Good looking Ponytail. How big is the pot and what kind of soil did you use? I have one (actually two together in one pot) that badly needs repotting and I am procrastinating til the weather improves since it will be a time-consuming project.

Nice ponytail - great color! I just chopped the top off mine, I hope it buds back...

I have seen ponytails living out of pots, sprouting leaves(!) with barely any root system to speak of. They are tough plants.

Tom

Thanks Bama-hey,you arent related to a certain pres of the USA are you?-....
I like miracle grow as it's the best of the store brands. For the bottom few inches I used 50% Miracle and 50% perlite...then filled around the Beaucarnea mid and top with straight Miracle as they are heavy feeders and like plenty of water in the summer-hence the saucer under it.
The pot,is a 16" ceramic-double the size it was in.

Absolutely not related to any presidents!!!! Am I lucky or what??
Thanks for the info on repotting. I will most likely need a pot that large - only problem is that it will be hard for me to handle (larger pot=larger plant). I move it out to the porch for the summer and back inside for the colder weather. Would hate to lose it - it being over 10 years old.

bama - isn't this plant borderline hardy in your zone? I think it can take down to 20F, no?

Tom

Tom, I guess I'm not a risk taker, so I move it in and out. It is somewhere around 15 years old so I just haven't taken any chances so far. It most likely wouldn't have survived our winter this year. We had 13 consecutive days and nights with temps below freezing, with several below 20F, which most likely would have frozen it. When I move it to a bigger pot and it gets larger, it will just have to stay put inside. I'm getting too old to be dragging a pot that weighs more than I do!!!!
Beverly