i must be doing something right ....(at last)

:rolleyes: !!!

 

:D

 

Hello again all!!! the monster is now flowering as the pics show. Luckily it is still with us....the high winds toppled it twice.....Thank god it didnt snap....although there is some damage and the extreme top snapped off


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And for a bit of scale the fence is 4 feet high

 

Thats excellent matey, shame about the wind. The wind has been a real pain here too, looks quite open to gusts where you are.

 

Wow Steve! Have you had aircraft flying into it? :D It's enormous! And your close-up shots of the flowers are great. Tried to get one but neither of my favourite gc's had any; but judging by that flower where would they put it? Will try later in the year when I should be able to fit it in the car :D

 

Thats great Steve, glad you managed to get it through the winds.

Strange little flowers on the ends of such a large stalk.

They look very yucca like.

 

Wow Steve, that is fantastic! You must be very proud of that! I felt triumphant at growing a 10ft hollyhock!!
Well done that man!

 

what have you been feeding it i would;nt mind giving my vegatables some

 

its done it all by itself...only a rare watering with miracle grow

 

well dragged this post back to add a couple more pics....the poor fella has taken a battering over summer, being toppled at least 10 times....well the growths on it are they seed pods or baby plants??????? i've tried pulling some off and potting them up just incase?????

 

OOOh! Steve, it's hard to tell! But either way you should end up with loads of monsters!!! Your plot will probably show up on Google Earth if they all grow!! :D :D
Don't suppose I could be really cheeky and ask for one? :rolleyes:

 

Nice one, well done Steve. It is doing the rounds under the name of Furcraea beddinghausii (aka longaeva), but I'm informed that species doesn't produce plantlets on the flower spikes. However, others state that all Furcraeas produce adventitious growths, so I have to question the accuracy of that information.

Whatever, it's a very fine Furcraea and a far less vicious plant than its more widely planted, close relative Agave americana. When planted in the ground, it can form a short trunk below the rosette and in exceptional cirumstances, the flower spikes can rise to 12m. or more. The new plantlets root very quickly when pushed innto pots of free draining compost. Looks as though you've got enough to start a nursery!

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I really fancy trying that one!! Have tracked down seeds at Chiltern - if any else is interested? http://www.edirectory.co.uk/chilternseeds/pages/moreinfo.asp?pe=DEBJFBGQ_+furcraea+bedinghausii&cid=211

 

What an incredible plant! You will have to pot all those plantlets up and sell them... did it produce any of the big seeds you grew it from?

 

Nice to see it produce the goods in our summers steve, and its reproduced itself in the best possible way.
Any chance of a couple, I'll send you the postage.