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YUCCA PLANT

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Posted by: volcanogirl

19th Nov 2010 05:00am

I have a very big yuuca plant in my backyard. Is slowly turning yellow. Have fed it and watered it but nothing is changing. Can anyone tell me what im doing wrong. I dont want it to die. It is quite big with at least 8 different heads on it.

jjdrer
  • 25th May 2014 11:40pm

There is one problem with some yucca plants if you have children or pets.
Some have sharp points on the end of their leaves and can result in some nasty cuts. I know they have to learn not to touch them.
If you overwater plants in very hot weather the water in the soil can actually get so hot that it will cause plants to wilt and die. My Mum gave some fuschias extra water when we knew it was going to very hot the next day. Looking out the window the next day she watched it literally wilt and it was dead within a few days. When I dug it up I discovered the soil was still quite damp but was quite warm still. A few metres away where they had been no watering the soil was cool.
We recently had bushfires in the Flinders Ranges in SA. CFS were hosing trees putting out fires. Friends of ours that gum tree that the water was sitting in part way up its trunk. When the water got too hot although the tree had not been burnt at all it literally "exploded", sending branches several metres in all directions. Fortunately no personell were injured...or firefighting equipment damaged.


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