What to do with a big, leaning Agave? Prop it up? (have agave old green)

We have a big, old agave with a top bit that's about 1.4metres across.
The trunk just below where the green bits start is almost horizontal.
It's very healthy and vigorous, but it looks like the top might snap
off. My wife suggested making a prop to support the top. What do you
think?

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Regards.
Richard.

If it were a tree and you cut it off at the bend it's reasonable to
expect renewed growth up and out , with that succulent unsure but it
might well do so

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Cut it off and take some older leaves off and stick it in the dirt. Will
have new roots in 8 weeks. Do not overwater the soil.

It should also go well deep planted. Take as much stem as possible and dig a
hole to suit the shape of the trunk the deeper the better. Have the Agave's
leaves just clear of the ground. Position it in the most eye pleasing way
which to me is having the central part pointing up. The stem that is
underground will produce roots and the cut end will produce a mass of roots.
The advantage will be the Agave won't be able to turn on an above ground
trunk in search for light for a while. The other advantage is that dormant
buds in the trunk may come up and you will end up having a nice clump.

Thanks, folks. Much better than props.

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Regards.
Richard.

YAY! Then when you have all those extra Agave plants, you can
share a handful with your fellow UQ'er who posted a request to
receive some?!!!!

Actually, we may well have some spare ones soon. We haven't gotten
around to performing the surgery yet, but will probably do it soon.
Some of the existing clump is going to have to go to good homes. Bit
of a stretch to get it to QLD, though :-)

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Regards.
Richard.

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1 16th February 06:11 richard sherratt External User Posts: 1	What to do with a big, leaning Agave? Prop it up? (have agave old green) We have a big, old agave with a top bit that's about 1.4metres across. The trunk just below where the green bits start is almost horizontal. It's very healthy and vigorous, but it looks like the top might snap off. My wife suggested making a prop to support the top. What do you think? -- Regards. Richard.

2 16th February 06:11 atec77 External User Posts: 1	What to do with a big, leaning Agave? Prop it up? (tree succulent) If it were a tree and you cut it off at the bend it's reasonable to expect renewed growth up and out , with that succulent unsure but it might well do so -- X-No-Archive: Yes

4 16th February 06:11 richard sherratt External User Posts: 1	What to do with a big, leaning Agave? Prop it up? Thanks, folks. Much better than props. -- Regards. Richard.

5 16th February 06:11 ms karen james-pearson External User Posts: 1	What to do with a big, leaning Agave? Prop it up? (have) YAY! Then when you have all those extra Agave plants, you can share a handful with your fellow UQ'er who posted a request to receive some?!!!!

6 16th February 19:36 richard sherratt External User Posts: 1	What to do with a big, leaning Agave? Prop it up? (have) Actually, we may well have some spare ones soon. We haven't gotten around to performing the surgery yet, but will probably do it soon. Some of the existing clump is going to have to go to good homes. Bit of a stretch to get it to QLD, though :-) -- Regards. Richard.