Opuntia microdasys (Bunny Ear Cactus) Houseplant Care - 8 of 365

[@RandomChick666]

I got one yesterday! I dont like getting poked by her tho.. i made the decision to pet her and regretted it instantly XD

[@amoore0713]

Grabbed a broken "ear" laying beside the plants at Lowes, stuck it soil and its finally growing roots! Has a little baby on top too! Took almost 2 months to see growth, and like you said, super easy to do!

[@karstent8138]

It needs more sun Summer, those youngest pads are etiolated... Tips for getting out glochids - drag sticky tape across the affected area.... next method - spread PVA glue over the area, peel off when dry.... last method - good tweezers and a sharp eye! (and a magnifier?)

[@3_up_moon]

All of her plants are starved for light.

[@mydogsioux]

Wow, that's your response to this video? Huh.

[@ursulamoore1054]

Hey Karsten, I have an etiolated pad which started growing about 3 weeks ago... its about 2cm now. Shall I just pull it off now before it gets really long? I've moved it to a sunnier spot now too. Thanks

[@critterwhisperer5821]

I just got stickered after accidentally brushing past it. I used duct tape. And for the hairs left behind, I used a pair of those tweezers that you use to remove blackheads. They have a nice pointy curved and skinny tip

[@rod.salles]

Day 8 and i'm so anxious for the other days! Thanks for sharing your plants Summer!

[@minicat3640]

Elmers glue is a miracle for glochids stuck in skin. I keep a bottle around just for this plant! Just put a thin layer, let it dry, peel off.

[@heyowey]

Opuntia microdasys are the easiest and probably the itchiest cactus I've ever taken care of (those glochids!). They need more light so the pads will grow rounder and thicker.

[@critterwhisperer5821]

Mine are stuck on the south facing window that has no blinds, and they're gorgeous. Don't know how often I water them but they're so fluffy and round. I wish I could hug it but alas, I cannot

[@lsa7ada123]

I actually got my first one of these guys a week ago, it has one big pad with 5 small toes on top! It looks so much like a baby foot. So cute.

[@twistysunshine]

Cacti are my favorite! This lil guy's so cute. That's a lot of growth for five years!

[@YoKnow]

Mine grow throughout the winter as well as the summer! I only had mine for approximately a year and it is as taller than your's, but not as bushy. I got it off of a neighbor who had it neglected in a coffee mug(I repotted it) somewhere that didn't get any light. It was on death's door and tiny. Now it is a monster. I propagate it once I notice a piece has detached itself from the plant. I'll use the loosened pieces to make more.

[@fiasthoughts]

I remember when Richard touched the Opuntias bare handed and said they were fuzzy, I was like “whaaat, you know you’ve been working with cacti for a long time when u start petting them and calling em fuzzy!” I miss that guy such a sweet soul:)

[@ForeverMods]

Poor thing... the elongated growth means not enough sun. Just nitpicking as I love your videos

[@alcurtis93]

Quite etiolated. Needs way more light, you are very right about not being a nice plant to touch. Boy do those glochid irritate the skin

[@JoannaLouise200]

I call my microdasys the 'Tarantula', as it seems to fire off those glochids whenever I go near it. I only have to pick up a pot carefully, and I find I have imbedded glochids between my fingers. I have several pots of it and self rooted ones all over my mini (cold) greenhouse, and they survive Northern hemisphere Winters here in London.

[@lavanyavijayaraghavan3120]

Thank you so much for doing these summaries. I'm enjoying meeting a new plant each day.. of course, I want to rush out and get each one right away😁😁😁. Dangerous videos!!

[@indoororchidsandtropicals358]

This species can be EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I work in a university greenhouse around deadly poisionous plants all day, but this is the only one that scares me... I was told that this species will shoot spines, which i didn't really believe until I witnessed, only yesterday, this apparent phenomenon. There is a danger of inhalation or them getting into your eyes. Anyway, I had to move the pot. I gently poked the cactus with a stick to see how much it took to shoot the spines but nothing happened, so I carefully moved the pot and when I did, a section of 3 large pads fell off. When I picked up that section with tweezers, I suddenly noticed a bunch of spines floating in the air. What I think actually happened was just that the spines fell off en masse and since they are so small and light, they can float some distance on air currents, giving the impression that they were discharged with some force. Either way, they are very small, light, and there is a danger of getting them in your eyes or inhaling them, and if you have this species, you should not have pets and should probably keep it..at least over a large sheet of plastic, away from fans, and you should only handle it with a proper mask and goggles, having first put a bag around it in case this happens or they could end up all over your house, in the carpet, curtains, etc.. I had a few in my clothes.

