Foxtail Agave and Aloe Vera

[BeccaBuds]

Potted my 3 new Foxtail Agave (Agave Attenuata), gifted from T. at thecactusjonesdotcom, so here's a mini journal to follow their development. They are small now but get 4 to 8 feet across so I won't be keeping them inside for long! Also got myself a much needed Aloe Vera cutting off ebaydotcom and potted it too. I baked the potting soil in the oven until it reached 160 F to sterilize it. Bottom watered them with 100mL each of distilled water. It's taking a while to soak up after oven baking but no worries.

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I've got a feeling I'm going to be up-potting these and moving them to the patio very soon.

 

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Just came across a photo of flowering Foxtail Agaves! OMG!

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They must get really hungry when they flower! Whaduv I got myself into, lol!

 

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'Ello Aloe! My new houseplant acclimatizing under a 15 watt Cree 5000 Kelvin LED bulb... My own personal cloning gel factory.

 

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The Aloe plant is already starting to take off. It's getting some nice reddish colors and the center leaf has grown some. I sprinkled about a 1/2 to 3/4 tsp of Geoflora Veg and worked it into the topsoil with a toothpick, then watered it in with 100mL of water containing 1mL of Jones Juice. Each of the three Agaves also got 100mL Jonesy water also.

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OMG! I've got a Spiderman infestation!

 

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Gave each of the plants 100mL of water with Jones Juice mixed at 60mL/gallon after spinkling a bit of myco atop the soil in each pot.

 

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The Aloe Vera is getting really dark green like I've seen a few African Aloe varieties do, but never an Aloe Vera. I hope it's due to the LED lamp and not a health problem. Aloe is pretty hardy, though so it's probably adjusting to the light and newly inoculated soil.

 

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I was surprised and delighted to find the Aloe has sprouted a pup already, but the mother doesn't look happy so I leached the soil in the sink. A lot of brown water ran off but after several liters poured through the soil, it's running clear now. I'll leave it to drain off for an hour before putting it back in the garden.
I am going to have to leach each of the agaves, too. They are planted in the same used soil and are not looking healthy either.

 

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The Aloe and Agave all look better after flushing the soil. There must have been a lot of buildup of fertilizer salts. Aloe has yet another pup already and is looking more green!

 

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All are really kicking it now. The Aloe is going ape with pups left, right, front and back. The Agaves are in need of bigger containers. I might just put one in a SIP out on the patio to see how it does.