1.   And the mother plants, now cozy in the pods, will soon be used to make cuttings.

2.   As you probably noticed with your mother plant, agaves generally require little attention.

3.   Avoid using trowels or other large tools that may disturb the mother plant if you go too close.

4.   After blooming, the plant will produce pups that can be detached and potted when they are one-third to one-half the size of the mother plant.

5.   But it is impossible to move each one, and I am afraid of injuring the mother plant by digging too deep and too close.

6.   Carefully dig the mother plant out and any young plants you wish to have.

7.   Clumping bamboos produce rhizomes that grow only a short distance from the mother plant before sending up shoots.

8.   Cut off the flower spike and continue to water and feed the mother plant while the offsets grow.

9.   Have you heard of a mother plant having so many babies?

10.   If a ring of pups surrounds the mother plant, you can pull off leaves at the base of the mother plant as they start to die.