Yucca plants

Danjr94

Danjr94

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We have got a job on trimming a few yucca plants and removing a few. This is the first timewe had to trim yuccas. Can anyone offer any advice on how to do so?
 
Take the dead stalks out of the middle the tall ones. And cut out the bottom few layers of leaves. And anything dead cut out. And a maddock will help you pull the ones out completely
 
Danjr94 said:
We have got a job on trimming a few yucca plants and removing a few. This is the first time we had to trim yuccas. Can anyone offer any advice on how to do so?
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Well that would kinda depend on the plant. They grow in two forms, tree-like or in a rosette. There are over 40 different species of the yucca plant, plus there are indoor and outdoor types. You apparently are talking about the outdoor or tree- like type which is pretty simply. Put on a pair of gloves and just start at the bottom and remove or peal off the dead leaves working your way up the stalk. Fertilize a couple of times a year or season.
 
Ric said:
Well that would kinda depend on the plant. They grow in two forms, tree-like or in a rosette. There are over 40 different species of the yucca plant, plus there are indoor and outdoor types. You apparently are talking about the outdoor or tree- like type which is pretty simply. Put on a pair of gloves and just start at the bottom and remove or peal off the dead leaves working your way up the stalk. Fertilize a couple of times a year or season.
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Hmm that's the only kind we have up here my bad
 
Ric said:
Well that would kinda depend on the plant. They grow in two forms, tree-like or in a rosette. There are over 40 different species of the yucca plant, plus there are indoor and outdoor types. You apparently are talking about the outdoor or tree- like type which is pretty simply. Put on a pair of gloves and just start at the bottom and remove or peal off the dead leaves working your way up the stalk. Fertilize a couple of times a year or season.
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Like those in the picture except the bottom couple layers are dead.
 
Danjr94 said:
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Like those in the picture except the bottom couple layers are dead.
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That's the rosette, a good pair of gloves and a good sharp knife or shears . Cut the dead leaves off from the bottom, up don't pull or peel them like you would the tree or you may hurt the plant, I'd leave a couple of inches of each cutting on the plant. After you're done with that you can remove the bloom or flower stocks if you like or if the client wants it done.
 
Here they are a hated weed. In pastures they take over and get huge. Farmers wait until its very cold and doze them into giant piles.
 
I believe yucca are invasive and will re-generate unless you get all of the tubers (roots) out of the soil.
 
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