Cactus pear - the green gold

ICARDA has released part one of a three-video series on cactus pear production, aimed at farmers in dry regions. The series promotes best-agronomic practices to improve productivity and enhance the quality of the crop at low cost. Find out about our work - www.icarda.org/
2021 is the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV) by the UN General Assembly. Several events throughout the year will be dedicated to raising awareness about the important role of fruits and vegetables in human nutrition, food security and health. There will be a special focus on neglected and under-utilized species, within which cactus pear (Opuntia ficus indica) plays an important nutritive and economic role.

[@mandandi]

Threw some pads on the dry ground 3 weeks ago. Today, I noticed that some roots are coming thru. One pad actually has some shoots growing out of its top. I am excited. I can't wait to start eating the fruit in 2 years. Thereafter, I will plant more cactus plants. I want to use them as fodder in the long term. They will be watered by the rain. I will add some goat manure.

[@jayeshlaxman9979]

Devi

[@jayeshlaxman9979]

Devi

[@marthaaceves5181]

Es gusto ver hasta donde llegaron nuestros humildes nopales uni de nuestros alimentos básicos Se cuenta entre nuestros ancestros que le falta un gramo para parecer carne muy nutritivos Y las tunas ya ni se diga una delicia al paladar Muchas gracias por compartirnos 👏🙏🏻💯🇲🇽

[@estebancorral5151]

Piénsela bien. Hez más que humilde. Es noble!

[@seamoscomplices]

INFORMATION.- The catus pear is originally from Mexico, but not all are the same, just as there is sour orange there is edible, there are also cactus pear or as in Mexico it is called (I am Mexican), Nopal, there are some like many thorns and they are He eats the leaf (penca de nopal) and others that bear a lot of fruit. Depending on the nopal, the fruit can produce wine-colored fruits (they are my favorites), dark orange and pale green. Its fruits and the nopa stalk are very, very tasty, that is, the leaf, it is passed through fire a little to burn the thorns and then the trunk is removed where the thorns go. In Mexico they are also roasted and eaten directly without removing the trunk. It is the food of the "poor", but it is very healthy and good for digestion. I have the light green fruit, but I am looking for the red and orange.

[@user-kl4pt1je1r]

الأخضر الباهت الذهم ويسمى في سوريه السكري وهو نادر الإنتاج

[@stargazing2207]

How does the fruit taste?????

[@user-kl4pt1je1r]

@@stargazing2207 من الذ الفاكهه ويجب أن تكون بارده ويجب وضعها في الثلاجه بعد غسلها من الأشواك 😋😋😋

[@stargazing2207]

@@user-kl4pt1je1r don't understand Arabic.

[@CHEVYCAMARO4GEN]

I have some nopales lol and it gives ne some small but very good fruit, a tuna (fruit) is super sweet and juicy, to be honest it is so sweet that it taste like candy and juicy

[@ayedaburamadan558]

Thank you very much for this video, very educational and encouraging.

[@imassage619]

My favorite fruit and the nopales are delicious.. and have amazing nutritional value

[@TheMmiguel002]

Suddenly everyone is an expert in cactus

[@JESUS-js9oe]

Tuna variedades kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWWmnmOqrdClaqM

Hello ki thuật trồng cây xanh trái quá chừng cảm ơn bạn nhiều thanks you OK Hello 👍👍👍👍😁

[@bonsummers2657]

Shouldn't give any water at planting. The cladodes/pads initiate roots from the existing water within the pads, and the roots grow into the dry soil. Water after a month in the ground. The weeding is wrong to do, keep the weeds, don't apply herbicides, they increase the health of the soil, and are not negatively competing if kept trimmed to not get more than about 30cm height of foliage.

[@micailaubourg4759]

Dddddrr

[@deemushroomguy]

@Sawsan Hassan you speak like an individual who does not believe in growing things organically.....

[@oumaimanahdi1674]

Good work Dr.Louhaichi . thank you for the video

[@petroshingalana8556]

Amazing never new this...absolutely beautiful and amazing 👏 😍

[@crappo8459]

Thanks for sharing great info 👍

[@ruthmawia2574]

Good work,team!

