Yucca is an evergreen plant of the Agave family, which has a lot of useful qualities. The juice contained in the flowers is saturated with a lot of sugar. Few people know that the first denim pants were made of filament yucca fibers with high strength. In the United States, denim manufacturers today include the same fibers. Paper is made from this plant. The leaves contain valuable substances with healing properties.
Recently, yucca and other palm-shaped plants have gained wide popularity in the subject of landscaping. They reach a height of up to four meters, so they serve as an excellent decoration for large rooms, hallways and spacious halls. The yucca with a bifurcated trunk forming several points of growth is very much appreciated. Green leaves collected in a bunch on the top of a powerful trunk form a spectacular crown.
How to contain yucca
In order to better grow yucca, planting and care are carried out in a warm and well-lit place. Meanwhile, in the hours of the midday sun, the plant must be shaded from direct rays. It is best to place the plant on a western or eastern window. If it is not possible to provide yucca with a full daylight of 16 hours, you can apply additional artificial lighting with fluorescent lights. The distance between the light source and the plant should range from 30 to 60 cm. When warm weather occurs on the street, the plant is taken out to fresh air. In this case, it is necessary to provide diffused lighting in the place where the yucca will stand. Landing and care in the open ground is allowed in mid-latitude conditions. On the Black Sea coast, many species of yucca successfully grow in open ground. If there is no possibility of placing the yucca in the fresh air, it is recommended to ensure regular ventilation of the room.
Content temperature
Do not forget that this plant is of southern origin, so you need to provide gentle conditions in the place where the yucca grows. Planting and care can be carried out both indoors and outdoors, depending on the type of plant. The most favorable temperature for the growth and development of yucca is considered to be:
- in spring and summer, from 20 to 25 degrees;
- in the autumn-winter period - from 8 to 12 degrees.
When the heat sets in, do not overheat the plant. You can remove it for a while in a shaded place, and after it cools down, spray it with warm water.
In winter, daylight hours are shortened, so if a yucca is kept in warm conditions, it grows. The bases of the shoots begin to stretch, the leaves become thin and light, hanging on the trunk. If you do not plan to put the yucca for wintering in special conditions in a cool place, you should keep it outdoors as long as possible in a frost-protected place. Next year it is recommended to take the plant out into the open air as soon as possible.
How to care for yucca garden
It is best in outdoor conditions that the garden yucca grows. Landing and caring for it does not require tremendous effort. Due to the fact that the plant is thermophilic, it is necessary to plant it in a sunny place, where the light intensity will be high. When growing yucca in the garden, you need to choose a place for it where moisture stagnation is excluded.
When planting in a pot or planter, a good drainage layer is poured to the bottom. This is a prerequisite for a plant such as
yucca garden. Landing and care will take a minimum amount of effort if there is a country house. In winter, the yucca will be in the hall or room, decorating the interior. And in the summer you can take the plant to the garden, where it will feel great. If the yucca leaves curl and sag, it means that it lacks moisture. It is necessary to increase watering. If the yucca stays in the open ground for the winter, it is necessary to cut the trunk in half, then cover the plant tightly. After wintering, the plant may be attacked by slugs. Insecticides are used to destroy them.
What is yucca elephant
This type of yucca is from Central America. It got its name due to the fact that with age it begins to resemble the big foot of an elephant. Such a yucca grows very slowly, with time it turns into a small straight tree, with a height of 8 to 10 meters. The trunk of the plant at the end is highly branched, and many rosettes of straight green leaves are formed on the sides of the crown. The leaf plates at the edges have small teeth, and at the end there is a sharp spike. The length of such leaves can reach 100 centimeters.
The adult elephant yucca looks very impressive. Planting and care require providing a good drainage layer, since the plant does not tolerate moisture stagnation. In winter conditions, when the air is overdried by heating devices, daily spraying of leaves is necessary.
How to care for a thready yucca
Through deep penetration of the roots, the yucca is filamentous with the root offspring. Planting and care are allowed in the open ground, as some plants can tolerate frost of -20 degrees. At the same time, you should not abuse the resistance of the yucca to frost. Care should be taken to warm the plant for the winter if it remains on the street. Watering yucca filament depends on several factors: the depth and size of the pots, soil composition, and ambient temperature.
In the warm season, the plant is watered more often, allowing the earthen coma to dry out between waterings to a depth of 5 centimeters. The rest of the year, watering should be moderate. Do not forget that with stagnation of water, the root system can rot, and the plant will die.
Homemade Yucca Care
Indoor yucca in shape resembles a false palm. Over time, it reaches a height of 3 to 4 meters.
It should be noted that homemade yucca grows very slowly. Planting and care require not too large pots for the plant. The plant responds very well to spraying, especially in the heating season. Watering is done as the topsoil dries. Indoor flowering is rare, and yucca bears fruit only in its own country. The flowers resemble large bells in shape.
Depending on the type of yucca, it can be planted both in pots, tubs, and in open ground.
In all cases, do not forget that the plant is of southern origin, and therefore wintering in a temperate climate is stressful for a plant such as yucca. Planting and caring for it provide for the creation of the most comfortable conditions for wintering, then the plant will delight its owner for many years.