If you're growing your nopal cactus specifically for the nopales, you may want to consider using a fertilizer with plenty of nitrogen. Keep an eye out for cochineal insects, as they can suck the ...
Some years previous (in 1835) a native gentleman, knowing that the cochineal was cultivated profitably in Honduras, thought it might be equally so in Teneriffe He therefore introduced the cactus ...
But today, Peru dominates the market, and Mexico’s cochineal farms are disappearing. More from Big Business Cochineals are tiny bugs that live on prickly pear cactuses. The acid in their guts ...