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I was born in chihuahua. One of my earliest memories was of eating a roasted agave leaf from a raramuri woman selling it by the railroad tracks in town. It’s like a brown sugar taste, smokey, consistency of like roasted pumpkin with fibers. I’ve thought about roasting one one day myself.

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just bought a ton of creme brulees. sick plant . Great interview

Plant nerds like you are my favorite kind of people Thanks for this video!! Every year that I can I go into the mountains to see the succulents in bloom here on the PNW. I also go on hunts for ancient trees regularly. I wish this was the norm not the outlier :/

Thanks for sharing!

Can air conditioning water be used to water the agaves ?

Good video. This is an important topic for agave lovers because a lot of people are terrified of feeding their desert plants. At the outset, I have a bit of a Japanese approach. I use Magamp K with a dash of Osmocote Plus every time I repot. If it's in the pot for more than 6 months, which it usually is, I start using Organics Alive's soluble nutrients. They have very targeted organic NPK powders you can use to dial in your fertilizer requirements very accurately and easily. For mycorrhizae I use Rootwise Soil Dynamics Mycrobe Complete that I get from Build-A-Soil. It's the BEST mycorrhizae inoculant on the market. Period. I used to use Great White until Rootwise Mycrobe Complete hit the market. The world record largest pumpkin was grown using Mycrobe Complete. The pumpkin was 2,749 pounds. To me Great White is a bit too big batch for me, and there's a LOT of fake Great White products on the market that you may not even know you've been using. If you still prefer to use it, buy it directly from the source to avoid getting scammed. When I'm making fresh soil for agave, and all my desert plants, I use Kelp4Less's granular mycorrhizae inoculant. It's just a quick and easy inoculant right there in the soil in the form of a granulated rock at roughly 3-5mm. I'm assuming they coat the outside of it with both endo and ecto mycorrhizae. I haven't been using it long so I can't make any claims, but many people love it.

I dont have means of weighing accurately to work out when to water, my plants are in all sorts of sizes and shapes of plants and I permanently agonise about when the plant has dried out sufficiently to water again as I want to maximise growth during our short summers. I bought a cheap moisture meter but dont trust it. Is there any other way to decide when the soil is dried out enough. I am just guesstimating based on time elapsed, weather and weight of pot, but the weather varies so much from day to day in the Uk where I live it is challenging!

Thank you very much for the very accessible, interesting and voluminous information. I really enjoyed watching the video.

Great info! Can they be hard grown from seed or as transplanted young plants outside, resulting in the tight upright formation? I’m trying to grow a mostly native garden and I’d love to cultivate some ethically but I love their natural growth formation. So is it just a matter of starting them young outside and recreating their natural growing conditions? I live in S. Nevada btw so I assume that shouldn’t be difficult.

One of these days I want to go see cacti in their habitat. Thank you for sharing.

I had never even considered plants could be poached before watching this video. If an endangered cactus lives in your yard would it still be considered poaching to take cuttings?

Those are awesome! Been wanting one for my collection. 🥰

13:59 Is this “bonsai block” from Bonsai Jack?

It still amazes me how tall the blooms are

I agree, it depends on your climate. I live in the 5th rainiest state in the country: Georgia. During the spring and summer every single day it sits at about 60% humidity here or higher depending on what mother nature throws my way. For cactus I use 100% inorganic. For agave I add no more than 10% organic material in the form of compost or worm castings. My mix is primarily pumice and lava rock, a lava sand called kiryu, followed by zeolite, akadama, a dash of kanuma, and oyster shell or if I have it on hand, limestone. I'm a bonsai tree enthusiast so I tend to have Japanese soils around anyway which is why I use kiryu, akadama, kanuma, hyuga pumice and black fuji rock. Like someone else said in the comments, if it's agave, I'll add a bit of Magamp K and a small amount of Osmocote Plus upon planting. If it's cactus I'll add the tiniest bit of Magamp K upon planting. One thing you didn't mention that is also the purpose of porous rock like lava, pumice, and perlite is the aeration factor. Roots and plants grow faster when the roots can breathe. Fine feeder roots explode with growth when proper aeration is in your potting vessel. Adding limestone or decomposed granite (or any other solid rock) is ideal for drainage, but what makes porous rock so perfect in soil is not only does it drain well, it leaves space for air within the rock itself allowing your roots to breathe.

Thank you for a very informative, helpful video. There is no actual correct answer to potting media or soil mix, and many people do not mention that. The soil mix should always be considered by the growing environment as you said! It is difficult to obtain any crushed limestone in my area, and the fact that it is not necessary makes me at ease :) I use cactus soil mix, seramis, akadama, etc for my agaves. I usually go 20% or less on organic materials. It's great that it dries out fast, but is downside frequent watering. I add MagAmp K, osmocot when repotting and frequently give synthetic fertilizer when watering. The growth definitely feels different when you fertilize agaves, none of my agaves are 'hard-grown' and are doing perfectly fine with forms.

From Japan. Thank you for the insightful video. I came across your video while researching the situation of poaching after I recently saw a large number of eborispina (over 200 /mo) suddenly appeared on Yahoo auction in JP. I thought your explanation of the temporary rescue of the population in connection with land development and the conversion of collected individuals into small cash to fund rescue activities was consistent with the current situation where large numbers of wild eborispina are currently being traded at relatively low prices in the auction. No offense, but on the other hand, your video did not seem to provide any evidence that such rescue activities really exist, and did not explain the content of "land development" and how these developments are unrelated to the incentives provided by the collection of eborispina. (Although I understand there are things you can't disclose to everybody to protect the trust between the people you are involved with). I’m just saying, but It’ll be very helpful If you could provide further in depth information as above in the comments or future video. Thank you for giving us the information about a difficult and sensitive issue.

