AGAVE FEROX

ORIGIN AND CHARACTERISTICS

This plant is a succulent that belongs to the agavaceae family, from Mexico. Within the Agave species, the Ferox is the one that will reach the largest wingspan, reaching 1.5 meters in height, it does not form a stem and each of its leaves can measure one meter in length and about 30-40 centimeters in width. . It contains thorns throughout and at its end we will find a thorn about 9 cm long.

Its flowering time comes in summer, appearing in it some flowers of a shade between yellow and green, forming a spike that can be about 10 meters long. Once the flowering is finished it begins to die. Flowering usually arrives between 10 to 30 years of the plant.

This shrub is colloquially known as “Maguey”, it has a rosette shape and is very resistant, it does not require great maintenance, since it does not need a large amount of water.

DECORATION OF ... EXTERIOR OR INTERIOR?

Normally we usually find this plant more in gardens than indoors, but it is valid for both environments.

Indoors it requires a bright and spacious area in which it can grow, without the need for us to be overly concerned about it in the winter season, and in summer it only needs to be watered from time to time. Outside it requires the same care.

CARE FOR CACTUS AND SUCCULENTS

They are showy plants, very pretty and that practically do not need much maintenance.

- They prefer places with direct light or that have good lighting, preferably next to a window, on a balcony, a terrace or in your Garden.

- They can withstand low temperatures, around -5º.

- It is essential that they have good drainage, both in the soil and in a pot.

- The ideal substrate for cacti has to be combined with sand and gravel, so that they have good drainage, humidity and excess water are not good.

- Irrigation does not have to be excessive. From spring to autumn, which would be its growth period, water every 15 days, abundant watering and wait for the soil to be very dry again. In winter do not water or give one watering per month.

- Fertilizer. During the growing season (spring - autumn) you can fertilize them with worm humus. Eggshells are a good homemade fertilizer, they contain (Calcium, Iron, Potassium, magnesium and Phosphorus) these nutrients are very important and favor their growth, you must crush and mix them with the substrate, administer them a couple of times a year.

- Treatment against fungi due to excess humidity, disinfect the area with a copper-based fungicide.

- If you want to transplant them from the pot or the ground, the best time would be from spring.

And don't forget that to work with cacti you have to wear good gloves.