Can garden yucca be grown at home?

We present the best tips for planting and caring for yucca garden outdoors. We will tell you about the peculiarities of outdoor cultivation: choice of location, feeding, transplanting, reproduction, pruning and flowering. As well as caring for a flower in the fall and how to prepare it for winter.

Planting yucca garden

In the open field, the following types of yucca are most often grown: filamentous (filamentous), gray and glorious. The first species successfully overwinters in the conditions of the Moscow region and central Russia, while the other two are grown mainly in the Crimea and the Caucasus.

Plants, due to their exotic appearance, look festive anywhere in the garden or group of plants.

The flower can also be grown as a pot culture in indoor conditions (elephant and aloe leaf). They can often be seen in shopping malls and offices.

SELECTING A LOCATION

The plant is unpretentious to care for, the most important thing is to plant it correctly and a minimum of attention will be required for the whole summer. The flower grows well and feels in an open, sunny place, but in some cases it also tolerates partial shade well.

• It is better to choose a place for planting garden yucca on a small slope, sunny, but with partial shade in the midday heat, and well ventilated, but without drafts.

Do not plant in lowlands or in places with dense shade, such conditions will negatively affect the appearance of the plant. With a lack of light, his leaves turn yellow and fall off.

LANDING

Yucca is planted in spring, before active growth begins and when night temperatures are consistently above +10 degrees, or from mid-August to early September. The soil should contain sand, leafy and sod soil, and humus (to add nutrients).

A flower can grow in almost any land, the main thing is that the root system has access to air. If you want to plant a plant where there is dense black soil or clay, then add sand to the soil mixture, and arrange gravel drainage at the bottom of the pit.

The flower grows well and often feels in one place for 15-20 years.

How to plant garden yucca correctly?

The size of the dug hole should be approximately twice the diameter of the root system, the bush is planted exactly in the center. After covering the roots with soil, gently tamp it so that there are no air cushions, and pour a small amount of settled water.

Planting yucca in open ground after purchase

Experts advise not to plant it right away, but to harden it first. Take the plant outside and increase the length of stay: the first 3-4 days by 1-2 hours in the afternoon, the next 4-5 days by 3-4 hours, and then 4-5 days by 5-6 hours. Then the bush can be planted in the country.

Yucca: growing and care in the open field - watering and feeding

With top dressing and watering - the main thing is to avoid oversupply. With excessive watering, the roots begin to rot, and with insufficient watering, the leaves curl, and the threads droop and hang (in yucca filamentous filamentous). With proper watering, the flower has straightened leaves with twisted threads.

The first two years of life, it is fertilized with a complex mineral fertilizer for succulents in May (before the start of active vegetation) and after flowering. In the 3rd year, when the root system is well developed, it will be possible to feed with organic fertilizers.

Adult flowers are best fed in mid-spring (April) with liquid organic fertilizer. In early June, a handful of superphosphate is poured around the trunk, after watering or rain, fertilizers are supplied to the roots and stimulate the formation of flower arrows and buds.

How to transplant garden yucca correctly?

Transplanting is done mainly to divide and plant an overgrown bush (also see reproduction by dividing the bush). Since the plant can grow well for 15-20 years with good care without changing the place. Up to 3 years of age, it can be transplanted to a better location with minimal risk.

Subtleties of transplant

• The roots can grow up to 60-70 cm in length. Therefore, they dig deeply and carefully around the bush so as not to harm them.
• Choose a landing place according to our recommendations.
• After transplanting, street yucca is best fed after 14-16 days with complex fertilizer.
• It usually blooms in a year.

When is the best and best time to transplant yucca?

A flower transplant should be done in the spring or late summer (from August to early September).

Reproduction of yucca garden

The plant is propagated by seeds or vegetatively. In natural conditions, flowers are pollinated with the help of butterflies from the Pronuba family, but in our climatic conditions they do not live.

By the way, the process of growing yucca from seeds is very laborious and long: they are harvested in August, sown in February, and only two years later, in April-May, it will be possible to plant seedlings in open ground.