[@leonardndukong7459]

What!! I never knew that this plant is so useful like this.

[@cabbartoynakbas200]

i know its exact taste,we have it in my hometown in Turkey, you must collect it with gloves otherwise unseen small hair like torns in your palm :) ,serve inside ice cubes for best result :)

[@chrisbgarrett]

Impressed. Very nice video.

[@luisa.chavira3632]

The origen of the cactus the fruit of the god to Aztec come from mexico to the world n we Mexicans eat the fruit n the catus 🌵.....mmm so 😋

[@dr.sekarhealthcare.6047]

We indians too in Villages

[@saidmazigh7717]

I used to live in Algeria and we had cactus which was as high as 4 meters.We have never used any fertilizers nor any manure.They used to produce a huge amount of cactus pears every year.We plant them as a fence and the cactus are stuck together and impossible to pass trough.

[@estebancorral5151]

Just the very fact that that you let that plant grow to 4 meters tall in the fast dry winds of Algeria, demonstrates your ignorance in its cultivation. You have lost wealth through ignorance. Meanwhile, the sons and daughters of Algeria exile themselves to lands of Spain and France. Inshallah, that the light of knowledge and wisdom reaches you!

[@touqeerahmad8941]

❤❤Very good working ❤

[@MSanz-jc2bg]

Native to Mexico.

[@dododostenfiftyseven4096]

Really?

[@marschlosser4540]

We prune ours by taking nopalitos and eating them. this is done when the pads are still growing, about half the size of a mature pad. Prickly pear that is freeze resistant is common across the lower 48 stats of the US.

[@marschlosser4540]

@@1EQUALS-INFINITY Tarahumara ex in the Sierras. :) Viva la flaca. The lady never did grow good flesh. No bootie, no beauty.

[@marschlosser4540]

@@1EQUALS-INFINITY I have an ex and kid in the Sierras, in Mexico. She's a flaca, skinny. Tarahumara, they live in a cave on the wall of a canyon on the ranch.

[@marschlosser4540]

@@1EQUALS-INFINITY Love goes where it may. What is a man with only half a heart?

[@marschlosser4540]

@@1EQUALS-INFINITY Thank you. Walk in His beauty.

[@charleyu5506]

@@marschlosser4540 I'll take things that didn't happen for 100 alex

[@taoquan7541]

NONI ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIOUS FRUIT IN THE WORLD NOT EVERYONE CAN EASE, BECAUSE IT HAS ANY DECLARATION AND EVERY EARTH. BUT IF YOU EAT IT WILL BE DISEASED. WE ALL GROW A LOT OF PLANTS IN VIETNAM, AND I LOVE IT.

[@ByMommyofThreeboys]

Great video, very nice plants.I watching in Thailand.Thank you for sharing.

[@ayhankara4223]

very educational and encouraging. TARSUS / TURKEY

[@izzetsaglam7180]

Hayalim bu bitkinin çiftliğini kurmak! Bakalım ne zaman 😊

[@ayhankara4223]

@@izzetsaglam7180 akdeniz bölgesinde yerin olmalı. ve çeşitleri olmalı. bunları bulmak zor. sayfamı takip et. fb tan.

[@izzetsaglam7180]

@@ayhankara4223 yaşadığım yer Manavgat ama yer yok maalesef

[@ayhankara4223]

@@izzetsaglam7180 yapraktan dikmek ve ürün almak 3-4 yıl süer. tohumdan üretmek 5- 6 yıl sürer.

[@izzetsaglam7180]

@@ayhankara4223 biliyorum inşallah kısa zamanda böyle bir çiftlik kuracağım 😊

[@tipodeincognito4089]

La chumbera de toda la vida

[@budreesaraswatee4246]

AMAZING

[@kokilolo9755]

هل النبات الذي ثماره بنفسجي مختلف في الذوق. وهل هو سلالة مختلفة عن الأخرى. وشكرا مسبقاً

[@nativoplantas2003]

Nice plant trees

[@elmekesnasir900]

BEST EXPLANATION

[@matthewnelson325]

Thank you for sharing this vary informative video ! : )

[@columbaskupch2222]

Wow this is very nice fruit,,,it's very sweet and nutritious, love it but it's very turny it's to pick

[@djidjicactus2897]

J'aime la façon de planté les cactus chez nous anarchiquement.

