Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Sort of...

About six months ago, across the way, there was an Agave that sent up a stalk.  The plant bloomed, has since died, and been replaced... sort of...

I grabbed one of the fallen blooms.  I literally reached over a three foot fence, admittedly crossing a property line, and picked up a sprig of a plant, that only had two leaves on it.  Now as this plant was dying, it sent up something that would improve it's chances of carrying on.  As the plant shed it's blooms, the landscape was raked, cleaned up, and always looked nice.  It was early in the morning that I did this.

I let the bloom dry out a bit.  Took a knife and scored it.  Then placed it in a cup of water.  When the first hint of a root showed itself, I planted it in a pot of soil.

Around the same time, I bought a pineapple.  Enjoyed the fruit, and thought to myself, grow a pineapple!  Took the top off, allowed it to season, and now I have a bromeliad that is thriving! 

I entrusted them to family when I first left a few months ago.  Today, they were brought back to me.  I was amazed at how both the Agave and pineapple has grown!

So that is my story.

Someday, I will plant that Agave, right where it came from...  

No comments:

Post a Comment