[@totopolo2379]

you should care for them not eating them junkie

[@NC-wl1xm]

Just picked one up to add to my collection of outdoor succulents and cacti! (I'm in tropical climate S. Florida so my plants can stay outside and enjoy the sun. So cute. Thanks for the info.

[@kathygilbreath6073]

Such a cute plant. Thanks for sharing

[@goddess131]

thanks for the video, I think that is such a cute cactus.

[@Heliosphan33]

The cactus in the video has very elongated pads which show that it isn’t getting enough light and the pot is far too small. These can grow very big. They love to cook under the sun and they love room to spread out. The more space and soil you can afford, the better. You can water them every week in the summer if it’s doesn’t rain. Small cacti will need more water in hot weather but once they become more established they can stand the heat better. They really love to be watered after they’ve been through a hot spell and the soil is very dry.

[@thirdoftwelve8784]

It's begging for more light :(

[@247sapphire]

bruh it looks fine. it just has a lot of glochids and they make it look lighter, along with the camera angle.

[@alexmarc1782]

@@247sapphire That's not how the bunny ears cactus is supposed to look like. It is really etiolated. I don't care if she's fine with it tho, mine are on the etiolated side too.

[@julisouthard35]

Mine has a lot of "ears" and needing support, it's getting large in the pot I have it in. How do you transplant this flopping beauty safely or rather WHEN does it graduate to the next larger pot? Thank you

[@lolomg42]

Love this series!

[@John-yt4tb]

Thanks for sharing. Great info thank you 🤗

[@olcik111210]

Your opuntia is begging for more light. Its stems should be round and not so elongated. For me it's in a bad shape 😕

[@user-mp2ls9gn4m]

@Ella Blun lmao mean

[@erinfink6056]

Ella Blun yikes, you’re not helpful

[@lotosflower1786]

@Ella Blun there's no need to be rude.

[@neah3279]

So cute😍

[@sophiewilliams6908]

I love this one! I always forget the name

[@OrphanCrippler1]

Holy shit. Give it some light

[@sandyg8794]

Hi Summer! I'm really enjoying these videos. They're very helpful. I remember the video where Richard petted the cactus. Oh my! I've never done well with cacti, but may try again some day..... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Thank you for sharing!

[@michellechapman8738]

So... Do they go dormant? If So....what time of the season??

[@GlobexCorporationHank]

Can you combine two of them in one pot? I just bought 2 of them and they each cane in a 2.5 inch pot. What size pot would you recommend if both of them are combined? Thanks in advance.

[@NC-wl1xm]

aw aka Angel Wings I've seen the yellow one referred to as bunny ears but guess interchangeable. aw yours are etiolated. Still so cute

[@coldramxn]

Lol you touched it with your left finger tips right before you said not to touch it 😂 Also I own one and I have it in direct sunlight and it looks way greener and healthier than yours 🌵

[@plantgurugangsta7299]

Does it like humidity at all?? Ive been lead to believe desert cacti is not a fan however, mine is THRIVING in my bathroom with a skylight and im so confused lol...it was the only spot my kitties couldn't get to it!

[@jamesball7381]

The arms of mine are growing laterally to the point the plant is ready to tip... waiting to move house so I can trim and propagate.

[@warrenwall7095]

I have ,red , white, blond and curvey but I dont touch them as much as you just did, duct tape is the best way to remove them. Love your video's always.

[@lisaverheggen4225]

Mine is really floppy, it almost seems like parts will just fall of if it moved to much... what can i do to fix that?

[@C-Rex1]

If it's floppy it needs more water.

[@dannyrod1980]

I have mine growing under LED blue red light. It has grown a new 4 inch segment with 2 more tiny ones on top of that since I bought it last summer. Is my choice of lighting good? I have the daylight grow light if you think that option is best since yours looks great.

