How to Care for Agave Utahensis

Agave utahensis is a collector's favorite. But do you know what conditions, what watering and fertilizers, and what lighting it needs to look it's best? I'm a huge agave utahensis nerd and grow them from seed, so here's what I've learned about caring for agave utahensis.

[@Bruiserboy1]

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!

[@mojave_lv]

I'd still absolutely recommend a scale and measuring! An inexpensive kitchen scale can be had for about the same price as that moisture meter. Especially if your weather and pot shape and sizes are variable, you'll probably want to weigh for a few weeks in each season to get an overall pattern.