Originally Posted by jrtalley43

What are your eastern prickly pear recommendations? Just got a starter pad potted. I'm thinking about planting outside next year. I'm in central Indiana, humid and heavy soils, borderline zone 5b/6a, so I'm thinking a small mounded bed, maybe 6 inches above ground level, dug out a bit and back filled with gravel, with a 3/2/1 ratio of succulent mix/sand/gravel on top (Someones home made cactus mix recipe I read somewhere) Anyone already growing these, anything you would do different? Bigger raised bed? Less organic matter more sand? Just keep it in a pot?