growing agaves indoors ensures you can better regulate water levels to reduce the risk of over-saturation which can lead to ...

An agave plant at the Duke biology greenhouse blooms after 10 quiet years; its next step: death. An agave plant at the Duke Bioscience Research Greenhouse has finally bloomed after 10 years. Last ...

These are new plants that grow from the roots of the mother plant. Like bulbils, agave pups are exact clones of the mother ...

Once the massive agave roots are chopped and washed ... the caramelized sugars are extracted from the plant fibers. Nothing is wasted, too, as the leftover fibers are taken back out to the ...

The lifespan of Agave americana plants is inherently limited ... Before beginning to bloom, all Jackson had to do for Alice was soak the area of her roots twice a year, as she required very little ...

Tequila, North America’s oldest spirit, traces its roots all the way back to the 16th century, when indigenous people began producing a fermented beverage from the agave plant known as pulque.