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Aaron ... that hybrid is really beginning to take off 😀 I wonder whether it will produce offshoots (pups)?
New agaves I've planted in the ground are Agave Amricana X Scabra hybrid, Agave Salmiana, and Agave Deserti
Agave Americana x Scabra
Agave Salmiana (small)
Agave Deserti
Obtained from Bob Brown's Cotwold Garden flowers from seed he collected in California
The Agave survived -18C and was damaged but not dead. Died at-20C. We do get cold temperatures over here also 😆
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Posted : 25/07/2013 5:13 pm
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Those are some nice agave. I like the green salmiana, sometimes it's nice not to have the blue green like most desert plants. 😀
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-Aaron-
Posted : 25/07/2013 11:38 pm
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
Posted : 20/10/2013 1:41 pm
Aaron,
Beautiful!
Scale isn't obvious (thinking about the nana photos 😆 ), so how wide is it?
Barb
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Posted : 20/10/2013 2:33 pm
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Aaron,
Beautiful!Scale isn't obvious (thinking about the nana photos 😆 ), so how wide is it?
Barb
Sure, the top one is 17 inches across and the bottom is 19" across. 😀
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-Aaron-
Posted : 20/10/2013 4:35 pm
So these two latest pictured would be 2 feet across?
Barb
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Posted : 20/10/2013 4:45 pm
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So these two latest pictured would be 2 feet across?
Barb
No, the measurements are from today. So the bluer one is 17" and the greener one is 19 inches. I hope this helps. 😀
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Posted : 20/10/2013 4:56 pm
Got it thanks.
They've certainly grown well in just a few short years.
Barb
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Posted : 20/10/2013 7:19 pm
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Got it thanks.
They've certainly grown well in just a few short years.Barb
Ya, they have really taken off in the last couple of years. Seem like they are never going to grow and then one year all that stored energy goes to work. 😯
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
Posted : 20/10/2013 9:58 pm
Those are some beautiful Agaves! That hybrid may have so lophantha in it with the strip?
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Posted : 02/11/2013 10:59 pm
Sorry so late to the party. Love all the agaves, they are looking awesome. I am really impressed with the Utahensis, thats one agave that always dies on me. This past summer I lost 2 from just the humidity from 60" of rain. I have since re-acquired all 4 ssp. If these die that will be it for me on that sp. If that hybrid ever makes pups I make you a serious trade. 😯
Posted : 23/12/2013 10:21 am
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Sorry so late to the party. Love all the agaves, they are looking awesome. I am really impressed with the Utahensis, thats one agave that always dies on me. This past summer I lost 2 from just the humidity from 60" of rain. I have since re-acquired all 4 ssp. If these die that will be it for me on that sp. If that hybrid ever makes pups I make you a serious trade. 😯
How are they planted, on a mound I hope? 🙂
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
Posted : 24/12/2013 6:37 pm
At first they where in a raised bed. Then my next trail I tried planting in 4" of pure pea gravel. Which is a method I got from XW forums. This yr they all stayed potted, but the shear humity killed them. I have several struggling agaves like Colorata, neomexicana sunspot, shawii, gentry, deserti simplex, flexsipina and applanata that are suffering too. I have since amended my soil to builders sand, bark chips and gravel for testing on several pups. Seems that Al's gritty mix sucks and is to hard to find all the components.
Posted : 24/12/2013 11:46 pm
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