[@alexiapons2883]

Thank you Summer for another wonderfull video. Speaking of not watering cactai during the Winter months, do that "rule" applies for the Tropics?. Here we are "in Summer Time" all year long...Sooo I guess "not watering in Winter" would not be an option this side of the woods...or Si??..😟🤒🥵.poor plants will die of thirst.

[@KittyJungleIndonesia]

Waitin' ur video in the daily basis 😁 💟 #RosieBali

[@biancacolon3593]

Can they be kept in small pots or do they need to be switched to larger ones. I have mine and it only has two bunny ears (whole thing is the size of my hand) and there is those tiny little buds on it.

[@krisceldiane]

Would the spines affect other succulents? Cause I accidentally bumped my cotyloden tomentosa against these. :(

[@daisynickson6917]

Can wait for mine to grow big like urs

[@quickhomegardening9037]

Best 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ericnamisnotthatold]

I had mealybugs on my 8 year old bunny ears cactus. It took months to get rid of them :(

[@LeeDfined]

I don't do good with Cacti. I do have an Euphorbia and also a Hiaworthia, which is a succulent, and I'm doing okay with those. I love Cactus, but just don't do good with them.

[@rosiefeihel9561]

Love your videos thanks for putting so much of yourself into these projects. Have a question about one of my zz plants. Some of the leaves on one branch are splitting down the middle, any idea what's going on with that I have never seen that happen to any of my zz's?😳

[@MammilariaElongataByVâniaLuz]

Lindo lindo

[@MaxwellTheCat786]

what about medium sized spots are those weird cacti birtmarks

[@MaxwellTheCat786]

white spots

[@TheHouseofChameleons]

I have the same cactus but I thought it should have rounder ears.

[@xmissxvictoriax]

I’ve had one of these for like 5 months and it’s not doing anything. It’s not shown me any signs of wanting to grow. I don’t know if it’s happy or not. :( it’s not dying though and it’s on my window sill getting sunshine. I dunno 🤷‍♀️

[@mydogsioux]

Change up the location and the fertilizer, it might be worth it.

[@ydatoribio]

That cactus gave me so much splinters 😞

[@dianeleonardo8292]

it's stretching for light. Needs more sun.

[@3_up_moon]

No glochids for me, TYVM lol.

[@shiningstar1869]

I have this cactus. It is very small though.

[@hassannawaz661]

Hey summer, thank you for the tips. One of my bunny ear cacti actually had a flower but it died within a day. Can you suggest any reason what could have caused that? I water it once a week, just a mild spray on the soil.

[@bunymustard2584]

As a cactus lover, I hate this one lol...parents had a HUGE wavey one, when I was a kid & I got bitten so much by that damn thing 🤣🖕🏾😵😖

[@critterwhisperer5821]

She says she doesn't like to touch these as she continues to poke and prod it with her bare fingers

[@mariuszbolimowski8517]

👍👍👍

[@mikecrystalrobert7898]

I hit my brother in the face when we were kids with one of these cactuses he had little fuzzy hairs all over his face he was pissed

[@ashleefiona225]

😍

[@DuBrolyMusic]

I like your videos. When it comes to your cactus videos, though, you always use cacti when you are referring to the singular form. Cactus = singular; cacti or cactuses = plural.

[@jeanneeguizabal471]

🌵🌵💚☺☺✨

[@Boogieforme]

I never mean to hate or dislike plants, but just the thought of those little glochids in your fingers makes me angry and not like it, haha! I'd take a couple of big stabs from a bigger opuntia anyday over these guys :'D

[@wxlurker]

Boogieforme Tip: Don’t bother with tweezers, just apply some white glue and peel it off after it dries. The glue will be able to pick up on those tiny glochids.

[@lad2885]

Etiolated :(

[@grantimusmaximus8932]

Can you pleases visit Richard again?!?!?

[@karstent8138]

microdasys = "small shaggy/hairy"

[@cartoomews]

🤔🙂🙂🙂

[@anschn7166]

A "houseplant care" video with a plant that is clearly not getting sufficient light and thus not properly cared for, strange.

[@jamiehughes5573]

One of the worse cactus to touch, worse than ones with big thorns definitely