[@ZiggySearchfieldCactus]

Very interesting 😎🌵

[@xrtk83]

It's very great, i love it very much

[@xaabsade9844]

From north somalia

[@user-bs5rb7el9q]

這是仙人掌🌵的果實🤣🤣，很好吃喔！

[@Aliasn433]

I don’t think it’s really useful for the plants to weed out the little ones that grow in between. Probably it’s the opposite because in the middle and long run all the weeding and use of Herbizides will not just reduce soil fertility but also kill all the biodiversity. It’s good for the cactus to have some competition and have a few grasses and weeds growing in between.

[@oldchild527]

It depends, cause if more plants grow in between it'll attract more humidity and can catch funguses,

[@theroyalfamily17M]

Beautiful

[@stefandelport94]

No one is talking about the tiny thorns, If you want to have a bad day, forget about the thorns.

[@barkahbarkah3910]

Kesukaan urang buah ini fidirsh ngalaan naek bawa ember .alpha.luar dufuk dalam manis bsnger

[@user-nu2ts6ww6p]

مستاء الله علييك

[@nigamanandaswain3097]

Excellent... helpful for implementing team. Best suited plantation in degraded lands to produce fodder and fruits... Some clips from India/Odisha project can fit to it. Also cost benefit information be discussed.

[@estebancorral5151]

You are correct. However, you have missed the the most important point. The youngest cactus pad are edible by humans. Indeed in Mexico, the country of origin and most cultivation, people eat it everyday. Their is precedent. Both cacao and vanilla originated in Mexico. One cannot say that they have not found success in India. Opuntia Ficus Indica will bring the most dramatic change to the Thar desert, and Hindustan will rejoice.

[@kokilolo9755]

من فضلك كم ينتج الهكتار من فاكهة الصبار. وهل به اشواك. نحن في الجزائر مردوديته قليلة. وشكراً مسبقاً 👍👍👍👍

[@felixjohn5521]

Yybpr.

[@palgladeventures]

A very important crop . I would like to be involved in this activity.

[@matthewcain2880]

What type of activity? 😅

[@tonyacosta8616]

Cactus leaves or nopalitos or nopales got a lot of fiber, for those people who suffer from constipation I will advise them to try and eat those delucious nopalitos!!!!!!

[@user-jn1vd6lw9c]

Hello All,i have used these for fencing my avacado farm,expectibg prikely fruit in another 1year...all these plants are purple indian fig variety...trying to find a market...i have cultivated(as a fencing)in 10Hectre land.

[@kapaomegatau]

Also useful as food for livestock like cows, lambs, and pigs,

[@Djak744]

Anyone using them for oil extraction from seeds?

[@buffalojoe78]

You’re wasting money using augers and tractors to dig furrows. Just throw the pads on the ground. They’ll root in situ. You’re welcome -A Texan Gardener

[@maibammomon2280]

Thanks sir

[@user-nu2ts6ww6p]

عزيزتي الله يبارك فيكي

[@user-re9th6ov1k]

Which agency can I contact to introduce the varieties introduced in the video? I have already found a company with import qualifications

[@brackson3259]

Where do I get the market if I plant them

[@worldwidetour4306]

Yummy

[@riddhitrivedi7440]

Where can I get this plants

[@loicville6446]

Quelles sont les variétés les plus adaptées à la sécheresse et au froid?

[@maozedung7270]

they resist about -3C

[@CHEVYCAMARO4GEN]

As a Mexican I never liked nopales but they are a staple of our cloture

[@CHEVYCAMARO4GEN]

Nopales and Tunas

[@CHEVYCAMARO4GEN]

Go to your local international food store, buy tunas and Asian mangosteens or lychees

[@geniquinonez1852]

It call TUNA

[@captainunderpants936]

Thanks for vid watching from south Africa my one tree has over 400 fruits now and I have 6 trees what can I use for worms in the leaves it's a black and orange worm can you help please

[@Aliasn433]

As long as there are only a few worms why not just let them be? Why always kill everything that isn’t directly “useful”? Perhaps those worms can become butterflies or other insects and are actually important for other plants for pollination? If they become too many, just cut of the leaves that have the worms in them and get them to a far away place.

