I'm not sure of your answer but based on what this sas, it leads me to
believe that you might want to wait for warmer weather to do this:
Agave americana
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Century Plant
=B7 Native to Mexico
=B7 The gray, sword-shaped leaves, arranged in a basal rosette, are up to=
5 feet long, nearly 10 inches wide, and are curved at the tip and
toothed at the margins
=B7 Said to be cold-hardy to 12 degrees F with little damage to the leave=
s
=B7 Best grown with afternoon shade in hot, humid climates
=B7 Stays smaller when potted, but outdoors grows to about 4 feet high an=
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4 feet wide =
=B7 Requires minimum watering in spring and summer, and best kept dry in
the winter
=B7 Fertilize when watering with cactus fertilizer or one recommended for=
tomatoes
=B7 As with all types of Agave, the effort to produce the flowers exhaust=
s
the plant which dies within a short time; it reproduces thanks to the
seeds dispersed in the wind and the lateral shoots produced at the base
of the stem just before it dies
=B7 Pests include the red spider mite and mealy bugs =
Agave americana 'Marginata'
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Variegated Century Plant
=B7 Marginata has margins of yellowish-white to deep yellow
Agave victoriae-reginae
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=B7 Native to Mexico ( Coahila, Chihuahua desert) where it grows mainly i=
n
calcareous soil characterized by a desert or semi-desert environment;
large colonies may often be found growing along the steep slopes of the
canyons
=B7 The green leaves with their strongly marked white borders are short =
(15-20 cm), rigid and Propagate by seed or leaf cuttings from base
shoots that nearly always have roots already thick and grow close
together, with a short and robust black thorn at the end of each leaf
=B7 The inflorescence, a spike that grows several feet high, contains man=
y
paired flowers of various colors, often shades of purple red
=B7 It requires well-drained soil and exposure to sunlight
=B7 It should be kept dry in winter, but water well during spring and
summer, adding potassium-rich fertilizer
jk
Whit wrote:
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When is a good time to separate them from the family? And how is it
done?
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A neighbor gave us 4 pups last year, they are now about 18"-24"
tall/wide/circumference, several have little 4"-6" pups, really cute bu=
t
I'd like to transplant them somewhere else.
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I thought it was blue agave I had, but after googling I don't think the=
y
are. They are the common, thick bladed, frosty blue-green type that can=
grow quite large, they leave an image of the next blades thorns on the
previous blade as they grow.
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Thanks
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Here's hoping for snow this year! clink
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J Kolenovsky, A+, Network +, MCP
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