Just across the street from my home, there is an empty lot.

The owner of this lot doesn't visit his estate too much, but people used a narrow path through that lot as a shortcut to the beach. But the owner didn't like that, so, few years ago, he planted there a guardian. Look how it looks now:

It seems that this species of cacti grows very fast.

It spread and now it is a real barricade. Nobody can't pass to the path. But owner doesn't take care of this cactus and I think that the poor plant is very sick. It's color turned to be more light than before and the cactus is full of scars. It seems that it doesn't have any spines at all!

So, I decided to take a cut, just a little sample to see if I can make a healthy clone of this cactus. I brought my scalpel and some wooden ashes to help the main cactus to heal it's wound. But I couldn't find a healthy piece to cut. So I decided to take a larger cut and take a smaller cut from it at my home.

I was wrong when I said that the cactus seems like it doesn't have any spines at all!

And, of course, I forgot to take my gloves with me.

Luckily, these spines are little and it's easy to take them out, but there was so many of them. Check my finger:

So I had to do some surgery on the sample I took.

It is not so important that the surface of the cut has to be straight. It can be curved, it just doesn't matter. I'll take the smaller part.

In my post from yesterday I explained how to get a new cactus from the cutting.

It is important to put some ashes of the wood on the cut surface. And leave it to be in dry, warm place for few days.

Then, the sample will be placed in a little pot with some wet sand. Few days after that, it will begin to have little roots and it will be ready to be planted in a pot with mix of soil and sand.