DIVISION OF THE BRUSH (ROOT SLEEPERS)

A simple and effective way to propagate street yucca when transplanting.

1. An overgrown flower must be dug up from mid-April to early May or from mid-August to early September, and the shoots with roots and shoots must be separated.
2. Young plants are planted in a permanent place and watered. They need more careful care: protect from the bright rays of the sun, water gently and feed after rooting.

As a rule, the offspring are seated every 3-4 years.

STEM SHUTCHES

The best time for breeding is spring. Strong, but medium-sized apical shoots (the top of the stem) are used as cuttings. The larger the cut, the worse it takes root.

1. A healthy shoot (a small crown of the stem) is cut at an acute angle, sprinkled with crushed charcoal or activated carbon over the cut site. Remove excess leaves (leave 4-5 on a large sample) and dry for 15-20 minutes in the shade.
2. Then the cutting is planted in a moist soil substrate at a distance of 3-4 cm from each other and to a depth of 5-7 cm, and covered with glass / film on top.
3. Rooting works best in light, nutritious and sandy soil at room temperature. Keep the potting soil moist. After rooting the cuttings, plant them in the ground.
4. Young flowers are left to winter in a greenhouse, but from above they are additionally insulated with leaves.

PART OF THE BARREL (ROOT CUTTINGS)

In order to propagate the yucca with the street part of the trunk, there must be dormant buds on it.

1. Prepare your potting mix. Cut off a part of the flower stem with dormant buds (at least 10 cm in length), lay horizontally on a damp ground and press lightly into it.
2. Spray part of the trunk a little daily.
3. After about 10-20 days, dormant buds will wake up, and young shoots will grow in their place.
4. Then the trunk of the palm tree is removed and cut into separate pieces with shoots.The cut points are sprinkled with charcoal powder and dried in the shade for 15-20 minutes.
5. Each part with a shoot is planted in the ground.

How to prune a yucca correctly?

Pruning is a great way to rejuvenate an old plant and create strong seedlings for your garden or home. It is also used to rescue frostbitten or rotted flowers.

A favorable time for pruning is spring, when they have already been freed from the winter shelter. Since there is only one growth point, then when the stem is trimmed, its further growth stops accordingly. After that, dormant buds will wake up on the stem and after a while new rosettes with leaves will appear.

1. Two days before pruning, the yucca is watered. Cut the trunk with a clean knife with a sharp blade so that the bark does not peel off at the cut site, 7-9 cm lower than the level of leaf growth.
2. After drying (10-15 minutes) - sprinkle the places of the cuts with fungicide and finely ground charcoal. The top of the mother plant remaining in the soil is covered with garden varnish to provide good protection against disease and rot. The flower must be transferred to a less lit place or shaded.
3. After a couple of weeks, young shoots will begin to appear on it. A strong and healthy flower leaves 3-5 shoots. Small garden yuccas can withstand the growth of a maximum of two tops.

The trimmed top can be rooted in the same way as cuttings in a greenhouse or a greenhouse with a sandy substrate. After rooting, it can be transplanted to a permanent place.

Yucca filamentous "Bright edge"

Blooming and why does not yucca bloom?

Adult yucca blooms with beautiful white flowers with a creamy yellow or golden hue, they resemble bells in shape. Quite a large number of them are located on one leg, due to which the plant has excellent decorative properties.

A multi-flowered panicle, from 0.5 m to 2.5 m long, emerges from the center of the leaf rosette. It usually stands upright, but it can sink under the weight of the flowers. A plant that has grown in a garden with enough warmth and sunshine will delight you with its abundant flowering.

What year does yucca bloom?

The plant usually blooms in the 2-3rd year (sometimes in the 1st). The flowering period lasts a very long time - up to three weeks and falls in June-July.

Why doesn't it bloom?

• Yucca most often cannot bloom due to the cold winter, if its aboveground part is damaged by frost.
• It is not uncommon for it to bloom in the 4-5th year after planting.
• Often the bush does not bloom due to lack of light when planted in partial shade.

