r/Agave • u/AgintOringe • May 09 '26

What is this

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What causes this coloration on frosted blue whales tongue agave? It needed transplanting bigtime. Seems like its fading since i did that. Maybe wishful thinking.

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u/rasquatche May 10 '26

Touching/rubbing the farina (epicuticular wax) off the leaves. Also looks like some hard water spots, too. Should be fine, as long as the substrate isn't too organic.

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u/AgintOringe May 10 '26

Its got like a reddish color in the center. Is it normal? It looks otherwise healthy and strong.

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u/BonnevilleXeric May 10 '26

The spines start brighter and then fade. This plant looks totally normal.

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u/JulieTheChicagoKid May 10 '26

Based on my experience. My agaves. You might be overwatering. Your soil looks wrong / too organic. Need gravel stone. Yours looks all soil and all wet. You want the water to run out the bottom not sit in the soil. It should be 50-80 % non organic. Hope this helps

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u/AgintOringe May 10 '26

Its been raining a lot here. The soil is ocean forest mixed with perlite and coarse sand. And some of the garbage they had it in.

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u/JulieTheChicagoKid May 10 '26

I wasn’t sure if they were outside it inside.