Comments on: Tom Whaples' Pathetic Ice Cactus. http://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/20/tom-whaples-pathetic-ice-cactus/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:27:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mary http://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/20/tom-whaples-pathetic-ice-cactus/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Mary Fri, 23 Dec 2005 01:45:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/20/tom-whaples-pathetic-ice-cactus/#comment-535 We've got prickly pears growing here in Virginia (USDA hardiness zone 7) and they get iced several times a winter and survive just fine. They're tougher than you'd think. We've got prickly pears growing here in Virginia (USDA hardiness zone 7) and they get iced several times a winter and survive just fine. They're tougher than you'd think.

]]> By: Fennec http://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/20/tom-whaples-pathetic-ice-cactus/comment-page-1/#comment-522 Fennec Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:49:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/20/tom-whaples-pathetic-ice-cactus/#comment-522 Planting them? It's in a pot. *shrug* Planting them? It's in a pot. *shrug*

]]> By: Snarks http://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/20/tom-whaples-pathetic-ice-cactus/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Snarks Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:13:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/20/tom-whaples-pathetic-ice-cactus/#comment-499 Prickly pears are everywhere out here in Tucson. You think this is pathetic, you should see what happens when there is a winter that is unusually cold and very wet: they suck up all that extra water (can't help themselves, they're born that way) and it all pools in the bottom of every pear, the cell structure of which must be destroyed by freezing (in my unscientific opinion). After that, slow death, with bloat, ugliness, and a weird sickly smell. So while this may be the most pathetic cacti you have seen, there is a whole world of pathetic, bloated, doomed cacti and succulents out there to discover. BTW, what the hey, planting prickly pears back east???!!?!?!? Prickly pears are everywhere out here in Tucson. You think this is pathetic, you should see what happens when there is a winter that is unusually cold and very wet: they suck up all that extra water (can't help themselves, they're born that way) and it all pools in the bottom of every pear, the cell structure of which must be destroyed by freezing (in my unscientific opinion). After that, slow death, with bloat, ugliness, and a weird sickly smell.

So while this may be the most pathetic cacti you have seen, there is a whole world of pathetic, bloated, doomed cacti and succulents out there to discover.

BTW, what the hey, planting prickly pears back east???!!?!?!?

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