Agave is a monocarpic plant [1] which means it flowers once and then dies. These plants essentially store energy for years (decades in the case of agave) in the

Agave is a monocarpic plant [1] which means it flowers once and then dies. These plants essentially store energy for years (decades in the case of agave) in their leaves until they decide to spend all of it on a single bloom and that stalk/trunk means it's at the end of its life cycle. Once its done growing, you should see yellow (IIRC) flowers all the way at the top. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocarpic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocarpic