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There’s no need for you to wait for the part to callus. All you have to do is break off the piece of brunch and place it in fresh soil with a little bit of moisture. However, with this cactus, you won’t even need to make a cut or deal with a whole bunch of painful spikes for too long. Remember that “jump” thing we talked about? When the stem breaks off? That’s the reason Jumping Cholla propagates so easily. You can add some mild granular fertilizer from time to time to keep it happy. Jumping Cholla will also appreciate little extra help with growing and staying healthy. Youll have to water it lightly during the summer and go in with a few drops every now and then during the winter.

#JUMPING CACTUS FULL#

J umping Cholla loves full sun and it will do best in at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily. When picking the soil for planting, go for the mix with between 6.0 and 7.5 pH.Įvery else growing condition is pretty easy to achieve. One that’s too acidity or alkalinity will destroy the roots and kill the plant. Jumping Cholla needs a well-balanced soil mix, since its quite prune to root rotting. Here`s where this cactus is particularly picky. All you have to do is provide a perfect soil.

It doesn’t need a lot of care and you’ll do this best if you forget about it.

Since Jumping Cholla is a typical desert species, it will thrive on neglect.

Since this cactus is so defensive, you should be extremely careful when handling it. Predators in its natural habitant really don’t like the spikey Jumping Cholla all over their fur. This can also be perceived as a defense mechanism. The common name of this cactus originate from the ease the stem can break off and “jump” at anything near the plant. After flowering, the plant produces pear-shaped, red, wrinkled fruits with few spines on them. Jumping Cholla blooms in February and March with yellow-green flowers shooting up from the edges of the branches. This spine coverage acts as a defense mechanism against predators, but also as a protection from overheating in the harsh desert sun. Thanks to the extremely thin sheath, spines reflect light which makes Jumping Cholla’s appearance more interesting with gold, silver, tan or white hues. The plant looks like it has spines over spines over spines because there are 6 to 12 of them in each areole. Instead of leaves, this cactus has 1 inch (2.5 cm) long spines coming out of areoles. The entire body of Jumping Cholla is covered in wart-like projections.

It can grow up to 15 feet (4.5 m) tall and get up to 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter. Jumping Cholla is a tree-like one, with a main cylindrical trunk holding numerous, low drooping branches. Native to the Colorado Desert, the Sonoran Desert and some parts other parts of South West USA, this succulent is one of the spikiest and most dangerous looking ones we learned about so far. One of those species is Cylindropuntia Fulgida, also known as Jumping Cholla cactus. Then, there are ones to go off their way to defend themselves. In a cacti world, there are some pretty spiky species.

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