Sunday, July 28, 2013

Century Plant Triplets--3rd Week Higher Up

The pixstrip shows the agave triplets pic from March 11 and March 18. Do a visual comparison of heights of the plants between the picture on the left and the one on the right. The increased height looks to be about the height of the sign on the right. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/07/century-plant-triplets-3rd-week-higher_28.html and comment there, please.

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Century Plant Triplets--2nd Week

The pixstrip shows the agave triplets pic from March 4 and two from March 11. Do a visual comparison of heights of the two pictures on the left. … The picture on the right shows the March 11 image with additional skyward background for height reference. As my series continues, pictures will show sprouting progress, more than looking like giant asparagus shoots.

Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/07/century-plant-triplets-2nd-week.html and comment there, please.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Century Plant Triplets--Stalk Starts

Agave, noted for use in making tequila and agave syrup (aka nectar), can also have a spectacular end-of-life stage—
that of a century plant. This article is the first one in my series of the plants, which look like they started sprouting within the previous week before my pic.
Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2013/07/century-plant-triplets-stalk-starts.html and comment there, please.