Yucca filamentous (filamentous)

Autumn and winter care

Garden yucca is considered quite frost-resistant, it really tolerates snow that falls in autumn or spring, without visible losses, but only if it melts in 2-3 days. In general, it can withstand temperatures as low as -15 degrees.

And constant cold and winter without snow are deadly for the plant. Therefore, it is necessary to insulate it before the onset of winter frosts, especially specimens up to 2-3 years old. Frosts are more dangerous for the growing point (the core of the rosette), since the roots are more resistant and better protected.

How to cover the garden yucca for the winter?

1. In late October - early November, in dry weather, press the leaves to the crown around the trunk ("bunch / tail") and carefully pull the twine / tape along the entire length. It will turn out to be a kind of column. So we will protect the top of the plant from freezing, and the leaves from mechanical damage.
2. Next, wrap the flower in a thick cloth, burlap or agrofiber and put on a wooden box without a bottom on top.
3. Pour dry leaves, spruce branches or sawdust on top and on all sides of the box. If there is no box, then put branches or boards that will press the leaves to the ground and prevent the wind from blowing them away.
4. Next, cover the structure with the plant with foil and fix it securely. This shelter will allow you to preserve the yucca in winter as it will not allow moisture from the outside and has an air cushion inside.
5. Young specimens are more sensitive to excess moisture in winter. Therefore, in early spring it is better to remove excess snow. In the spring, with the onset of stable heat, the structure is disassembled. As young leaves begin to grow, last year's old yellowed ones are cut with pruning shears.

• By the way, even in the conditions of the Moscow region and central Russia, street yucca successfully winters in such a shelter. In the south of Russia, you can do without serious shelter, it is enough to complete the first three points.

When to open yucca after winter?

In the spring (mid to late March), remove the winter shelter from the yucca and scoop up the dry leaves. Then cover with burlap and remove after stable heat (early April).

The approximate dates for the Moscow region are indicated.

Possible growing problems

Sometimes pests (whiteflies, mealybugs, spider mites, slugs or scale insects) attack the yucca. Read how to deal with them in the general article: PEST CONTROL - DRUGS AND PREPARATIONS.

High air humidity and damp earth contribute to the development of diseases. See - MOST POPULAR DISEASES WITH PHOTOS AND TITLES... Of these, the palm is more often affected by stem rot due to excessive watering and improperly prepared soil.

1. Brown leaf tips appear due to cold drafts or dry air.
2. Brown spots can be caused by fungal infections due to high soil moisture. The reason lies in excessive watering, the wrong composition of the soil mixture (insufficient drainage, low air permeability) or inappropriate acidity of the substrate.
3. Light dry spots occur with an excess of bright sun.

• Read more in a separate article. And for photos of all types (glorious, gray, filamentous and others), see the material on varieties.

ADDITIONS TO THE ARTICLE:

1. HOW TO CARE FOR YUKKA IN HOME CONDITIONS?

2. PROBLEMS WHEN GROWING YUCCA - LEAVES, DISEASES AND PESTS.

3. POPULAR KINDS OF YUKKA WITH PHOTOS AND TITLES!

We wish you a beautiful and healthy yucca to grow and bloom in your garden!

Yucca Is a beautiful perennial plant native to South America. With her appearance, she strongly resembles palm tree... Therefore, very often those who first see it call this plant. All the variety and beauty of the plant can be seen in the photo.

Yucca palm species

Yucca counts up to 40 varieties, however, usually at home, several of the most famous:

