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Old 08-20-2008, 09:55 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Were they kept outdoors in the ground or indoors in pots?
I think my response went over everyones heads...
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Old 08-21-2008, 01:57 AM
 
Location: Not where you ever lived
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If you go to the desert southwest you can did your own.
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Old 08-21-2008, 08:20 AM
 
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Steve-O,

not that I need to tell you this, considering you are familiar with Illinois nature.

But I think the only areas where one would find cacti growing in their yard are one of the few places with sandy soil:

IL Beach St. park area (maybe yards in Zion, Winthrop Harbor?)
Around Braidwood (glacial outwash)
Maybe some places along the IL River maybe. Wind blown sand deposits.
Sand Ridge State Forest is loaded with them. That is an area of sandy glacial outwash, about 7,000 plus acres of pines. Quite a few cacti.
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Old 08-21-2008, 08:53 AM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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I think my response went over everyones heads...
I didnt quite understand it when I first read it, now I see some underlying perversion in there, am I correct?
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Old 08-21-2008, 08:54 AM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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If you go to the desert southwest you can did your own.
That has been outlawed, actually.
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Old 08-21-2008, 08:56 AM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Sand Ridge State Forest is loaded with them. That is an area of sandy glacial outwash, about 7,000 plus acres of pines. Quite a few cacti.
Thanks! Ill have to check the place out some day. However, you cannot remove any flora from parks, so I cannot touch (nor would I want to anyways). Im looking for people who have them growing in their yards that want to get rid of them. Ill be more than happy to come and dig them up, depending.
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Old 08-21-2008, 07:33 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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I didnt quite understand it when I first read it, now I see some underlying perversion in there, am I correct?
Yes you are.
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Old 08-21-2008, 08:05 PM
 
Location: Triad, NC
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Truth be told, I never even new that there were native cacti in Illinois until I saw Steve-O's pictures. Since then I have actually looked, and seen some cacti growing places.
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Old 08-22-2008, 02:05 AM
 
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If you go to Indiana, cacti are all over. I recall seeing a lot around a tiny place called Ora.
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Old 08-22-2008, 08:26 AM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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If you go to Indiana, cacti are all over. I recall seeing a lot around a tiny place called Ora.
Yes, they have a lot of sandy soil, too, which prickly pear thrive in (as long as they get full sun).
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