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OfflineLemnaminor
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Propagating Agave
    #23413892 - 07/05/16 02:01 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Hi Guys
A friend of mine ( I started this guy to the world of cactus and succulents) has this exemplar of Agave Americana


This plant was taken from the wild, and while I don't encourage taking exemplars from mother nature, i feel i would have done the same, since agave americana is not endangered, plus is more than abundant in Sicily (As abundant as Opuntia Ficus Indica is)

the plant is just a variegated A Americana. An offset from a bigger Patch of regular agaves ( dunno if regular or yellow variegated ones but probably the latter)

Now, i asked him to pot it in a bigger container, hoping for it to put offsets ( this is as i know one of the easiest ways to propagate Agave, aside aerial bulbis)

As today the plant didin't indeed put offsets. And even if it did, i dunno if those would be as variegated as it is (are offsets clones?  if they are, are they supposed to be as variegated as the motherplant?).

I wonder if  the Leaf propagation method that is mostly used for a great number of succulents works too for an agave. I think that would be assuring the variegation, but i don't really know if it works

Any experience with that? any speculation? i really want this genetics in my collection.


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Re: Propagating Agave [Re: Lemnaminor]
    #23413937 - 07/05/16 02:15 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Offsets are indeed clones - they have the identical DNA to their only parent. 

Agave americana is dead common here as well - I can see no negative aspect to taking one (or even more) from the wild population - which is not indigenous anyway.  No idea if a leaf cutting will work - maybe only one way to find out.


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Re: Propagating Agave [Re: Spanishfly]
    #23413968 - 07/05/16 02:27 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

i know, just felt i'd ask here first.
if the exemplar was mine i wouldn't hesitate to cut a big leaf and take the risk.


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Re: Propagating Agave [Re: Lemnaminor]
    #23414296 - 07/05/16 04:29 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

I've tried rooting a few large leaves (~3ft) of a blue agave but didn't have any luck. Maybe the leaves need to be young to propagate? :shrug:


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Re: Propagating Agave [Re: Stupendous-Yappi]
    #23415403 - 07/05/16 10:42 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

kill apical meristem to make it offshoot like crazy


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Re: Propagating Agave [Re: penker]
    #23415883 - 07/06/16 02:54 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Mmmm sounds intresting. I will test it on regualr agaves first.
Upon further investigation, the plant was not found clumped with bigger others ( as an offset) but slightly isolated. And had no "umbical cord" so its most likely to be a variegated genetic from seed.


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