• elephant - the name comes from the amazing similarity of the plant with an elephant leg. This similarity becomes more pronounced when the plant reaches maturity. This type of yucca grows 8 meters high, branches strongly and becomes like a large tree. At the tip of each branch is a rosette of light green, lanceolate leaves. Each leaf is jagged and ends in a thorn. In the summer, each rosette takes on a festive look, thanks to a beautiful inflorescence;
• gray - common in the western regions of America. Differs in that it has a strong shortened barrel... The leaves form large rosettes and have bluish green... It is he who creates the impression that the plant is shrouded in a bluish haze. Hence the name of the species;
• aloe leaf - feels best in the arid regions of America, the famous Bermuda Islands, Jamaica. The species grows slowly and resembles in its appearance a ball that grows up to 8 m in height. The stem branches strongly as it grows, and rosettes with flowers appear at the ends during flowering. The leaves strongly resemble aloe in appearance and have similar thorns at the ends;
• filamentous - grows in the eastern regions of North America. It practically does not have a stem, it is frost-resistant, the root system is highly developed. Propagated by root layers. The leaves are gray-greenish, with an original edging in the form of twisting threads. When blooming, releases 2 meter panicle with yellowish-white drooping flowers;
  other varieties - in addition to the above species, very often there are radiant or high yucca, beak-shaped, short-leaved or giant, Whippla, lipped-leaved, Trekulya, Schotta, southern.

Growing features

 
For the cultivation of yucca are very important the right conditions... In order to avoid problems, it is worth considering microclimate for your darling. Due to improper plant maintenance, the following problems most often arise:

1. the tips of the leaves dry... Here the reason lies in the very dry indoor air;
2. if the leaves turn yellow or turn brown completely, then the plant little watering;
3. with soft brown leavessurrounded by a yellow halo, we can say that the plant is "flooded", or the temperature in the room is too low;
4. emergence gray or brown spots indicate the presence of a fungal disease;

In order for the yucca to feel good, the lighting for it must be bright enough, but diffused.

The duration of daylight hours must be at least 16 hours, therefore, in the winter, the yucca will need additional lighting. Watering is abundant only in the summer. If the air is too dry, regular spraying is necessary.

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For yucca, it is characteristic that in the condition of an apartment it does not bloom, but there is a very real opportunity to see large

white inflorescences ... Flower buds are formed only when the plant is in the cold for a long time. Place the yucca

to the loggia in winter, and she will delight you with flowering. Naturally, the loggia must be insulated.

Flower care at home

Creation of comfortable conditions - since yucca came to us from southern countriesthen it is very sensitive to light. A young plant requires very good lighting, but does not like direct sunlight. Best of all, she will feel in the west or east.

Optimum growing temperature - 25 ̊ C... If it is not possible to keep it on these windows, then the yucca should be periodically removed from the window to avoid overheating.

When the plant has cooled down, it is sprayed with water at room temperature. In winter, the plant is best kept at a temperature 18 ̊ C. Yucca loves watering abundantly, but only when the soil in the pot dries well.

And don't forget periodically 2 times spray the plant with water per week, at least 1 time wash the plant completely a month.

Do this as follows: cover the turf well with plastic and wash the yucca under running water, rinsing the leaves thoroughly and gently.

Plant fertilization is held in the spring and summer, observing an interval of two weeks. You can buy any mineral fertilizer, diluting it according to the instructions for use. Yucca responds very well to infusion mullein... It is done as follows. Half of any container is filled with manure and filled with water to the top.

This substance is kept until it ferments (usually 4-5 days). Then 1 l infusion is divorced in 10 l water and only now the plant is watered with this solution.

A feature of the yucca is that it has one thick trunk, but if you want to give it a bushy shape, then this is achieved by trimming... Do it in a plant that has reached 30 cm heights and more. At the very beginning of summer, the top of the trunk is cut off, leaving a layer of leaves around. The cut itself is sprinkled with crushed activated carbon or garden pitch.

Transplanted yucca in spring and loves good airing of the roots. To do this, a layer of expanded clay, gravel or crushed red brick is made in a pot. The soil for her should not be with neutral indicators of acidity... The easiest way is to buy a special substate in a store.

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If you are preparing the soil yourself, then be sure to add to the soil

up to 30% from the volume of river sand soil. During the transplant process, try

as less as possible traumatize the roots. It is best to transfer the plant with an earthen lump to a larger pot without shaking off the old earthen lump. Shaking off the roots is allowed only if they

rotted , before planting in a new pot, they must be removed.

Reproduction of room yucca

 
You can propagate three kinds: by seeds, plant top or stem sections.

