Usually the plant has the appearance of a small tree, from the trunk of which narrow long sheets leave. Depending on the species, the leaves may have a bluish-green or bright color, be drooping or erect. If the tree is trimmed in time, it will have a branched structure.
Yucca garden has a similarity with dracaena. But it is not a palm tree. In natural conditions, the plant blooms inflorescences-panicles, collected from small bells. But the home yucca blooms extremely rarely.
Care of the plant
Yucca is a light-loving flower, and therefore wonders on the windowsills on the south side. But you can arrange it on the west or east window, the main thing is that the sun should look there for at least a few hours a day. In summer, a good option for a plant is a terrace, balcony or garden. But you need to protect it from drafts. Some of its species can even spend the winter on the street if the climate is mild.
The optimum temperature for the plant is 20-25 degrees Celsius. In the winter, the yucca prefers cool rooms, for rest she needs a temperature of about 10 degrees. Although it can winter in the room.
Leaves must be wiped with a damp cloth from time to time. It requires moderate watering, as for all dry plants. In the summer it is necessary to water more abundantly, but not to leave water in the pan, but to let it escape. It should be remembered that yucca is better to be undershot than pour.
From fertilizers it is necessary to use mineral and organic, which are introduced twice a month during April-August to accelerate growth.
Yucca: reproduction and transplantation
Transplant this representative of the Aghavovs in two years in the spring. Kom of land around its roots should be kept to the maximum. And best of all - to make transshipment of the plant. The pot should be spacious, providing good drainage, which will protect against rotting roots. To the soil, yucca is not demanding, but it is better to choose neutral.
To propagate yucca, you need to root the top of the stem or a piece of the trunk at least 10 cm in length. The cut stalk is dried for 2 hours, and then placed in water, where you can also add one tablet of activated charcoal. In the substrate we plant after the appearance of rootlets. Rooting should take place at a temperature of at least 20 degrees Celsius and in conditions of high humidity.
Perhaps reproduction of yucca and offspring, separated from the mother plant and taking root in moistened sand. The plant can grow from seeds, but only from fresh ones. They need to be soaked in warm water for a day, and then sowed in a substrate of peat and leafy soil. They are covered with glass or film and air a couple of times a day. Germs will appear throughout the month.
Diseases and pests
Juvenile mealybugs, caterpillars, thrips, leafgrass bugs, pseudobranching and scabbards can defeat yucca, special insecticides can help them overcome them.
Among the diseases, the brown and gray leaf spot on the yucca is most common. To overcome the ailment, you need to remove the infected leaves and treat the plant with a fungicide. Very dangerous is stem rot, manifested by the softening of the trunk and the formation of bright red ulcers on it. Subsequently, the Yucca disease dies. Root rot and bacterial burn can also threaten the plant.
Yellow yucca leaves should not panic. The tree changes the foliage, instead of the old one a new one will appear. Can the plant completely discard part of the foliage after a transplant or move. Also, the cause may be low temperatures and drafts. The coldness is also signaled by the twisting of leaves and their brown edges. If the temperature is too high in the room or lack of moisture, brown spots form. Brownish-gray spots indicate a bacterial or fungal disease as a result of incorrect agricultural techniques. All is formed when care becomes correct.