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Tequila Alquimia Photo Gallery: Agave Fields
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Agave plants on Rancho Murillo are equidistant from each other. With ample space to ensure access to proper nutrients. Each row has enough distance from its neighbors. So the agave plants can grow to maturity without overcrowding. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Tequila Alquimia Photo Gallery: Pencas
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Once the ripest agave plants are selected for harvest, their cut "pencas,". Leaves, are left to decompose in the fields. To reintegrate into the soil as natural fertilizer. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Tequila Alquimia Photo Gallery: Agua Negra
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Rancho Murillo is located in the small town of Agua Negra,. Just outside of Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico, about two hours east of Guadalajara. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Tequila Alquimia Photo Gallery: Señor Luis
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Señor Luis, the foreman on Rancho Murillo, rolling a " piña. An agave plant without leaves,. Out of the field during "la jima,". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Tequila Alquimia Photo Gallery: July 2008
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Agave plants on Rancho Murillo are equidistant from each other. With ample space to ensure access to proper nutrients. Each row has enough distance from its neighbors. So the agave plants can grow to maturity without overcrowding. As an agave plant matures, it produces offspring that shoot up out of the soil in its surrounding area. These must be removed promptly so that they do not overcrowd the fields. Or take away from the mother plant's nutrients. Above the soil. If the "pencas". Is the part of the a...
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Tequila Alquimia Photo Gallery: "Plantita" Offspring
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As an agave plant matures, it produces offspring that shoot up out of the soil in its surrounding area. These must be removed promptly so that they do not overcrowd the fields. Or take away from the mother plant's nutrients. These "plantitas" are then given proper nutrients before being replanted again as part of a new planting. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Tequila Alquimia Photo Gallery: La Coa
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Agave harvesters, use a tool called a "coa,". A heavy wooden tool with a sharp rounded blade at the end,. To slice off the agave's sharp "penca". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Tequila Alquimia Photo Gallery: Jimadores
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Men who harvest the agave plants, load trucks with the halved "piñas.". These are sliced in half because the agaves on Rancho Murillo grow to be over double the size of the average plant. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Tequila Alquimia Photo Gallery: Las Bolas
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The agave plant's leaves, protrude from the plant's core, or "bola,". Above the soil. If the "pencas". Are not properly manicured, their excessive growth can cause the plant to distribute its nutrients and juices away from the "bola". And into the leaves. This is not recommendable, as the "bola". Is the part of the agave plant where the plant's sugars are concentrated and is used to make tequila. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
