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Can prickly cactus be eaten?
The prickly cactus can be eaten, its fleshy stem can be eaten as a vegetable, and the fruit can also be used as a fresh fruit variety as a natural mask.

Native to America, rich in Mexico, it is an edible cactus cultivated by Mexicans from more than 300 cactus varieties, which is rich in potassium, calcium, iron, copper, polysaccharide, flavonoids and low sodium.

Extended data

1, growth temperature

The optimum growth temperature of edible cactus is 20℃-35℃, and it grows slowly below 20℃, basically stops growing below 10℃, and may freeze to death below 0℃.

When the temperature is above 35℃ in midsummer, the cactus grows slowly and is in a semi-dormant state. It is necessary to block the strong sunlight with a sunshade net in time to achieve the purpose of cooling down. Edible cactus can be planted all year round in southern China, and the best in northern China is in spring, summer and autumn.

Step 2: Eat

Cactus berries are sweet and sour. [1] The cactus fruit is sweet, tender and juicy, mainly fresh. In Mexico and other places, fresh fruits are also processed into canned or alcoholic drinks, and honey and fresh milk ice cubes can be added to make juice, and ice cream is better.

Step 3 feed

The succulent stem of cactus contains a lot of comprehensive nutrients and trace elements, which is much higher than other crops. Therefore, feed cactus is planted in many arid areas of Mexico as the only feed source for livestock. Cactus is mixed with other feeds to feed cattle, sheep, pigs and other livestock, and water is not needed all year round, so the feeding effect is very good. ?

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