Successfully overwinter the agave

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• Successfully overwinter the agave
• The culture of agaves as potted plants
• Suitable winter quarters for agaves
• Freeze Agave outdoors in the open air
• Tips

The agave must spend the German winter in the house

Successfully overwinter the agave

Although the characteristic inflorescences of the agaves have been towering into the sky for centuries on the shores of the Mediterranean, the succulent, originally stemless plants originally came from North, Central and South America. While some species of agave from mountainous regions are also hardy outdoors, other species must be wintered in a frost-free place in the house.

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The culture of agaves as potted plants

In most of the agave species, care has been naturalized in this pot as a container plant in the pot. Sun-hungry plants can always be placed in the sunniest possible spot between spring and autumn and can be easily brought into the house in winter. In order for the plants to cope with the limited daylight in the house in winter, you should not fertilize them in the winter quarters and only pour them very sparingly.

Suitable winter quarters for agaves

If your non-hardy agaves are to survive the winter as unscathed as possible, temperatures between 4 and 14 degrees Celsius should prevail in winter quarters. Therefore, the following premises are usually suitable as a winter location for the agave:

It is important above all, that even in winter enough daylight can reach the leaves of the agaves.

Freeze Agave outdoors in the open air

Certain types of agave are also suitable for wintering outdoors. To prevent decay phenomena due to increased moisture levels under a protective layer of coniferous tree trunks, the plants should be surrounded by a layer of coarse gravel above the planting substrate.

Tips

Agaves are basically adapted to locations in bright sunlight, but they are quite sensitive to extreme contrasts in the supply of light and temperature. Therefore you should not expose the specimens of this plant family, which have been cultivated in the tub and have wintered in the house, to full solar radiation in the spring. The plants will thank you if you move them from the winter quarters first for a few days in the partial shade and then on a rather cloudy day to the final location in the garden.