Yucca plants can you trasplant and how to do it
Steven I Lanham
My mother in law asked my why her yuca plants never flowers. I told her
it was because she has them on the north side of the house less than two
foot from the house. She wants to know if we can dig them up and move
them into full sun. Can it be done or is it a plant with a too long tap
root to transplant. Thanks for any help
Regards Steve I Lanham
j kolenovsky
ma...@hal-pc.org wrote:
> answer.
>
> Here on the Texas Gulf Coast I don't bother to transplant. When I want
> yucca in another location I cut one already growing off in 1 foot pieces
> and stick them in the ground where I want new growth. I have taken as
> many as 8 pieces off a single yucca. The old one starts new growth at
> the cut, often adding two or three new "branches". The starter pieces
> take good strong hold in 6 months to a year.
>
> Again your location may dictate another way.
Thats right. We in the Gulf coast area have some advantages. Madee's
technique is a good one. Why disturb the taproot. The taking of some cuttings
and tranplanting to the South side is a good idea. I would then move the
parent plant in the fall. This way you got the South side started and use the
Fall advantage of relocating. These plants are disease resistant, cold-hardy
and drought-resistant. Loves sunny spots. Loves good drainage so plant above
grade. Fertilize twice yearly.
When you transplant, water in well and use some Vitamin B-1 plant starter.
ma...@hal-pc.org
Richard A. Ifft
>
>Steven I Lanham <sla...@bridge.com> wrote:
>>My mother in law asked my why her yuca plants never flowers. I told
her
>>it was because she has them on the north side of the house less than
two
>>foot from the house. She wants to know if we can dig them up and move
>>them into full sun. Can it be done or is it a plant with a too long
tap
>>root to transplant. Thanks for any help
>>Regards Steve I Lanham
A neighbor of mine had what amounted to a whole hedge of yuccas in
front of her house. The plants must be at least 40 years old. She
hates yuccas, with a passion. I like them a lot so I offered to take
them off her hands. Half the neighborhood got together last week, with
pickaxes and hoes and shovels and any other tools they could find.
Nobody had what you might call a delicate touch. My husband drove home
a few times with trunkfuls of yuccas, preferably those with both a big
fat root and foliage, and we planted them a few days later. They
should be fine. Many neighbors are now finding yucca roots on their
porches; I assume they will be fine too. At least as far as the yucca
we plant in the mid-Atlantic goes (that's the one that's native to
Delaware), I think they can be transplanted anytime and in any way.
Someone else gave me a yucca in the middle of the winter. The yucca's
roots had split its plastic pot, but I never got around to planting it
until last week's yucca digging and planting festival. It's fine too,
even after having spent the winter with exposed roots out on the front
porch.
Point is: it's a yucca; you don't have to be too careful.
Beth.
Laurel Busch
Steven I Lanham <sla...@bridge.com> wrote:
>She wants to know if we can dig them up and move
>them into full sun. Can it be done or is it a plant with a too long tap
>root to transplant.
Yes, it's easy. The root system(?) is similar to iris
rhizomes. My brother dug up a bunch and gave them to me a
couple of springs ago and it worked fine.
Laurel Busch
lsb...@accutek.com
Kenneth Nilsson
Hi from Sweden,
I have been following this thread trying to find out what VARIETY of Yucca
you are talking about. You must have several kinds of Yuccas "over there"
too. They are native to your area...
This is the problem with not using the scientific name: Different Yuccas
are different...
Yucca aloifolia?
Yucca filamentosa?
Yucca flaccida?
Yucca gloriosa?
Yucca parviflora?
Yucca whipplei?
....
Soory,
but you'll probably say "Of course it's Yucca XXX. that's all we have here
so everybody knows that already..."
"Another outsider"
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Kenneth
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