupply.com or at kapidolofarms.com

 

[BeeBee*BeeLeaves]

Love this! Good job! Thank you for sharing with us.?????