COLD HARDY
PLANTS
Growers and Breeders of Unusual Cold Hardy
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Agave lechuguilla
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Quantity
of plants tested: 1
Size of plant tested: moderate sized plant, 6" pot size.
Soil texture: sandy loam
When planted: the plant was planted in soil in May 2002.
Winter protection: it was under a plastic tarp from December
-March.
Microclimate: warm microclimate, about 3 ft from south facing
wall.
Temperature: refer to 2002-2003 winter on this chart
Findings: the plant nearly died. Many leaves pulled in the
spring. The plant appeared fine until it warmed up a bit in late
March to early April. It was very cold this winter, our town had 50
days with highs 32F or lower and 2 days with the high temp of 12F. |
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October
22, 2002 - This photo shows the plant prior to the winter. This
plant was sent from a friend (Steve!) in Las Cruces, NM back in the fall
of 2001. It was containerized that fall and was actually kept
outside in it's pot for most of the winter and did fine. |
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April
13, 2003 - This photo shows the same plant in mid April. It's
not doing too well now. It looked fine until late March when some
browning was starting to take place. |
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April
19, 2003 - This photo shows the same plant about 1 week later. I
was cleaning the garden (pulling the leaves off this plant with little
force) until the last, center spear didn't pull any longer. IT
LIVED???? Only time will tell. It's April 29 today and the spear
still didn't pull.
It died a couple weeks later.
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