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Agave enorme ( huge ) :

Posted by WSimpson NC <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/info/user=WSimpson+NC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 5/1/2019, 12:13 pm

First , I have a picture of my Washy . I guess I can call it a palm now ? If I can't call it a palm yet it won't be long because it is growing super fast now :

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Citrumelo flowers littering the lawn :

Here are small fruits on my Citrumelo . Sorry about the blurry pictures . This plant should have hundreds of fruit on it this year . It has way more fruit and flowers on it than I've ever seen :
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I thought my Agave was getting big :
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I saw this picture in a Mexican restaurant and have never seen an Agave this big . Does anyone know the variety ? It's hard to get your bearings but it is a picture against a wall , and there are some reflections too . It almost looks fake , being that the plant is so huge , but I guess that's a real picture . :
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Soil Temps today :
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Thanks for looking .
Will

Found a weather widget . I don't know if it updates though ?

Winston-Salem
Ten year lows: 12F 15F 19F 20F 5F 4F 15F 7F 8F (14F 2019)
10 Year Average Winter Lowest Low 11.9F ; 30 Year 11.7F
Profession:Trachy Defiberer and Palm Spear Puller (free estimates)

Agave Mapisaga

Posted by Jim in Iowa <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/info/user=Jim+in+Iowa' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 5/1/2019, 8:37 pm, in reply to " Agave enorme ( huge ) :"

https://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=3985

Re: Agave enorme ( huge ) :

Posted by Alex NYC <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/info/user=Alex+NYC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 5/1/2019, 9:36 pm, in reply to " Agave enorme ( huge ) :"

Great photos! Your washy is definitely back to palm tree status. It looks amazing!
Those soil temperatures are very promising too. My caladiums are popping up all over now that the soil temperature is well into the 70s! The curcumas are starting to return also!

See UPDATED pics of my tropical plants in on my Blog!
http://tropicalsinzone7.blogspot.com
NOW: Gainesville, FL; zone 9a
WAS: New York City; zone 7b

Re: Agave enorme ( huge ) :

Posted by Ken-Charlotte <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/info/user=Ken-Charlotte' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 5/2/2019, 9:17 am, in reply to " Agave enorme ( huge ) :"

Will:

I used to live down in San Antonio, and the mature Agave Americanas get enormous - like easily 10' and 10' wide. Too big for the average 1/3 acre residential lot. I'm not sure if the Americana is the biggest variety, but it is common. When it shoots up its flower spike, it is something to behold.

Re: Agave enorme ( huge ) :

Posted by WSimpson NC <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/info/user=WSimpson+NC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 5/3/2019, 9:25 am, in reply to "Re: Agave enorme ( huge ) :"

Thanks Ken .
Those flower spikes are incredible on top of those huge leaves .
Will

Winston-Salem
Ten year lows: 12F 15F 19F 20F 5F 4F 15F 7F 8F (14F 2019)
10 Year Average Winter Lowest Low 11.9F ; 30 Year 11.7F
Profession:Trachy Defiberer and Palm Spear Puller (free estimates)

Re: Agave enorme ( huge ) :

Thanks Alex .
My Washy is really going to be a show stopper for this area in a month or two .
Will

Winston-Salem
Ten year lows: 12F 15F 19F 20F 5F 4F 15F 7F 8F (14F 2019)
10 Year Average Winter Lowest Low 11.9F ; 30 Year 11.7F
Profession:Trachy Defiberer and Palm Spear Puller (free estimates)

Re: Agave Mapisaga

Thanks Jim .
That sounds like it could be the variety being that it is the biggest variety of Agave .
Are you getting any surprises in the garden now that it has warmed up ?
Will

Winston-Salem
Ten year lows: 12F 15F 19F 20F 5F 4F 15F 7F 8F (14F 2019)
10 Year Average Winter Lowest Low 11.9F ; 30 Year 11.7F
Profession:Trachy Defiberer and Palm Spear Puller (free estimates)

Re: Agave Mapisaga

Posted by Jim in Iowa <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/info/user=Jim+in+Iowa' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 5/3/2019, 11:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Agave Mapisaga "

It really hasn't warmed up....the Rostrata and Terscheckii were both
killed by back to back -20F nights....the biggest Waggie and Bulgarian are
coming back now though....moving end of the month
but not sure what is coming along....more flooding rains next week too.

Happy Cinco de Mayo

Posted by Rob Cookeville Tn <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/info/user=Rob+Cookeville+Tn' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 5/4/2019, 1:11 pm, in reply to " Agave enorme ( huge ) :"

To you and your friends Will.
Your Washy is an icon here and its looking so nice friend. If I may say so, your agave is getting big

Will, you may have seen something like this in a painting and its the Tequila Agave. Long an agricultural plant for Mexico and one that would be photographed perhaps with a one year old camposino poquino.

Agave tequilana, commonly called blue agave (agave azul) or tequila agave, is an agave plant that is an important economic product of Mexico

That would be my guess.

part of the community for 22 years
z7a Tennessee

Re: Happy Cinco de Mayo

Posted by WSimpson NC <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/info/user=WSimpson+NC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 5/4/2019, 5:01 pm, in reply to "Happy Cinco de Mayo"

Great looking Agaves Rob . They look huge in that second picture .
Will

Winston-Salem
Ten year lows: 12F 15F 19F 20F 5F 4F 15F 7F 8F (14F 2019)
10 Year Average Winter Lowest Low 11.9F ; 30 Year 11.7F
Profession:Trachy Defiberer and Palm Spear Puller (free estimates)

Re: Agave Mapisaga

Keep us posted on surprises .
I've been hearing about all that rain over there in Iowa .
Will

Winston-Salem
Ten year lows: 12F 15F 19F 20F 5F 4F 15F 7F 8F (14F 2019)
10 Year Average Winter Lowest Low 11.9F ; 30 Year 11.7F
Profession:Trachy Defiberer and Palm Spear Puller (free estimates)

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