[@fatimafatimi6342]

Is there an anti-cochineal medicine?

[@teodorojaranilla5008]

WOW

[@ismailhakkkuzu7253]

🇹🇷 Merhaba kaktüsler dikensizmi?👍🏻 saygılar

[@royalmazeda]

From bangladesh how can i get it

[@user-re9th6ov1k]

I really want to know the name of the cactus species that appeared in the video, especially the purple fruit that appeared at 1:08 ，It’s so beautiful and tempting.

[@estebancorral5151]

The species is Opuntia Ficus Indica. The fruit name in English is prickly pear, in Spanish is tuna, in Hebrew is tsabra. I do not know the name of the specific purple variety.

[@user-re9th6ov1k]

@@estebancorral5151 thanks for your reply, i really want to know the cultivar name that appeared at 1:08

[@estebancorral5151]

@@user-re9th6ov1k Read the last sentence of my original reply to you. Also, spell your name in English letters for me.

[@user-re9th6ov1k]

@@estebancorral5151 i am arthas ,thanks for your reply .the purple variety really beautiful!

[@user-re9th6ov1k]

@@estebancorral5151 ficus indica ， prickly pear ，tuna ，these are generic names, not cultivar names

[@user-im4cy3ml2q]

ผมอยู่ที่ประเทศไทย🇹🇭 ยังปลูกกันไม่มาก ผมกำลังสั่งซื้อกิ่งพันธุ์ทางออนไลน์มาปลูก🌵🌵🌵

[@user-gd1pu6dq6x]

الأولى جعل المسافات بسبب الشوك كما في هذه الطريقه هذه الطريقه الأفضل أن وضعت الأسس ان توضع بشكل أفضل ليكون موسم سهل

[@tutorialpenting1445]

dimana saya bisa membeli bibit tanaman jenis ini?

[@eshoboshoaaharebyreshmi]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@xenabidin8788]

can it grow with slightly saline water???

[@robertjuanitas7405]

how can i buy the ready to plant cactus pear.

[@hamsharyhopkins7090]

الصبر.. أو الصبار.. علاوة على كونه فاكهة لذيذة وطعام جيد للجمال على وجه التحديد، تستخلص من رحيق نواره صبغة طبيعية تعطي اللون البرتقالي لحلوى الكنافة الفلسطينية. ويبلغ سعر الكيلوغرام الواحد من هذه الصبغة قرابة 50 ألف دولار في إسبانيا.

[@bhishmadesai6500]

Where can we get seeds of spineless variety either in India or USA.

[@thearakher8771]

Cactus seed I need to save to Korea?

[@yassineabdoulayfadoul6449]

الصبار له نجاح باهر في تشاد محتاج مياه فقط وتربة جيدة

[@Just16ned]

فعلاً ولا يكلف أموال كثيره 🌵🏜️

[@Aaron_Barrett]

Не колючий, без голок? Лисий кактус

[@bawkrahpauyam2178]

Some cactus have thorns

[@blekmanki9123]

plenty in zimbabwe but as a bush or forest plant...never knew can b business

[@estebancorral5151]

The agricultural practices of Zimbabwe are well known to the world. There should be no doubt that through your ignorance you are poor.

[@hemsinghkumbhawat2610]

Where this farm

[@Himmatsinghgurjar81]

Where we can find it spineless

[@DasOhneEnde]

Is is like you eat Fire.. i will never ever eat it^^

[@mahiboussaid405]

10/52/10. 6/20/30

[@phuongnguyen-bt7hm]

Gióng cây xương rồng ở viet nam quá

[@charanbambal9052]

Where I can get these plant or seed

[@ponkiyajayshree9168]

Pergnesi me ketras frut khana khaya plzz btavo

[@ahmadmoussawi1937]

مااسم هذا الصنف ؟

[@user-re9th6ov1k]

Can you tell me the names of several cultivars that appear in the video? Where can I introduce these varieties?

