Re: I need to help my adopted yucca but i know nothing
by Billy <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 16, 2008 at 12:27 PM
In article <paterson00.2a29b66@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
paterson00 <paterson00.2a29b66@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I have just been given a 6ft yucca that had been chopped down and left
> to dry out ready for firewood BUT while it was left to dry out it
> started to sprout new shoots, and since i had expressed an interest and
> the plant looked as though it may survive i have been given
> it................. in two three foot pieces. Pretty much just logs
> with some shoots coming out the sides. I have put them in the ground
> in the hope they may survive.
>
> What can i do to assist its revival............both bits.
>
> I know nothing about gardening really.
Yucca, grow only, on average, a half inch per year. The tree also has
just one pollinator, the Yucca Moth.
Frequently, Joshua Trees are seen growing in groups and this
happens because they can grow from underground rhizomes. They can
also grow from seed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca
--
Billy
Bush Behind Bars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTfcAyYGg&ref=patrick.nethttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo59c7zU&feature=related