What is the PPFD to grow Agave Utahensis Eborispina?

I grow an Agave utahensis pup which was from a green, long-spined eborispina. It have been growing from the size of 3cm in length and 5mm in width in estimate. It grew on same condition indoors under growlight for an year, and it's developing more wax and wavy spine probably due to strong UV and light condition. I believe plants are mostly specified by its flower in academics, but agaves may be an exception due to their ability to hybridization and its monocarpic nature(slow growth and flowering also). Similar issues tend to appear in Agave oteroi vs Agave titanota. Plant sellers and markets also just name them or specify them by their own names for marketing purposes and will cause more problems for consumers and marketplace itself in my belief. Thank you for the video to raise aware for the enthusiasts.

Always appreciate your footage of fields and videos sharing your experience and knowledge. I've been growing Agave utahensis indoors with growlight LEDs, watering them regularly as you mentioned. I definitely agree on that regular watering does not affect the form at all, mine are doing perfectly fine. It would be great if you could share your thoughts on the soil mix as habitats of Agave utahensis vary. And the condition of the habitat(minerals, trace elements etc) probably affects the most on their forms and variations (ex. limestone, sandstone). All my agaves including utahensis are doing fine in various soil mixes, but I was curious about others' opinions and thoughts. Thank you for the vid!

Check out msf sugar, a company in australia that is Using agave To produce energy in their powerplant. They mention it's much more efficient than corn and sugar from sugar cane inside the powerplant.

I want it 😢

got distracted on Tissue culture Question, but it has a huge ability to save rare agave and cacti at various risks of extinction. but to further genetics seed is the most natural way. so I think TC is great but it's cant be the majority or whole industry on you risk loosing genetics. im sure it will proliferate though bc americans look for efficiencies, but will likely be in house by large farms one day, don't think small or medium sized farmers benefit from it as much bc TC plants are more expensive then growing your own seed if buying from 3rd party.

Your music is loud and distracting.

Nice video dude very informative

In my opinion wild collected plants should not be made available for sale even if they were rescued. This just confuses the consumers who want to buy legally grown plants. If those rescuers are doing what they do altruistically they should move those plants to a place where they can continue to grow as a wild specimen. I realize that may be easier said than done. We'll never be able to tell the poachers apart from the rescuers so why try? People who really care about the species will grow them from seed, as you are doing and they will rescue the ones who need it without trying to make a buck. Poachers are going to poach and people who don't care will buy from poachers. We just need to make the process difficult and clear cut.

Agave pits are all over far west Texas and southern New Mexico! The Mescalero Apache tribe periodically roast agave in the Guadalupe mountains of Texas and New Mexico as a ceremony to bless the mountains.

Idek what that is

Have you heard of the study of crossbreeding agriculture plants with the lazzuras plants?👍✌️

Can you (legally) take a small cutting and grow a clone, which wouldn't kill the wild plant? I see nothing wrong with that as long as the mother plant isn't significantly harmed. But the law might disagree. Same goes for taking seeds. Interesting plant. Maybe one way to make taking seeds or clones ethical would be to rewild enough cultivated plants to offset what you took. Most seeds in the wild won't be viable, but in cultivation you can get very high germination rates. So returning some to the wild seems like a balanced trade.

Fed parseltongue.

Why should i care?

You show way too many landmarks in this video. It’s like a map for poachers.

Awesome video that explains terms with concrete wording. However, the music in the background while you’re speaking is Very distracting and made it hard to follow.

I have mine under LED over winter (mainly to avoid the UK rainy weather rather than the temps) and then I move it to a south facing balcony for the summer

That’s a massive clump of hedghogs

I always forget that climate doesn't always = latitude. So even way south of here in SLC it can get way way colder bc of elevation and stuff. I guess that helps explain why a lot of cold hardy cacti don't grow very far north but still handle the temps up here just fine.

DUDE thats crazy they got a whole channel dedicated to Agave utahensis lol thats awesome. Personally I like cacti more than agave but utahensis is definitely my favorite species out of the genus. I wish there was a channel like this for Sclerocactus imma just have to make it myself INSTANT SUB.

I planted an agave 'Blue Glow' outside in zone 5, and it quickly perished. I may give Utahensis a try. It's not only cold where I am, but wet also, and this is what makes so difficult.

The only agave I've ever tried is what you buy at the store in a bottle if that counts 😂.... I've heard different stories about roasted agave, it's very acidic and poisonous. That's why it has to be roasted, the cooking prossess break's down the acid so that it's eatable. I been told it tastes like cooked pineapple.... Who knows, maybe someday i will try it if the opportunity presents it's self...

Isn't the Huachuca agave the most cold tolerant since it grows at the 8000 ft level right under the snow line in the Huachuca mountains

Fire Cactus Edit 🔥🔥

I'm in zone 6a far southwest Virginia 2500 feet elevation I've been wanting an agave but every one ive tried froze out the first winter. So I guess this will be the one that I will try next.

dope!

Damn, this edit is underrated AF ❤

Super informative and interesting video, please make more like this! Maybe copiapoas could be on the list?

Pls bring them to Europe I can't find it

I have seen roasting pits, both in the Spring and Beaver Dam Mountains, many years ago. I have not tried roasted agave hearts but would guess that the taste is similar across species. Thanks for your informative video.