1. Seeds. Seeds planted in light soil mixed with leaf humus and sand in the ratio 1:1, i.e. 1 part land, 1 part sand (coarse). Crops are best covered glass (not polyethylene), as they should be ventilated daily by wiping the glass while preventing the sod from drying out. If everything is done right, in a month their shoots will appear, dive into pots (5-6 cm tall), after a year they are transferred into larger pots.
2. Reproduction top of the plant... With this method, it is cut off stalk, while on the cut plant, the cut is sprinkled with crushed activated carbon. The cut is done with a sharp knife or garden pruner.

   The cut cutting is kept a little until the cut is slightly dried (approximately 2 hours). Then it is placed into a wet river coarse sand or into plain water until roots appear.

   Important! Moisten the sand constantly, otherwise the stalk will not give roots.

   If the cutting is placed in water, then the lower leaves sometimes rot away, they must be removed. Add to water activated carbon - this will inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.

3. Reproduction by layering. Branch or part of the trunk upon purchase examine carefully - it should have top and bottom indicated, it should not be soft. The lower part is placed in a mixture of peat and sand (1:1) and put on the street in a darkened place. The whole plant is covered with polyethylene to prevent moisture evaporation. The plant takes root for a long time, up to 2 months.

   Constantly monitor the condition of the plant - waterlogging is dangerous, the cuttings can rot. If you cut off the layers yourself, then do them at least 20 cm and process the upper end garden pitch.

The main tree diseases and methods of struggle

 
Yucca is mainly affected rotting stems. This problem is caused by a fungus, a disease manifests itself by rotting part of the trunk or top. It is dangerous because it develops rapidly and the plant dies very quickly.

The fungus appears as a result improper watering (excessive waterlogging). You can try to save the yucca at the initial stage of the disease by removing (cutting out) the parts affected by the disease.

When "white rot" appears, expressed in softening of leaves and white bloom, the plant is treated with the drug Rovraland the infected leaves are removed.

Sometimes the tree is struck spider mite or mealybug, which is rare enough. When pests appear, the plant is treated with fungicides such as Barrier, Fitop, Zaslon, etc.

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The most beautiful plant, Yucca, resembles a palm tree in shape, for which it is confused with these representatives. In fact, it has nothing to do with the family of palm plants. The large evergreen plant is easily recognizable by its pointed, lanceolate leaves forming a dense rosette. With a width of 3–6 cm, the length of one leaf plate can reach 50–70 cm. As it grows, the lower rows of leaves fade, and when they dry up, they sag, forming a kind of skirt around the trunk. If the garden yucca is in good conditions, does not freeze and does not suffer from waterlogging, it blooms every year.Powerful peduncles up to 1.5–2 meters cannot be overlooked. And when from 80 to 150 white, yellowish or pink bells with a diameter of up to 6 cm open on them, the type of yucca boggles the imagination of any gardener. In our article, we'll talk about growing yucca.

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Choosing a place for planting garden yucca

Yucca can rightfully be proud of her endurance, because she is not afraid of drought, heat and wind. The main danger for the tropical beauty lies in excessive moisture and heavy soil, in which moisture quickly stagnates.

The ideal place to plant a yucca is a spacious, sunny area where the plant will be well ventilated. But the lowlands and heavily shaded corners of the personal plot do not suit her at all. Growing yucca in partial shade is a rather controversial issue. Insufficient lighting has a bad effect on the appearance of the plant: its leaves lose their elasticity, soften and become thinner, and the trunk becomes more elongated. As a result, yucca looks sloppy even with complex care.

The composition of the soil is not very important for this plant. The main thing is that the soil allows air to pass to the roots of the bush and does not contribute to the stagnation of moisture. To protect the plant from stagnant water, sand is added to the ground to fill the planting hole before planting it in areas with black soil or clay. At the bottom of the pit, a drainage layer is necessarily arranged, and the soil depleted in nutrients is also enriched with humus. In addition, the likelihood of water stagnation at the yucca roots can be eliminated by planting the plant on a sunny slope.

