Three small agaves Americana variegata found

[Mazat]

Today we found this three small agave americana variegata near the gardener

lying on the floor ...

we took them with us. now we'll see where we can plant them...

 

[Silas_Sancona]

15 minutes ago, Mazat said:

Today we found this three small agave americana variegata near the gardener

lying on the floor ...

we took them with us. now we'll see where we can plant them...

 

Give 'em lots of space...  these like to spread out / get BIG ( ..offsets can pop up a distance from the " mother " plant(s) too )

Also, be prepared to donate blood when cleaning them up as they get bigger.. No escaping that with these,  lol

[Mazat]

14 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Give 'em lots of space...  these like to spread out / get BIG ( ..offsets can pop up a distance from the " mother " plant(s) too )

Also, be prepared to donate blood when cleaning them up as they get bigger.. No escaping that with these,  lol

thank you very much, dear nathan, for your explanations and information. in this case, i will either have them in a large pot in the community garden or bury them directly, preferably under the roof of the house. i don't really see it in terms of space on the balcony.

a friend of ours tried to plant out an agave of this species twice, but it didn't survive, and he told me that both times he had it in too moist substrate and it froze and was literally just mud after the winter despite heat cable, fleece. how do you see it, respectively stones I would have and other substrate too, but the frosts are already an issue with the lowest temperatures, the wetness, we should be able to keep it relatively dry like. on the balcony this is possible but the space.

how would you proceed?

[Mazat]

two planted out today and the roof protects them from too much rainfall.

sun until midday and then no more, but still a bright location

[Silas_Sancona]

On 5/2/2025 at 2:04 AM, Mazat said:

how would you proceed?

 

6 hours ago, Mazat said:

two planted out today and the roof protects them from too much rainfall.

sun until midday and then no more, but still a bright location

As mentioned, A BIG Agave.. At an average size of 10ft tall X 13ft wide, they will fill a small space pretty easily..  When the mother plant decides to flower,  Inflo can add 10-20Ft of height.  Once finished flowering, Mom drops dead.

https://www.trivalleywaterwise.com/eplant.php?plantnum=176&return=d29

Have seen these growing out of cracks between massive boulders / hanging off cliff ledges,  and in silty clay near groundwater recharge ponds, along rivers, Ag. fields, and storm water retention basins. As long as the soil drains adequately / isn't muck, they shouldn't have issues..

W/ these, once rooted into the ground, they'll do fine with soaking once or twice all summer,  and nothing but whatever water falls from the sky during the cooler months. 


 

[Mazat]

21 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

 

As mentioned, A BIG Agave.. At an average size of 10ft tall X 13ft wide, they will fill a small space pretty easily..  When the mother plant decides to flower,  Inflo can add 10-20Ft of height.  Once finished flowering, Mom drops dead.

https://www.trivalleywaterwise.com/eplant.php?plantnum=176&return=d29

Have seen these growing out of cracks between massive boulders / hanging off cliff ledges,  and in silty clay near groundwater recharge ponds, along rivers, Ag. fields, and storm water retention basins. As long as the soil drains adequately / isn't muck, they shouldn't have issues..

W/ these, once rooted into the ground, they'll do fine with soaking once or twice all summer,  and nothing but whatever water falls from the sky during the cooler months. 


 

thank you very much nathan for your explanations and information and the link.
it gets really big,

here it has an absolute minimum of - 6 degrees celsius / 21.2 degrees fahrenheit near the wall, but rarely lower as there is waste heat from the house.

do you think that since it only has sun tomorrow until 11 o'clock at the most, that it still grows extremely fast? the summers are cooler behind the house than in the community garden the measurements clearly showed this, sometimes up to 3 degrees celsius / 37.4 degrees fahrenheit on the day cooler than just in front.

[happypalms]

Rise up this morning and three little agave singing sweet songs….. (Bob Marley)

[Mazat]

26 minutes ago, happypalms said:

Rise up this morning and three little agave singing sweet songs….. (Bob Marley)

this is an interesting mind game and is coherent, fits very well with these small (possibly soon larger), Richard 😃