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Grubbypaws

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Re: Home for a Yukka
« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2012, 10:51 »
The yukka has been axed; long live the Yukkas!

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Re: Home for a Yukka
« Reply #16 on: June 23, 2012, 11:05 »
It looks a bit harsh - doesn't it  :blink: but well done for being brave.

I've just rooted another sucker baby from mine  :lol: Give a friend a yukka!

mmmm...Winter Solstice presents of yukka houseplants may be a good idea this year  :lol:

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Re: Home for a Yukka
« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2012, 12:16 »
So now I have the axed parent plant and have potted on the 2 leafy growing points but I am left with feet of leafy trunk. If I cut this trunk into sections (they will be bits with no roots and no growing point) will they root as well?

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Re: Home for a Yukka
« Reply #18 on: June 23, 2012, 12:18 »
I doubt it, as they will have neither roots nor leaves for sustenance, but you never know with Yukka  ::)

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Re: Home for a Yukka
« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2012, 12:50 »
Never stop experimenting  :D  2 pots now have bits of trunk in them; I will let you know.

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Re: Home for a Yukka
« Reply #20 on: June 24, 2012, 11:58 »
Question; How much do I water the potted on cuttings?

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Re: Home for a Yukka
« Reply #21 on: June 26, 2012, 14:22 »
I keep mine on the dry side.

Have you got a home for all the babies. :lol:


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Re: Home for a Yukka
« Reply #22 on: June 26, 2012, 17:22 »
yes but they dont know yet!

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Re: Home for a Yukka
« Reply #23 on: June 26, 2012, 21:17 »
All mine are in for a really big shock, they're all going to be planted outside :D

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Re: Home for a Yukka
« Reply #24 on: June 27, 2012, 08:10 »
I am keeping the babies inside but the mother has gone outside for the first time in 25 years; she is now needing a bigger pot than can be reasonably fitted in the room. So far she has experienced June gales, June downpours and June fog!!!

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Re: Home for a Yukka
« Reply #25 on: July 07, 2012, 10:17 »
Do I get worried?

Firstly some of the leaves of the potted on cuttings are developing brown patches. Is this to be expected or are things going wrong?

Also the mother plant has as yet shown no signs of life.

I hope that I am not going to loose this old friend completely  :(

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Re: Home for a Yukka
« Reply #26 on: July 07, 2012, 10:42 »
I wouldn't worry about the old one, anyway -  it's like a tree, it can take ages to grow a new branch - but it will  :)

Yes some of the leaves on the cuttings will whither and die off, as long as the middle leaves stay green, they'll be fine as well :)

The new cutting I took in spring has just grown some new leaves in the middle, so they take a while.....I had new roots out of the bottom of the pots before I got new top-growth.

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Re: Home for a Yukka
« Reply #27 on: July 07, 2012, 11:45 »
Thank you  :D :D :D

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Re: Yukka
« Reply #28 on: July 07, 2012, 11:52 »
I've moved this into General Gardening - it's not a swap any more - is it  :D

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Re: Yukka
« Reply #29 on: July 07, 2012, 14:21 »
I'm surprised no one simply leaves it out year round. I do, and my winters easily hit -25C every year. The yucca always comes back, as do those of my friends. It's supposedly a tropical but it really isn't. They are very hardy.


 

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