Yucca: reproduction and care at home. Reproduction of yucca by cuttings and segments of the trunk How does yucca reproduce at home

Yucca (or yuca) is an ornamental indoor plant that pleases owners with a beautiful appearance and requires a minimum of care when grown. However, with age, the tree grows strongly, sometimes stretches or loses yellowed foliage. For those who have been growing yucca for a long time, reproduction at home will help rejuvenate the flower, shorten it or get new specimens.

Necessary conditions for the reproduction of yucca

Before deciding how to plant a yucca at home, you should assess its condition, prepare the necessary containers and soil. Also, for each selected method, you will need to select a specific time of year, light and temperature conditions. Here are some rules.

• Pot selection. The capacity must correspond to the size of the root system, be stable. It is advisable to buy not plastic, but clay or ceramic pots with drainage holes at the bottom.
• Providing drainage. Draining excess water is necessary so that the roots do not rot in too wet soil. To ensure drainage, expanded clay or small stones are poured into the bottom of the tank with a layer of 2.5-4 cm.
• Checking plant resistance. It is necessary to install the top, part of a plant or a process on a layer of drainage and soil vertically, sprinkling earth on the sides, tamping with palms. There should be no voids in the soil.
• Regular watering. It should be started only a day after planting, so that the root system has time to get used to the new conditions. You can not fill the indoor flower or overdry it.

It is important to know. It is better to propagate or plant yucca in spring, summer, however, if necessary, transplantation can also be carried out in winter by setting the room temperature to at least 25 degrees Celsius and additional lighting.

Substrate Requirements

Nutrient soil can be purchased at any specialized gardening store or prepared independently. The main thing is that it be loose, let air and water pass well to the roots. Of the purchased mixtures for the plant, soil is suitable for palm trees, succulents, and dracaena.

Yucca prefers to grow in soil with a neutral pH of 5-7. In this regard, at home, the soil should be prepared from coarse river sand, turf, leafy soil and humus, taken in approximately equal proportions. Chernozem and peat can be added to young plants; it is not necessary to add humus for adult specimens.

The soil should be poured into a spacious tall pot, after pouring drainage - crushed stone, expanded clay, broken brick, clay fragments. Then a layer of soil 4-6 cm high is added, and only then a houseplant is installed. More than 3 cm to deepen the flower is not worth it.

Reproduction methods

You can propagate or root yuca different ways: seeds, apical cuttings or part of the stem, layering, children. Stemless types of indoor plants are easy to plant by dividing the rhizome into two or three parts.

The most effective propagation options are cuttings and propagation by daughter rosettes (offspring). To decide how to propagate yucca at home, you should first study all the methods, consider a step-by-step guide with photos and videos.

seeds

Yucca seeds for growing are easy to purchase at a gardening store. Each package usually contains three to five pieces. Seeds should be black, have a glossy tint, only such material has good germination. For better germination, stratification is required, that is, damage to the peel. Only after that, the seed material is placed in the nutrient soil, deepening by 4-6 mm.

It is important to know. To grow a yuca tree from a seed, it will take several years of patience and systematic care. Sowing is best done in spring and summer.

Several conditions must be observed when growing:

• the temperature in the room should not fall below 25 degrees Celsius;
• the soil in order to avoid drying out should be covered with a plastic bag, film or glass;
• to prevent rotting of the roots of the container, it is necessary to ventilate daily, removing condensate from the glass.

When two true leaf plates appear at the yuca seedlings, the seedlings are seated in small containers or plastic cups.

shoots

Indoor yucca is propagated by root or stem shoots. You need to cut them off the trunk or plant them as they appear - for good flower growth in a pot there should not be more than 4-5 sprouts. Rooting is carried out in the following sequence.

1. Shoots are cut off, the places of cuts are treated with charcoal to protect against decay.
2. Shoots are planted in bowls with wet sand, lightly watered.
3. Close the container with a bag or glass jar.
4. Maintain the temperature in the room at a level of at least 20 degrees Celsius, periodically moisten.
5. Every day, the "greenhouse" is ventilated, the condensate is removed.
6. When the first roots appear (after 2-2.5 months), the shoots are transplanted into small pots, having prepared a nutrient substrate.

It is important to know. When planting shoots in the ground, wood ash or crushed coal must be added so that the growing root system does not rot when watered.

With stem cuttings

This breeding option for yuca is used only by experienced flower growers. For planting take trunks with a length of at least 25 cm, without leaf plates. Sections are treated with crushed activated charcoal or garden pitch.

Be sure to treat the root system with any root formation stimulator, only then transplant it in a vertical position into a mixture of peat, humus, turf and sand. If desired, the trunk is sprayed with the preparation "Epin" or "Zircon" to stimulate the growth of the kidneys.

Also use the option of horizontal propagation by stem cuttings. To do this, perform the following steps.

