My mom winters in the keys in Florida and the gardener there was talking to her about his dislike of agaves. Apparently he was helping a lady with her...
Howdy, I raise agaves and get stuck all the time but never had a bad reaction but last week I was planting a Yucca brevifola (Joshua tree) and got stuck in the...
Like anything else, it's on a sliding scale. Your mom's gardner is on the bad end of the scale. Some folks (like myself) have little or no reaction....but I...
What is an Agave doing in Florida, I think the plant was trying to give a message. I get poked all the time by them as well, they bleed and that is the end...
In my reply I was actually thinking of the agave SAP. I'm not sure whether the reaction from getting "stuck" has the same chemical or physiological basis as...
According to the gardener my mom was talking to, there are approx 25-30 species of agave in Florida. I have seen many growing in gardens but none in the wilds...
I think there may be only one, or possibly two species NATIVE to Florida, but they should grow pretty well there, if they are not the "hard core" dry species....
... 30 ... According to the USDA PLANTS database, the following Agaves are in Florida: americana decipiens desmettiana neglecta sisalana Plus Manfreda...
Hi all; Under Photos > MaartenAgaves, at the end of the album (click "Last") you find 2 pics of the plant, send to me by a friend. Any comments? Friend =...
Hi Piet, Just a report about the Agave ferdinandi-regis seeds you gave me. I sowed them this month, February beeing exceptionnally sunny and warm here, even if...
Hello nice to hear that This week I sowed 112 differend agavaceasseeds also the first Agave ferdinandi-regis I still have some few seeds off this last one,...
Hi, Gardening With Containers is a very beneficial and useful way of gardening. I myself like it too much. I am sure that if you'll try Gardening With...
Darren sorry to tack on to your message, but it was on the same subject, so took the opportunity. Thanks, rf65tI have some fruit that seems to be getting...
Hello, I am looking for the following reference : Minnis, P. & Plog, S. 1976 "A study of the site specific distribution of Agave parryi in East Central...
Quentin: I would contact Wendy Hodgson at the Desert Botanical Garden in Arizona. whodgson@... Wendy has done quite a bit of research regarding these...
We all have Gentry's book on Agave, by Dr. Ted Anderson, the Huntington Gardens has his collection. I have Dr Anderson Agave parryi truncated. It is the one...
Hi Norma, I would like to get some of that seed. When I sow seed, i fill a 4 inch or 6 inch pot with seed mix (3 parts 1/4 inch minus compost, 2 parts perlite,...
Creg if the seed are black in the pod they are fertile for sure. Many of the seed in the pods have not turned black yet. and I don't know enough to guarantee...
Hi Norma, Wait until the pods start to turn brown, then open them up and take out the seed. Once the pods are dry, the fertile seeds will have turned black. ...
Greg they have already started to turn black in the green pods, so I thought I had better ask. I am having trouble with my printer and want to save this...
Thanks, I will try to contact Wendy Hodgson for this publication. I saw that she had wrote some publication on the subject. I don't arrive to find them in...
hello everyone, i'm new in the forum. i thought i'd introduce myself with a picture of an agave. we are visiting friends in tucson and just went to the tucson...
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