Growing yucca from seeds

The plant will take several months to germinate. Yucca seeds germinate slowly and many species generally have low germination success rates. The seed can even take up to a year to germinate after planting. Begin this process in the winter or early spring. Indoor yucca seeds should be planted during the winter to give them as much time as possible to germinate before the next winter begins. If planting directly into garden soil instead of doing this more efficient method, plant in early spring.

Place the seeds on a damp paper towel in a plastic container. Fill the container about 6 mm. water. Place a paper towel on top of the water, then place the seeds on top of the paper towel. This method increases the seed's chances of survival and germination. Planting yucca seeds directly into the soil has a very low likelihood of successful application. Keep seeds moist at 18-24ºC. Once the seeds are finally germinated, prepare a special potting mix. Some seeds should eventually germinate, but this can take anywhere from one month to a full year. Once the seeds have opened and started to germinate, prepare separate, small pots with a mixture of equal parts sand and compost. If these materials are not available, use any well-drained potting mix, usually 30% or more sand or fine gravel.

Plant seeds 1.25 cm deep and water. Plant the sprouted seeds, shoots up, to a depth of 1.25 cm. Cover them with soil and water thoroughly. Keep sprouts in indirect sunlight and water occasionally. Keep indoors for at least two years, replanting in large pots in succession. Yucca may not be strong enough to grow well outdoors for at least two to three years. Keep it indoors for this period or indefinitely. When transplanting, be careful to dig deep enough to expose the entire taproot. This central, long root can be quite long in some yucca species.

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Propagation of yucca tops

If the florist plans to create several fan-shaped tops on the yucca trunk. Then you need to wait until the plant grows up to 35 cm in height.Then, with a knife, the upper part of the yucca is cut off, so that a couple of leaves remain on the main plant. The cut is sprinkled with charcoal, crushed to a powdery state. In the place where the cut was made, young shoots will soon appear.

In parallel, the cut off tops are used to obtain a new plant. They are dried in an air bath for a couple of hours, then immersed in wet sand or water. If the option with water is chosen, it is heat treated and cooled to room temperature before use.

You need to watch out for the bottom sheets of the cut tops, which are in the water or in the sand. If they begin to rot, it is recommended to remove all the damaged elements, and change the water with fresh water. When the first roots appear, the yucca is planted in a separate pot.

Propagation of yucca by cuttings

On the trunk of the yucca, there are dormant buds that can sprout new shoots. All the nutrients that the plant receives from the soil are sent to the development of the crown, and while it is on the trunk, the buds will not wake up and will not give new shoots. Several new shoots are obtained by cutting the trunk into pieces, 20 cm each.

Finished sections are immersed in a wet substrate with the addition of sand, buds inside, to form roots. And cover the container with a glass jar. The mini greenhouse is placed in a secluded corner, where the temperature remains at + 20 ° C, spraying the substrate daily. After two weeks, roots will appear, each stalk is planted in an individual pot.

Planting a garden yucca in open ground

When is the best time to plant yucca, in autumn or spring? The best time is spring, when the earth warms up and the threat of frost passes. Before planting on the street, the flower can be grown at home in a pot or greenhouse, but then the plant must be hardened before planting in the ground so that it does not die. Within 7-10 days, the yucca is gradually taken out into the street, taming it to natural conditions and increasing the time spent in the open air. Experts advise not to plant it right away, but to harden it first. Take the plant outside and increase the length of stay: the first 3-4 days by 1-2 hours in the afternoon, the next 4-5 days by 3-4 hours, and then 4-5 days by 5-6 hours. Then the bush can be planted in the country.

With top dressing and watering - the main thing is to avoid oversupply. With excessive watering, the roots begin to rot, and with insufficient watering, the leaves curl, and the threads droop and hang (in yucca filamentous filamentous). With proper watering, the flower has straightened leaves with twisted threads. The first two years of life, it is fertilized with a complex mineral fertilizer for succulents in May (before the start of active vegetation) and after flowering. In the 3rd year, when the root system is well developed, it will be possible to feed with organic fertilizers. Adult flowers are best fed in mid-spring (April) with liquid organic fertilizer. In early June, a handful of superphosphate is poured around the trunk, after watering or rain, fertilizers are delivered to the roots and stimulate the formation of flower arrows and buds.

