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My 2 giant agaves winter in the cellar - 1/2


My 2 giant agaves winter in the cellar - 1/2 (Agave americana (Century plant))

15 Nov 2013



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Beautiful can't wait till mine get this big :-)

25 Nov, 2013

 

Me neither! But what will we do with them over the winter!

25 Nov, 2013

 

Thank you both for your comments :-)

I'll leave it like that, without a proper pot.

I must confess it's really a pain in the a*s* to dig it up and bring it indoors because of the size of it and the deadly tip of the leaves :-(

26 Nov, 2013

 

Tommymoo:

Just wait until it grows three or four times this size. It'll really be a pain! LOL!

This Agave americana grows wild here in most of our canyons or on the side of our mesas.

Here's how large they grow here in San Diego.

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/56007-agave-americana-century-plant/member/Delonix1

28 Nov, 2013

 

Delonix1:

I looked at your photo; that's humongous!! Mine is still a "baby" compared to THAT!!!

Mine and the one in your photo look slightly different to me. The leaves of mine curl up a bit but yours are pretty much straight. Do you think they are both "Agave americana"?

1 Dec, 2013

 

I looked to OMG its huge!!! if mine got that big it'd take its chances outside lol I'd do myself a mischief trying to wrestle that indoors.

2 Dec, 2013

 

Tommymoo:

Yes, they grow very large and are very plentiful here.

I think your is the same species; although, there's many species of Agave.

4 Dec, 2013

 

Simbad:

Yes, if your plant got as big as the one in my photo you would need a crane to move it. lol! :>)

4 Dec, 2013



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