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About Coastal Pricklypear
Coastal Pricklypear is a relatively rare houseplant 🌿 that needs very little water to thrive. They do best in long-lasting, direct light ☀️ and should be less than 1 foot from a window.
Coastal Pricklypear likes soil that is extremely well-draining. Your plant shouldn't need added fertilizers if you repot each time it doubles in size.
Taxonomy
Opuntia littoralis
Opuntia
Cactaceae
Caryophyllales
Also known as
Coastal Prickly-pear

How to care for Coastal Pricklypear
How often to water your Coastal Pricklypear

every 12
Coastal Pricklypear needs 0.5 cups of water every 12 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
12
Finding light for Coastal Pricklypear in your home

a window
Coastal Pricklypear love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Coastal Pricklypear does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Coastal Pricklypear in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Coastal Pricklypear

Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Coastal Pricklypear after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Does she look like she’s dying? If so what do I do
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Aww! "Son Diego" - son of Diego, has its own little baby starting! So cute! (Son Diego came about when Diego fell from the porch banister during high winds, and the "son" leaf broke off.)
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Hey Just double Checking, The Full name of this Should be Opuntia Coral Carpet Right?, I have tag saying it is.
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Will these straighten out? #PricklyPear my plant has so much new growth and I keep moving the grow light around but will these end up straightening out on their own? Probably my favorite plant right now. This app has me feeling like a plant champ!
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THE EARS KEEP FALLING OFF. Is this normal? The ears keep falling off. The plant looks to be thriving but it seems@
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Winter watering, mine still seems thirsty? #PricklyPear I’m located in Phoenix and have kept my variegated Joseph’s coat cactus outside since the spring and brought it in about a month ago. I had to consistently water it to keep up with Phoenix heat. It’s been under a grow light since bringing it inside. I’ve cut back on the water (was every few days because of the heat) to what has been once every two weeks but the pad offshoots seem to be curling and I can only guess this is from being thirsty? Does anyone else have any other thoughts on why they would curl? I added a photo of what they look like today versus even just at the beginning of the week. Thanks in advance!
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Hi,my bunnyear kaktus, have some tiny sticky white dots on it,what can it be? What should i do? #PricklyPear
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How to propagate bunny ears cactus 🌵 ? So I was cleaning my plant area and while I broke one of my shelf’s I noticed I also broke a piece of my bunny ears cactus off. How do I propagate? #BunnyEarsCactus #help #CactusClique #Propagation
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My prickly pear has some white film on a few of the ears. Is this normal? Thanks #DroopingPricklyPear
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My plant looks like it’s dying is this normal? He is kept outdoors and I’m afraid it got too cold #PricklyPear
Care Summary for Coastal Pricklypear
Coastal Pricklypear
Greg recommends:

0.5 cups every 12 days

< 1ft from a window

Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