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Yucca garden care

To save the plant after planting in the ground, you need to monitor watering, do not flood the flower, irrigate as needed during dry periods. After planting, you should not cut off wilted leaves from the yucca. It is due to the fact that two- and three-year-old yucca seedlings can release a peduncle and begin to bloom. If you cut it right after transplanting, you will not see flowering. Usually, yucca begins to bloom from the third year of life, a refined long stem with beautiful snow-white flowers resembling bells.

Yucca pests and diseases are quite rare on plants, but aphids can easily move to flowers, which will quickly dry out and fall off. To avoid aphid infestation, carry out prophylactic spraying of yucca using an ash and soap solution.Take 250 grams of wood ash, pour hot water (10 liters) and bring to a boil, add 40-50 grams of grated laundry soap, cool and process the yucca. Such spraying helps well to fight various parasitic insects present on a flower crop.

Flowering yucca garden

Adult yucca blooms with beautiful white flowers with a creamy yellow or golden hue, they resemble bells in shape. Quite a large number of them are located on one leg, due to which the plant has excellent decorative properties. A multi-flowered panicle, from 0.5 m to 2.5 m long, emerges from the center of the leaf rosette. It usually stands upright, but it can sink under the weight of the flowers. A plant that has grown in a garden with enough warmth and sunshine will delight you with its abundant flowering.

What year does yucca bloom? The plant usually blooms in the 2-3rd year (sometimes in the 1st). The flowering period lasts a very long time - up to three weeks and falls in June-July.

Why isn't the yucca blooming? Yucca most often cannot bloom due to the cold winter, if its aboveground part is damaged by frost. It is not uncommon for it to bloom in the 4-5th year after planting. Often the bush does not bloom due to lack of light when planted in partial shade.

Evergreen exotic plant, resembling a palm tree in appearance, has taken root perfectly in apartments, office premises, greenhouses.

With its spectacular appearance, unpretentious content, yucca has won a large number of fans among indoor floriculture lovers.

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Yucca flower: reproduction, photo, planting, cultivation, transplantation and care.

Reproduction

How to propagate yucca? At home, false palm grows about four meters in height... Plant propagation is carried out in various ways, each of which deserves special attention.

Seeds

This way used on rare occasions, because the yucca does not bloom indoors. You can buy seeds in a flower shop, or get them from a plant growing in a climate zone that is comfortable for it. Seedling can be obtained provided that the planting material was fresh.

The seeds are wrapped in a piece of damp cloth and kept for 24 hours. After the expiration date, they are sown in the prepared soil mixture. It should consist of equal parts of turf, leafy land and high-moor peat. The container is covered with plastic or glass on top to create a greenhouse effect.

At least twice a day, the crops must be ventilated and the accumulated condensate must be removed from the surface of the glass or film.

Moistening of the substrate is carried out with a spray, it is not recommended to allow the substrate to completely dry out.

Seedlings will begin to appear in thirty to forty days.

Tops

If desired, you can ensure that the yucca on the trunk has two or three fan-shaped tops... This is done when the false palm has grown more than thirty centimeters in height. Using a sharp knife, the upper part of the plant is cut off. Be sure to leave a few leaves on the trunk.

Slice sprinkle with crushed charcoal. Where there was a cut, after a while young shoots will appear, and the top is used to obtain a new false palm. It should be air-dried for two hours, after which it is immersed in moistened sand or a container of water for rooting. Just before use, the water must be boiled and cooled.

When the lower leaf plates decay, they are cut off, and the water changes. After the roots appear, the top is planted in a separate pot.

Cuttings

Propagation of the yucca palm by segments of the stems of the trunk. If you look closely, you will notice dormant kidneys, which are on the lignified trunk of the false palm.

There are a lot of them and each, when certain conditions are created, is capable of giving new shoots.

All nutrients obtained by yucca from the soil are redirected to the development of the crown, so as long as there is a top on the trunk, the shoots will not wake up.

