¡Buenos días don Jimi!
I wanted to show you sir the following picture; some folks use to 'just lie there' in the soil big leaves of nopal, —that usually by their own weight and age get to tear apart of the main trunk—. When they dry they turn concave so later when it rains it holds water for new leaves to grow later
https://image.nostr.build/68906860e4cf2bc0672220eb4a5b45b053383562296f476544c5c60ab4929755.jpg
And by the way, yes, the nopal in the back got sick by a worm that uses to barren the leaves (forgot the name right now...). Maybe that would be a disadvantage of humid weather that favors leave growing but also for other unwelcome guests; probably that problem is not so usual in the dry desert 😄  

 Thanks for that, Yes I'm learning fast, already had one fall over producing a lot new pads before the base rotted. I planted too close to a drain knowing that it might die but it created 6 new pads before rotting.  

Normally at the ranch too much water or humidity isn't much of a problem.