How to tend a Agave macroacantha
Also known as: Agave besseriana De Smet ex Jacobi, Agave concinna Lem., Agave flavescens Salm-Dyck, Agave integrifolia Baker, Agave linearis Jacobi, Agave macroacantha var. integrifolia Trel., Agave oligophylla Baker, Agave pugioniformis Zucc., Agave subfalcata Jacobi, Agave sudburyensis Baker, Agave flavescens var. macroacantha (Zucc.) Jacobi
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Resistant to drought, water thoroughly when soil is dry, water more frequently in summer, reduce water in winter dormancy
Sunlight
Likes adequate sunshine, shade properly under summer strong light
Soil
Peat soil or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
Dilute fertilizers following instructions, in summer and autumn apply fertilizers once monthly
Pruning
Remove dead, yellowish and disease leaves timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Americas
- Category
- Agavaceae, Agave
- Size
- Diameter ⥠10 cm, height ⥠15 cm
- Blooming period
- Succulent plants, sometimes flowers, yellow green flowers
- Flower colors
- Leaf color green or green and yellow in mixture
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