Growers of quality cactus pear plant material

Cactus Pear plantation - Morado plante in die lente.
Cactus Pear Leaf
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About Witkraal Farming

We are growers of quality cactus pear (also called spineless prickly pear) plant material for production of fresh fruit, prickly pear oil and fodder. We have a wide range of proven cultivars available.

We have cactus pear leaves (also called cladodes) for sale from August up until the end of November each year, which coincides with the optimal planting season.

Feel free to contact us if you have any further queries or need information regarding the growing of cactus pear.

We have the following

Varieties Available

Morado

White/green fruit. Suitable for production of fruit and cladodes. Very high yield potential for fruit and cladodes. The fruit is suitable to be used as fresh fruit, but the true value of this variety lies in its superior fruit yield for the production of cactus pear oil, coupled with its high cladode production for fodder.

Algerian

Pink fruit. Suitable for production of fruit and cladodes. Strong grower with high fruit and cladode potential. Attractive pink fruit, suitable for fresh produce market as well as oil production.




Meyers

Red fruit. Suitable for production of fruit and cladodes. Strong grower with high fruit and cladode potential. Attractive red fruit, suitable for fresh produce market as well as oil production.




Gymno Carpo

Orange fruit. Suitable for production of fresh fruit, oil and cladodes with high yield potential.




R1259

Orange fruit. Very high cladode and fruit production. Suitable for production of oil and cladodes for fodder, but not suitable for use as fresh fruit.



Skinners Court

White/green fruit. Suitable for production of fresh fruit. The variety has a lower yield potential than the varieties mentioned above, but definitely the best variety for production of quality fresh fruit. The fruits are firm with excellent taste.