[@user-re9th6ov1k]

@Sawsan Hassan Thanks for your reply。What is the name of the purple skin that appears at 1:08 in the video? beautiful.！If it can be introduced, I will go through the relevant procedures

[@user-re9th6ov1k]

@Sawsan Hassan I have found a company that can handle import and export procedures. Can you introduce the names of the varieties that appear in the video, and where can I introduce them? (It is better if there are countries in the EU)

[@user-re9th6ov1k]

​@Sawsan Hassan Hi Dr.Hi Dr.Sawsan Hassan, from where can I introduce the variety in the video? It would be best if there is a supplier within the EU,. I have commissioned companies that can help me with the legal import and export procedures

[@yassineabdoulayfadoul6449]

فاكهة الصبار ممكن نزرع او نجرب

[@patelyog8101]

i want to agri for this cactus in gujrat. plz reply me.. i m farmer.

[@truthsupporter4119]

End the mandates!

[@lazyfarmer2431]

How much long it will harvest from plant?

[@amilom007]

some varieties fruit in one year from plant if watered, most varieties take 2 years

[@creation_rbx07]

У нас в Азербайджане тоже растут фруктовые кактусы

[@vlogwithangel575]

🙏🙏🙏

[@FranciscoRodriguez-be6ik]

The cure for inflammation.

[@amazingislandvietnam5576]

plz, i need seedling prickly pear. Where i can buy ? You can send infor for me ? thanks

[@TheMmiguel002]

Check your local mexican store if they dont have it, ask where you can find them locally.

[@ponkiyajayshree9168]

Jldhi

[@miloudimiloudi6982]

from algeria

[@YouTubeUniversity-ko8ug]

Just don't eat a lot of it, especially in the morning as a morning meal, then it will get difficult very difficult 😁

[@geraldmicallef6575]

It is a real Maltese plant.

[@sankiegreyling6309]

And Africa. We can not get rid of this

[@estebancorral5151]

Instead you should learn to utilize it to become wealthy.

[@doanphuc5472]

Trái thanh long idea

[@parimalabaste9310]

sir im in india its really very difficult to find spinless variety .how can i find it ? can i have the seeds ?

[@estebancorral5151]

The plant is sold by cutting not seed because the seed contains a valuable oil which fetches seven times the price of olive oil. It is used for cosmetics and is marketed under its French name Huile de Maroc or Huile de Barbarie.

[@parimalabaste9310]

@@estebancorral5151 sir thank you for your reply.where can i foud this cuttings? is this possible to recieve from you ?

[@estebancorral5151]

@@parimalabaste9310 I don’t know who can supply you. I must reprimand you because you are afraid of using the variety with spines which would be more available. The spines can be cut off with a kitchen knife or singed off with a blow torch. If you have poor soil but need to feed: cows, goats, camels, sheep, & chickens, then this plant is for you. Even if you don’t need fodder, it still makes for a good substrate for Mushroom production. Do not do yourself a disservice! Also, you can make gobar gas with a biodigestor. The biodigestate you can grow spirulina. You may try to contact the University of Chapingo in Mexico for a referral to a supplier.

[@veronicaestrada6325]

I don’t claim to know much about Cactus Pears (Tunas) but I’ve never known any with out spines ( thorns) …

[@veronicaestrada6325]

@@estebancorral5151 Bravo!

[@nicobrits5111]

You didn't mentioned the most devastating pest in those plants cochineal.

[@PolychromaticZero]

Yep, a pretty terrible insect for the prickly pear species. Sometimes though, i’ve recorded it on an opuntia engelmannii (my cactus) there was white fuzz on the areoles, but a few days laters it sprouted new pads!

[@veronicaestrada6325]

That White Fuzz is worth GOLD……look it up now that everyone is an expert on Cactus Pears.

[@PolychromaticZero]

@@veronicaestrada6325 Yea, they’re amazing for red dyes.

[@rajeshboss700]

सर हमें हिन्दी मे जानकारी देने की कृपा करें मुझे भी कैक्टस खेती करना चाहता हूँ