Agave salmiana

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:21 pm

Any budy ever try Agave salmiana? I bought one and hope to plant it in Arizona this year. Any info would be great.

http://www.architecturalplants.com/ipla ... jpg;form=l

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:52 am

Aaron, your nursery sounds amazing to stock that.
These things are shown on Google Images to grow bigger than cars.

damir · Post by **damir** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:42 pm

one of my favorite agave. great color. huge. winning combination.

damir · Post by **damir** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:49 pm

take a look this video. somewhere in mexico...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJQlQkum ... r_embedded#!

then u make tequilla.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:46 pm

Amazed at the size ... he was standing on a leaf segment!
What a lot of work! (poor agave...)

I am trying to imagine how the natives figured that out...can you picture how many times they tried it differently before they got it right?

I cringed when he removed the spines too

Obviously the plant is now dead?
Wonder what they do with the rest of the plant, just let it rot?

Thanks for posting the video damir, very interesting!
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:10 pm

lucky1 wrote:Aaron, your nursery sounds amazing to stock that.
These things are shown on Google Images to grow bigger than cars.

I got it off ebay for like $5 bucks. Mine is not very big but was not bad for the money.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:18 pm

lucky1 wrote: Obviously the plant is now dead?
Wonder what they do with the rest of the plant, just let it rot?

Barb

It should come back from the roots, thats how they keep the farms going.

In the past they would use the leaves for fiber/threads for ropes and such.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:20 pm

Thanks so much damir for the amazing vid. That makes me want to get it in the ground all the sooner.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:31 pm

should come back from the roots, thats how they keep the farms going

Thought that field picture with hundreds planted were the next crop.

You got that for five bucks off eBay?
...then there's the Canadian eBay site...plants/gardening = cobwebs, with an echo if you knock on the door.

Barb

Okanagan desert-palms · Post by **Okanagan desert-palms** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:30 pm

Very nice addition to your garden Aaron. Here is an interesting video on a 50 year old Agave in Boston. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6idrlI9e ... re=related

John

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 6:53 am

Okanagan desert-palms wrote:Very nice addition to your garden Aaron. Here is an interesting video on a 50 year old Agave in Boston. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6idrlI9e ... re=related

John

How cool is that.

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