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- Cultivate the agave as a houseplant
- Frost sensitivity as a reason for the culture in the house
- Select the correct agave type for the windowsill
- Beware of injuries
- Tips
The agave is a pretty, easy-care houseplant
Cultivate the agave as a houseplant
Although it may well take decades for many species of agaves to flower up, these cactus-like succulents are very popular with many hobby gardeners. Finally, the leaves are green all year round and form an exotic-looking leaf rosette.
Frost sensitivity as a reason for the culture in the house
While some agaves can survive some outdoor temperatures, others react with their water-filled leaves extremely sensitive to frost. You can therefore avoid the rearrangement of the agaves between the house and the garden and cultivate this interesting and decorative plant immediately directly in the house. As agaves originally grow in desert-like landscapes, they usually tolerate the strong sunlight and sometimes extreme temperatures on the windowsill very well. However, it does get better for the plants if they are also slightly cooler during the winter time with their reduced incidence of daylight. Due to the cooler temperatures, the following rooms are suitable for wintering the agaves grown in the pot:
Select the correct agave type for the windowsill
If you get the child of an agave as an offshoot, it may initially seem inconspicuous. Large agave species can become too big for the windowsill in just a few years. Therefore, choose a slow and compact agave species as a houseplant, for example:
Particularly decorative are also Agave species, in which the leaves are bordered yellowish.
Beware of injuries
When choosing an agave for the windowsill, you should also pay attention to the formation of spines on the leaves of each species. In an emergency, you can put small pieces of cork on the spikes at the ends of the leaves. It is also possible to carefully remove the spines, but each cut in the agaves is associated with the risk of possible diseases and damage to the leaves.
Tips
While agaves are rarely watered in the field, more regular irrigation is required as a houseplant for a culture. After all, as usual, the plant can not use water from a dripping, morning dew. About every two weeks you can add some liquid fertilizer to the water during the summer season.