Agave talk & pictures

[Herts Mike]

Isn’t it just!

[edds]

Was just about to say I thought it'd be taller but then I forgot how big the rosette is!

[Tina]

Fantastic , looks like it should be in Jurassic park not Pauls garden

[Patrick]

really impressive

[ralphrmartin]

I can only echo the comments above.

[Paul in Essex]

Thanks all! Although it is nothing to do wiith me, just the plant doing its thing

[Patrick]

Any idea what's going on here?

I got this from Tina in 2020 looking like this.

It has gone backwards ever since and now looks like this.

It's in shade, semi outside so it doesn't get too hot, nor does it get frost in winter. It permanently looks like it's about to burst through (there is a little strip of green underneath if you look carefully) but never does. It could be a magnificent plant. I didn't realise how far backward it had gone until I looked out the first pic!

[NorfolkExotics]

Have you ever unpotted it to look what state the roots are in? If it doesn't have any living roots then the plant won't be able to absorb sufficent water and minerals which might explain why its regressing. I don't have any experience with Agave chazaroi (not very hardy here) but have had a couple of shrevei ssp. matapensis offsets go backwards similarly to your chazaroi. After getting sick of looking at them I took them out of their pots and there were no roots at all. I then put them back in the same pots with pure inorganic material for about a month and they sprouted numerous new roots. They are now back in my normal mixture for potted Agaves and are growing fine.

I would take it out of the pot and look at the root situation to see if that has anything to do with the issue. Of course I could be completely wrong though (it wouldn't be the first time ).

[Tina]

Hi Patrick,
Poor little thing, sometimes they do just seem to hang around, not thriving or dying, I have an expensive variegated cubic thats been dithering for 3+ years.
Have you tried adding mycorrhiza fungi , I have also used 'gel to root' to give them a boost , its good for succulents as they will absorb thru the skin even if they have no roots.
You would think with your better growing conditions it would be romping away.

[Colin Walker]

Any idea what's going on here?

I got this from Tina in 2020 looking like this.
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It has gone backwards ever since and now looks like this.

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It's in shade, semi outside so it doesn't get too hot, nor does it get frost in winter. It permanently looks like it's about to burst through (there is a little strip of green underneath if you look carefully) but never does. It could be a magnificent plant. I didn't realise how far backward it had gone until I looked out the first pic!

Patrick, sorry to make you feel bad, but here's a photo of my best A. chazaroi to show you what it should look like. BTW I've had this plant for over 10 years and initially it struggled a bit but now as you can see is a really handsome beast. The dark maroon margins contrasting the bright green leaves are very appealing.

As you can see this plant lives in the conservatory so winter temps never drop below 12 degrees, so it receives water all year round.