Features: thick leaves, broad-band basal leaves, gray-green, covered with white powder, with spines and barbs at the top, panicles. Yellow-green flowers, flowering from June to July, capsule. There are also varieties of agave in Phnom Penh and agave in silver border. Native to tropical America. It is distributed in southern provinces of China and cultivated everywhere. Sex likes a warm and sunny environment. Not cold-tolerant, drought-tolerant. Like well-drained, loose and fertile soil.

Uses: potted indoor viewing, can decorate the venue and hall. It can also be planted in the open field as a cultivation material for the center of the felt flower bed.

Daily maintenance: the light requirement is not high, just keep it at 4~6 degrees in winter. After watering once, be sure to wait for the soil to dry before watering. If the soil accumulates water, it will often cause decay.

Life habits of agave:

I like a warm, dry and sunny environment. Slightly cold-resistant, more resistant to shade and drought. Good drainage system and fertile sandy loam are necessary. The temperature in winter is not lower than 5℃.

Commonly used ramets and sowing propagation. Divide plants, when changing pots in early spring and April, take out the mother plant, peel off the tillers next to the mother plant and plant separately. Sowing and cross-pollination can bear fruit. After collecting seeds, sow in April-May and germinate in about 2 weeks. The seedlings grow slowly, and grow rapidly after they become seedlings. Only old plants over 10 can blossom and bear fruit.

Breeding method of agave:

Mixed soil of coarse sand and humus commonly used in potted plants. Fertilize 1 time every month during the growth period. Increase the amount of watering in summer, keep the leaves green and tender, and slightly block the agave with white or yellow edges under the scorching sun. After autumn, agave grows slowly, so it is necessary to control watering, dry as much as possible, stop fertilizing and cultivate the soil properly. If potted, the secondary tillers should be removed in time to keep the plants beautiful.

Summer is its growing season. Water can be watered once a day. Do not tolerate thick fertilizer, and avoid applying oily fertilizer. It is best to change the culture soil once a year when changing pots, and water horseshoes once a month during the growing season. In order to cultivate agave better, we should also pay attention to its reproduction. First of all, we can insert the buds born next to the old plants into sandy loam and take root in about 20 days. After plants grow for a period of time, they will grow faster by changing the culture soil. The second is to split the old roots into five or six buds and water them slightly after planting.

Generally speaking, new buds can differentiate into plants after two or three years of growth, while old plants can differentiate into plants every year. Resistant to early waterlogging, pay attention to adding gravel and fine sand as impervious layer when loading pots. After entering the room in winter, put it in a well-lit place to keep the soil slightly wet and often spray water on the leaves. During the wintering period, you can also take out the plants, remove the soil from the roots, tie the leaves with ropes, and hang them in a sheltered and oil-free place without watering them all winter. The following year, I left home at Qingming. Gradually increase the amount of watering and continue to grow.