Phil I wish most bulbs could split like some of the manfredas and agave that I have here. I do not know of your exact hybrid however I have found that these are some of the toughest plants and I would be tending to keep them on the dry side until they have established. If I am trying something new like this I always try one or two while trying to inflict the least amount of damage on the mother plant. As most plants recover from minor damage it might be something you might want to consider and throw into the mix. Kind Regards and Best Wishes Ron Redding Hervey Bay Australia >From: "P. C. Andrews" <pcamusa@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >Subject: [pbs] Mangave >Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:36:58 -0500 > >As I'm typing, the subject line looks like the title of a low grade horror >movie. >There was a discussion of the Macho Mocha bigeneric hybrid (ex Yuccado) a >few months ago. I have a follow up observation and question. Land crabs >discovered and completely defoliated my Macho Mocha in just two nights, >eating well into the center. I potted it up in a tall, smooth-sided pot to >see if it would recover and after 6 months find that I now have a >two-headed plant. >So my question(s): Is it possible to split agave or manfreda much like you >split some bulbs for propagation purposes? Has anyone attempted this and >are there any tricks to reduce mortality? Is dry season splitting likely >to be better than rainy season? >I'd like to have some idea before I sharpen my cutlass and start >experimenting with my excess agave. >Regards, >Phil Andrews > >_________________________________________________________________ >FREE online classifieds from Windows Live Expo – buy and sell with people >you know >http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/… > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php _________________________________________________________________ Join the millions of Australians using Live Search. Try live.com.au http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/…