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Posted by heidiho St. Martinville, La. (My Page) on Sat, Nov 21, 09 at 23:39
Someone gave me several small century plants all in a 10" pot.
When can I plant these in the yard, and should I seperate each small plant or keep them all in a clump? Will they grow fast? Should I feed them? Not sure of the species but the leaves are light green and don't have spines on them.
Sorry I'm not much help but can't post a photo. Will try to find a forum that I can post the photo.
Thanks for your time and have a nice Sunday. |
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RE: century plant question
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- Posted by heidiho St. Martinville, La. (My Page) on
Sat, Nov 21, 09 at 23:55
| I have posted a picture in cacti photo gallery of large ones that look just like my small ones do. |
RE: century plant question
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| Century plants grow pretty quickly so I would separate them. Are they seedlings, devisions or plants that developed on the stalks??? |
RE: century plant question
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Divide them, give them plenty of room in full sun.
Congrats on the new babies.
Tally HO! |
RE: century plant question
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| Heidi, I don't see your picture(s) there, but your Agave (the most common Latin name for 'century plant', because they take so long to bloom) would benefit from full sun, porous soil (although they would also likely grow in clay/caliche/just about anything). Give them some water when they're dry and feed them some general diluted fertilizer if you want to (they don't have to have it). I also think a 'century plant' could be a Yucca, from your description of thornless leaves, but without seeing a picture I'm not sure. Come to think of it, even with a picture I could not be sure. |
RE: century plant question
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| First, you posted the photo in the general Garden Photo gallery, not the Cacti Gallery linked at the top of the Cacti and Succulents forum page. I finally found it by searching your tag. Here is the photo you found for everyone to see: Heidiho's plant looks like: All Agaves have a sharp terminal spine on each leaf. If your plant does not have them, it must be something else.
Assuming it really is an agave, there are only a couple with smooth leaf margins that look like the plant you linked: Agave vilmoriniana Agave attenuata Brad |
RE: century plant question
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- Posted by heidiho St. Martinville, La. (My Page) on
Mon, Nov 23, 09 at 0:41
Wantonamara; they are divisions
paracelsus; thanks for the info
I appreciate everyone's help.
I'll put it in full sun and seperate the little ones so they can be on their own.
Have a nice week everyone. |
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