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Article abstract: Our local cholla and prickly pear cactus are generally easy to grow, but reducing the amount of handling and not potting them up makes budgets go much farther. Just putting out cuttings in the fall-winter rainy season and letting the rains do the work is the cheapest way to get good results. Based on our experience, small one stem cutting takes about 6-8 years to grow to around three feet without supplemental water, but growth will vary depending on soil conditions and annual rainfall patterns. If you do direct planting of cuttings and then water them at the intended habitat site, they will grow even faster.