How to turn one plant into many plants | Propagate prickly pear with me!

Many cactus and succulents are very easy to propagate - it's another way these plants reproduce in the wild, by literally cloning themselves.  I happened to have some prickly pear pads lying around the garden so I thought I would take the opportunity to show you how I propagate these plants.  Is there a set recipe for propagation success?  Not really.  Rule-of-thumb?  Perhaps.  Let the wounds of the propagate dry and/or callous before planting.  Once planted, wait patiently for the plant to root before watering.  This is probably the hardest part.  The risk of watering too soon is rot but rot is not necessarily the end of the world either, especially for Opuntia.

The key is to these thing is to experiment and try, fail, then try again and again and again until you start to relax and get a feel for how things go.  At some point, casualties will still happen but it just won't be a big deal anymore.  Have fun with it!

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DISCLAIMER:  I am not an expert!  Don't listen to me if what I say doesn't make sense.  The only way to figure out what works for you and your climate is to try it (and have fun).