After cutting the crown off the plant, young leaf plates begin to form under the cut. This feature of the yucca can be perfectly used for breeding. This process do so:

• the trunk is cut into pieces, each of which must be at least twenty centimeters;
   
• the finished pieces are placed in a mixture of peat and sand for rooting;
   
• the container is covered with polyethylene or a glass jar.

The period from February to April is best suited for cuttings.

Use of lateral processes

When to plant and how to grow a yucca from a scion at home? Side shoots regularly appear on the trunk of the false palm, which can be used for plant propagation. For these purposes, they are cut together with a small piece of bark and placed in a sandy-peat mixture for rooting.

The cut on the trunk is disinfected with activated charcoal or charcoal. Roots appear within thirty days.

False Palm Pruning Process

Upon reaching the trunk of the yucca more than seven centimeters in diameter, it is clipped. This is done in order to form a crown of the correct shape on the palm tree. Do not forget that after the procedure is performed, the growth of the plant stops.

You need to cut as high as possible from the base of the trunk... The plant needs to be well-watered every three to four days. The cut part is placed in a moist rooting medium. Thanks to the pruning method, the owner forms the height of the plant he needs.

How to plant and grow?

Yucca prefers neutral acidity soil, therefore, the plant should be planted in a specially prepared soil mixture, consisting of leafy, soddy soil, peat and humus, taken in a ratio of 2: 2: 1: 1. You can buy ready-made substrate at a flower shop. For these purposes, the soil is ideal for cacti, palm plants or dracaena.

The pot must be chosen high, since the plant needs drainage for good development. The layer height should be at least three to five centimeters. Broken brick, small crushed stone or other materials are useful in this capacity. A layer of soil is poured over the drainage, then yucca is placed and sprinkled on top with a substrate.

It is not worth deepening the plant more than three centimeters. The substrate is carefully watered, after which the pot with the plant is placed in its permanent place.

Planting yucca in open ground

How and when to plant yucca outdoors? Planting and care outdoors in the garden.

There are many types of yucca. In addition to plants grown at home, there are also garden varieties that grow well in the open field.

Plus, such a palm tree blooms very beautifully, for which it is appreciated by flower growers. The prerequisites for planting a yucca are as follows:

• the place for the plant should be sunny and hot;
   
• the optimum temperature during planting should be 18 degrees Celsius during the daytime and at least seven at night;
   
• the plant needs nutritious soil. If there is poor soil on the site, then you need to dig a hole, the depth and width of which should be at least 50 centimeters and pour a prepared mixture into it, including garden soil, humus, sand and peat in equal parts.

When should you plant?

The best time to plant a yucca is Springwhen the threat of night frosts has completely passed and the temperature does not drop below seven degrees. Before the weather is right, yucca can grow on a window or in a greenhouse. It is not recommended to plant immediately, since a false palm need gradual hardening.

To do this, they begin to take it out into the open air every day, gradually increasing the time spent outside.The size of the hole for planting should be twice as large as the root system.

In the fall, planting yucca in the fall is not recommended.especially if the climatic conditions are harsh. The plant will not have time to root well before frost and will die from the cold, even if it is provided with good shelter for the winter.

How to transplant correctly?

What is the best and when can I transplant a indoor yucca? At home, a yucca transplant is carried out no more than once every two years.

If the plant has several trunks, then they can be planted. It is done like this:

• the trunk is divided into separate parts along with the root system;
   
• places of cuts are sprinkled with crushed activated or charcoal;
   
• each sprout is planted in a separate container and moistened.

For transplanting a false palm, a larger flower pot is chosen. He must be strong. Best to use ceramic products... Ideal if the old container fits easily into the chosen one. Any time of the year is suitable for transplanting at home, but most often this is done with the onset of spring.

Yucca needs to be prepared for the procedure. The third part of the leaves is cut, the palm is removed from the pot, the root system is immersed in room water for at least one hour. When transplanting, you need to ensure that the roots do not break, otherwise they will begin to rot.

The false palm is very responds well to feeding with various types of fertilizers.

With proper care and adherence to planting rules, you can grow a beautiful plant that will look great in your home interior.

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