I have a lot of small, unrooted octopus agave pups and I'd like to trade for airplants. If interested please e-mail me directly at ryates@deru.com.

I am looking for Agave attenuata 'Blue Glow', 'Raea's Gold' and variegated. I don't have other Agaves to trade, but you can check my trade list to see what I have to offer :) Thanks

If you want to feel a bit safer about not rotting the unrooted cut trunk, you can let it air dry for a longer period of time by setting it within a 15 gallon sized black plastic nursery can and allow the leaves to support the plant's trunk within the pot. I've done this with mature cut Agave attenuata, and left it in a bright shaded spot for a couple of months to form roots before replanting. This extra step may not be necessary for you in southern California, especially if you have good draining soil and not pure clay. Now is as good a time as any if you don't get frost in your garden, as this species is pretty much in active growth mode year round. I find that chopping the mother plant is often a necessity when it has been forced into a space too small to accommodate its natural tendency to lean out towards the light as it grows. They do reroot pretty easily, although you may lose some of the older leaves from moisture stress until it forms new roots. I usually cut the trunk so that there is at least a foot of clear trunk below the lowest leaves, and also remove several circles of older leaves after cutting, as they are likely to wither and yellow in any case.

I have a couple of pups for trade sorry no seed Bev