Puncture wounds on a prickly pear cactus?

If he cut it off then the only thing you can do is plant the cut off leaf or throw in the trash. The holes will be there indefinitely but the leaf will eventually root itself and start a new plant.

Boyo , sorry yet he/she is misguided you ought to have not got any venture turning out to be this cactus and getting a crop, it loves the warmth yet in addition can stand up to a freeze. ought to take 2 years for the 1st blooms. has a tendency to bloom after rain yet would not like status water. as quickly as universal it grows like weed, make sure to plant it the place there's a large style of room or you will ought to trim it back slightly each year. Opuntia will strengthen in very almost any variety of soil. merely dig a hollow and stick between the pads into the soil and it may root interior of two - 3 weeks. i've got dropped a pad on twist of fate on an identical time as trimming the "tree" back and a pair months later rediscovered it with countless "infants" on it. rather uncomplicated, proper for the southern states, very low maintenance.

Don't do anything. It will heal itself better, left alone.