Cactus is a kind of succulent plant belonging to Cactaceae, Cactus genus, mostly clustered or shrubby, stem nodes are flat, obovate, with hard small spines growing on them, the spines are brown.As a representative of pulpy plants, cactus is particularly drought-resistant, most afraid of water, at home maintenance, to keep the pot soil dry, such as soil thoroughly dry and then watering, outdoor cultivation of dew, after planting no longer need to control, rely on the day can grow, but also blossom and bear fruit.
1, view and admire value: Cactus is the commonnest use, should be its view and admire value, a cactus is planted in flowerpot, forget to water occasionally also do not have a thing, anyway it also drought does not die, suit lazy person to conserve most.
2. Edible value: Cactus is quite popular as food in foreign countries. It has to be said that foreigners all have a "iron mouth". The cactus sold in supermarkets is usually already spiny. We only need to peel and wash it when we buy it back, and then it can be fried, steamed and fried!
3, anti-theft weapon: Cactus is actually a kind of anti-theft weapon, especially in the countryside of our country, the wall will be planted with some cactus, if the thief dare to climb the wall, every minute can tie him into a hedgehog, regret it.
4. Rootstock grafting: Cactus is a particularly good rootstock. For example, the root system of Zygocactus is weak, and it is easy to rot if the watering is not well controlled. If it is grafted to cactus, the problem of rotten root can be perfectly solved by using the drought-resistant characteristics of cactus.
