I got a few pads of an unknown "Mexican cactus" from my dad's co-worker to grow. I thought I would try cutting one if the pad into smaller sections so that each segment would have a cut side and then a normal "sealed" edge of the pad with the plan to place the cut edge in the soil once the cut has dried and then hopefully get many more plants out of one pad. I plan to start some of the pads by just placing the pad in the soil w/o messing with it like recommended by my Dad ("just shove the end in the dirt and be done with it..."). Does this type of segmenting work with an Opuntia or would I just be mutilating a pad and get no more plants out of it than just letting it be? I figured it was worth a test since I have a few pads to play around with but if anyone else had previous experince or advice I would love to hear it. Thanks