It is incredibly slow growing and it is also an endangered species.
Let me say that again, IT IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
So unless you're growing your own saguaro, don't harvest any of it!
Quote:A saguaro often weighs less than an aspirin at age five and it may take about 10 years to get just an inch and a half tall, about the size of your thumb!
Under these natural conditions it may take 20 years to almost attain one foot in height and 30 years to reach two feet tall, but by age 40 it may be up to four feet tall, by age 50 up to seven feet tall, by 75 up to 16 feet, and by age 100 almost 25 feet tall.
Quote from the
Desert Botanical Garden.
Yes, the South West is full of surprises. If you're going to eat the cacti in the SW, look into cholla or optunias (prickly pear).
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