Discovering cactus glochids: a painful lesson
#PlantFactNOW I learned that the invisible Cactus hairs that get stuck in your fingers and you don’t notice until you rub it the wrong way and it hurts like nothing else then you can’t see it to get it out are called glochids. One of the nurseries I visited had warnings on their spineless cacti. This prickly pear I rescued from a parking lot definitely has them.
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Thanks for the info! How are your foundings doing? I found these lobes on a branch that had separated from it's mother plant - there are plenty left for it to root there on its own. It just seemed better to take from the damaged bits than from a healthy plant since I was able! And then I forgot to put the lava trick in the potting soil... D'oh! These lobes are spineless, but full of glochids! I used kitchen tongs and some newspaper to maneuver them and still I've just now got those buggers out during my shower.
@WickedValkyrie oooo good idea!