How To Be A Fearless Harvester Of The Amazing Prickly Pear!

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After watching this video, you will know WHEN to harvest your Prickly Pears (Also known as 'Tunas') and WHAT basic household utensils you will need. You will learn a more natural, yet safe, way to remove the spines from the Prickly Pear (NOT involving a torch) and HOW to store and prepare this amazing fruit to unleash the Superfood benefits within. It will not disappoint and is so worth it!

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I love Prickly Pears whenever I can buy them. Endured all those fine thorns in my fingers! Thanks for info on tongs, gloves and scrubber. No more thorns! You might try cutting them lengthwise in four quarters to eat right aways. Peeling them if juicing makes so much sense. Big thanks!

victorcaceres
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One summer a friend and I gathered what felt like 100lbs of prickly pear fruit. We torched them in a cast iron skillet and then boiled them down, strained them and made jelly and syrup. It was great. Tastes a lot like grapes.

jdrissel
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Even when I carefully scrape or scrub the spines off, they're still on the loose and some always transfer to my clothes and eventually to my skin. However they burn as easily as hair. I don't own a torch but I use a Zippo if I'm picking a handful or I roll them for a few seconds on a hot grill to scorch away the spines. I can process a lot that way in just a few minutes.

dlxmarks
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I’m glad more people have found this wonderful fruit. It looks like you’re living in a semi dry area and you’ve got cattle. You know cattle love the cactus pads? You should give it to them together with hay so they digest it better. When you’re feeding you’re cattle with cactus pads, you don’t need to give them as much water. Cactus pads contains 80-85% water… and if you give them cactus pads you can give the cattle less corn since there are carbons in cactus pads. Prickly pear/cactus are the future since it’s getting dryer and dryer. I live in North Africa and if it wasn’t for the cactus/prickly pear our animals would starve to death and die from thirst. Turkeys prefer the peeling from the prickly pear fruits. Sheep and goats also love eating the cactus pads but cattle likes it more. I’ve got tonnes of experience with animals and cactus. I’m living in the second most dense cactus country in the world according to ICARDA. Don’t be dependent on the government for your watering and feeding your animals. Grow cactus and set yourself free. There are cutting machines available for cutting the pads and then you just mix it with hay. You’ll save a lot of money. Take care cowboy ;)

HH-ssvj
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This video Rocks, Great Job. Thank You. Beautiful Harvest

gm
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I applaud you for not begging for money and for taking the time to show this.

brianbassett
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The neighbor down the road has a huge cactus growing in the yard. I just learned yesterday that the fruit is edible. This morning I went for my walk, bag in hand. I failed to watch an educational video on the proper harvesting techniques needed. Needless to say, now I know why it’s called prickly pear. 😂

LamboLady
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Thank you for the excellent presentation! Prickly pears grow wild in a beach access area where I live in Melbourne Beach, FL. I have harvested some. The fruit and the juice are excellent. I now have in pots 21 seedlings that I have been growing (from the seeds of one fruit) the past few months. I have also pruned some of the wild bushes, of which my son has planted some clippings in pots in his back yard in Orlando. They are showing signs of growth, showing me that they are very easy to grow. I have enjoyed the prickly pear leaves prepared by chefs at resorts in MX. Everyone should be growing fruits and vegetables of all sorts!

MajorWolfgangHochstetter
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so glad you say no need for extra sugar.

cactusgardener
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When I lived in Florida. I had them growing all around the outside edge of my house. Especially around my windows. So trust me intruders didn't won't to try and climb through a window.
And I would harvest the succulent fruit in the summer and I had several ways of trying to get all the spines off. (And yes use a very good glove with handleing this fruit.) And they all have sharp hair fibers. Almost too small to see, but you will definitely feel them if you get them on your hands or clothes. So the only best way to remove them was with a small torch.
My wife actually made homemade jelly from them that was absolutely delicious.
And I decided to try them with a mix of blackberries and made some very tasty "make your momma happy" wine.
Haven't thought of it. Because that was some time back. And I lost my wife to cancer. I live near Atlanta now. But I think this next spring I'll plant some around my home here.

Justnobody
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Hermano.. if it wasn't for your accent i would believe you were Hispanic.. i am amazed .the knowledge you have about the cactus and its benefits. Keep it up

mandujanojuan
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When I lived in Houston, Texas, tunas were available in the grocery stores. I think that they are delicious.

tinamathews
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I appreciate the video and the proper name of the nopales and tunas

robertyanez
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Man I just found a nice cactus plant down the street with a ton of these, but they are still green. I cant wait to try them

errldabbins
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Thank you or this video. I just wild harvested about 2 gallons from my local park that everyone but the ants were ignoring. They’ve been torched and are now sitting in the freezer.

renpixie
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Great video! I just started propagating a couple different varieties i found locally, begginer at gardening but well see how it goes

CrackerDak
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Prickly pear is great as a drawing salve and natural antibacterial ointment.

brittonjeter
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They also are used as natural fences around the house. If you see them growing, don't be afraid to stop and ask. They are always happy to share and will even give you recipes. You will never see a Mexican home in the country without them. Just look around. They are there. Mexicans are some of the friendliest, most giving people on earth. They even gave me cuttings to plant at home.

bullfrogger
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If you haven’t already try making agua fresca out of the tunas. By far the best I’ve ever had

henryreza
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how can these handle winter? i live in Europe and i want to cultivate it (if i can find some seeds to plant that is)

MrDenideni