Home | Community | Message Board

Original Seeds Store
This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: Bridgetown Botanicals CBD Concentrates, CBD Oils   Mushroom-Hut Liquid Cultures   Original Sensible Seeds Autoflowering Cannabis Seeds, Bulk Cannabis Seeds

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
InvisibleOgla
 User Gallery


Registered: 02/16/04
Posts: 11,314
two large agave plants
    #22434594 - 10/26/15 02:53 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

this guy on craigslist posted for two free agave plants. They are large and in his backyard. He lives really close to me. I think he just wants to get them out his yard. I was thinking take the pina center of the agave and make spirits, then prehaps i can compost with the rest of the plant. Also, i hear you can get nectar and sweetener out of it. What you guys think? Would agave make good compost?


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Offlinekizatzhaddarak
Fairy Tail
 User Gallery


Registered: 10/13/14
Posts: 775
Loc: Pacific Northwest
Last seen: 5 years, 9 months
Re: two large agave plants [Re: Ogla]
    #22434987 - 10/26/15 08:06 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Ok here is the deal with agave.

I would suggest to go and do a little research on them for edible-use. Some varieties contain some compounds that are an Irritant. Some are best not ingested. Some varieties you can indeed macerate the pith and mucelage to make nectar. I am growing a couple varieties for this use.

Agave Salmiana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave_salmiana

Agave horrida v. horrida
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/60612/

I like Agaves regardless of edibility. They are visually interesting to me. I just urge caution in ingesting them. Some species contain Irritants such as Oxolic acid. That react on the skin directly. In some species the irritants can be cooked out or fermented out, but I just urge caution. Not all Agaves are suited for culinary purposes. Not only that, but some people also are allergic to things and are sensative to compounds. I wish you good luck.

If you do decide to get them, take a photo for us. I would love to see them, and the variety that they are.  :wink:


--------------------
The Sleeper Must Awaken!  (I do not advocate the ingestion of any substance without extensive research, and or the advice of trained medical and or spiritual personelle)




Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineSpanishfly
$$$Rich€€€Bich£££
Male


Registered: 03/19/12
Posts: 1,851
Loc: Spain
Last seen: 6 years, 26 days
Re: two large agave plants [Re: Ogla]
    #22435079 - 10/26/15 08:47 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Quote:

losfreddy said:
Would agave make good compost?




I would imagine as good as any other green material.


--------------------
I am currently BANNED from using Private Messages - so can anyone who wants to contact me do it via my Journal thread.  Link is https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/23831115

Maybe some mod or whatever might think this has now been long enough.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleOgla
 User Gallery


Registered: 02/16/04
Posts: 11,314
Re: two large agave plants [Re: Spanishfly]
    #22435862 - 10/26/15 12:35 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

oh snap! so the agave may not be the blue agave thats desirable?!  So if its indeed the other less desirable agave, then its no good for making tequila?


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineSpanishfly
$$$Rich€€€Bich£££
Male


Registered: 03/19/12
Posts: 1,851
Loc: Spain
Last seen: 6 years, 26 days
Re: two large agave plants [Re: Ogla]
    #22436336 - 10/26/15 02:50 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I said green material in the context that good compost is produced from a mix of green materials - green leaves, grass clippings, weeds, etc - and brown materials - bark, coffee grounds,  dead leaves, etc.  It could well be the blue agave - Agave tequilana


--------------------
I am currently BANNED from using Private Messages - so can anyone who wants to contact me do it via my Journal thread.  Link is https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/23831115

Maybe some mod or whatever might think this has now been long enough.


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineStupendous-Yappi
Anomaly XB-311394
Male User Gallery

Registered: 09/23/13
Posts: 778
Loc: USA Flag
Last seen: 3 months, 11 days
Re: two large agave plants [Re: Spanishfly]
    #22436834 - 10/26/15 05:10 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Mezcal is made from various types of agave. Tequila is a type of Mezcal that uses Blue agave. So it doesn't have to be Blue agave but like kizatzhaddarak said you'll want to make sure it's a type that is safe to use.


--------------------


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineLemnaminor
Lophophora - eyed
Male User Gallery


Registered: 11/13/13
Posts: 1,366
Loc: Sicily
Last seen: 1 month, 25 days
Re: two large agave plants [Re: Stupendous-Yappi]
    #22436913 - 10/26/15 05:37 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

well, anyhow, you will probably see blue agave or variegated agave americana, as those are the most common. If you find something different you may want to keep it, despite the process of transport and putting into the ground may be difficult and dispendious ( for example, it's a beautiful A.Ferox!)

Another drink you can make by agaves is Pulque (Salmiana is expecially used for this) but the agaves must be almost flowering.


--------------------



                                                        "The best things in life, come covered in spines."


Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: Bridgetown Botanicals CBD Concentrates, CBD Oils   Mushroom-Hut Liquid Cultures   Original Sensible Seeds Autoflowering Cannabis Seeds, Bulk Cannabis Seeds


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Composting neuro 5,490 9 11/18/12 04:43 PM
by theonlysun81
* Worm Composting, INDOORS Psilocybeingzz 2,464 11 02/26/05 04:52 PM
by OOKLA
* Agaves and tequila sublimistri 2,101 14 03/26/08 09:16 AM
by Mankey
* Tell me about Agave cactus KoOs 1,229 6 04/23/03 12:03 AM
by KoOs
* Perfect Compost outside. nugsarenice 1,505 9 06/04/02 04:26 PM
by nugsarenice
* can i plant my cactus now? sherm 934 12 08/14/04 05:55 PM
by wandrnshaman
* Youth's Botanicals
( 1 2 all )
Youthfuldreams 3,114 39 04/14/10 06:58 PM
by felixhigh
* pasteurized compost water MrMaddHatter 1,227 7 08/23/02 04:31 AM
by SoFarNorth

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Mostly_Harmless, A.k.a
486 topic views. 4 members, 13 guests and 3 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2024 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.024 seconds spending 0.007 seconds on 12 queries.