Tina wrote: ↑Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:29 pm
Looking good, I wonder if it will/can wait until next year if we don't get some nice sunny days
Inflorescence height above leaf tips
7th 8am 115cm
.... 8pm 122cm
8th 8am 125.5cm
.... 8pm 131cm
10th 8am 142cm
17th 8am 173cm =21cm in 7 days
26th 8am 181cm = 8cm in 9 days - so even before today's drop in temperature, slowing down a lot compared to 7cm in 12 hours back on the 7th.
So a definite doubt, Tina, as to whether I'll have any flowers opening this year.
The buds don't look very different today to the photo of the 17th. But look more closely at the bud size in proportion to the stem diameter or the filaments, and they definitely are growing.
The leaf tips at the base of the inflorescenc are 38cm above the compost level. So the inflorescence height above soil level is 219cm. Must get the stepladders out.
I noticed on Saturday that the buds on the top 15cm had dried up.
I hadn't been watering in the recent dry weather. There has been some light rain, but the leaves cover pretty much all of the pot surface, keeping rain out. I did give a good soaking once I spotted the problem. 48 hours later this morning's downpour made sure that nothing was left at all dry.
Must remember in future to water flowering Agaves once the flower spike gets up to around 2 metres.
