How to Grow Agave: Growing Guide to Planting, Care & Harvest

Agave spp.

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Guides

• Where to Put an Agave: Sun, Drainage and Safe Spine Height
• How Often to Water an Agave: Dry Roots Are the Whole Trick
• Repotting an Agave: Timing, Gritty Mix and Handling the Spines
• Agave Care Through the Year: A Short List of Jobs, Done on Time
• Agave Problems: Rot, Snout Weevil, Scale and Spine Injuries
• How to Propagate an Agave: Offsets Are the Only Sensible Way

Pests and diseases (3)

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.