1. Pour soil or wet sand into the container.
2. Lay out parts of the trunk on the sand lying down, that is, in horizontal position.
3. They don’t sprinkle anything on top, they just press it a little into the ground with a finger.
4. When roots and processes appear on the trunk, the workpiece is pulled out, cut into several parts.
5. Slices are sprinkled with charcoal, slightly dried.
6. Planted blanks separately in small containers.

If the purchased part of the yucca trunk is used for planting, filled with wax on top, the algorithm of actions is slightly changed.

1. Remove wax.
2. lowered lower part in the solution of the root stimulator "Heteroauxin" for 3 days.
3. Then the trunk is buried 3-4 cm into the soil, slightly moistened.

It is important to know. When buds and sprouts appear on the trunk, you should feed the yucca with any nitrogen fertilizer. This is necessary for the growth of a lush crown and the development of the top.

Rooting the top

Knowing how to root a yucca at home with the help of the top, you can get an updated young plant with a lush crown. Such reproduction does not cause much trouble, it is available even for beginners. For rooting, the top rosette of leaves or even an accidentally broken branch of a mature plant is suitable. In the second case, you only need to cut off the excess part of the trunk, leaving a "stump" or "heel".

The apical cutting prepared for planting is dried for 2-3 hours, excess leaf plates are removed by hand. Then the top is planted in the prepared soil, covered with a glass jar or a plastic bottle with a cut neck. Monitor soil moisture, water very rarely.

To be sure of the formation of roots on the trunk or at the outlet, you can put the top in a jar of water, adding wood ash or three tablets of activated charcoal there.

Air layers

Not everyone knows that yuca can be propagated by air layering, but this method is quite simple. Most often it is used after a flower disease, if the root system has rotted, but solid sections of the trunk remain. Actions are not difficult.

1. They inspect the plant, choose healthy parts of the trunk 10 cm above the rot spots.
2. The bark is removed with a sharp knife, stripping it with a strip to a depth of 5 mm around the circumference.
3. Cover this area with wet sphagnum moss, wrap it with a bag or film on top.
4. Moss is sprayed daily with a spray bottle.
5. After 20 days, the first roots will appear, they are also sprayed with water.
6. Then a section with roots from 5 cm long is cut below the bark removal zone.
7. Sprinkle slices with charcoal, dry.
8. Plant cuttings in small containers.

Tips for flower growers

When choosing a way to propagate or plant indoor yucca, you need to follow a few simple recommendations. You should not unnecessarily disturb the flower from October to February, when the dormant period begins. It is better to breed in the spring, from April to May, or in early summer, when good lighting. Lateral shoots can be grown only in spring.

Here are some more tips for beginners from experienced flower growers.

• When buying stem sections for growing yucca, you need to make sure that the wax blank is elastic, not too dried out and without rot spots. There should be inscriptions on the trunk, where the top and out.
• If the purchased stalk does not have inscriptions on the cuts (there is no marking of the top and bottom), it is grown in a horizontal position, having previously removed the wax and deepened it halfway into the ground.
• When growing buds, pieces of trunks must be covered with a film, a glass container or a dense transparent bag so that moisture does not evaporate from the "greenhouse".
• The temperature in the room is not lowered below 20-22 degrees Celsius for 1-2 months, while the buds and processes are formed.
• When trimming the top, the trunk is not thrown away. The cut is sprinkled with crushed coal, watered moderately, fertilized. New leaves will grow at the place of pruning, decorative branches will appear.

Beautifies gardens for over a hundred years. A tree-like plant with its appearance will turn any garden into a fabulous forest. The miracle flower belongs to the agave family. He arrived in our country from America, and perfectly settled down here.

Description

There are more than 20 species of this plant. Another name for it is false palm. So she was called appearance, indeed, the resemblance to a palm tree is very large.
And the Indians called it the "Tree of Life."

This tree-like perennial plant can perfectly winter under open sky Caucasus, Crimea, Ukraine and all southern regions. In the northern regions, it is grown as a potted plant.

Yucca garden perfectly took root in the gardens of the southern regions of the country. She feels comfortable in gardens and parks. Grows slowly. It begins to bloom at the age of three years.

An evergreen perennial, it can be a tree or shrub, depending on the species. The trunk of various sizes, can be a few centimeters high, and can grow several meters.

The tree trunk grows straight or has several branches, the maximum height is up to 12 m. The arrangement of the leaves is rosette, they are elongated along the entire length, often have thorns. The leaves are dense, rigid, located on a shortened stem.

The color of the leaves is dark green with a bluish tinge.

IN summer time, it is an extraordinarily beautiful sight. Flowering lasts as long as 3 weeks. During flowering, the false palm transforms and becomes even more attractive and exotic.

The flower is a huge candle, collected from many flowers, outwardly similar to. It has a pleasant aroma, similar to the smell of expensive soap.

The flowers themselves are edible and have a pleasant taste similar to green beans or artichokes. They are often added to salads or omelettes.

There are bred varieties of false palm. Yucca frost-resistant is a perennial plant that can winter outdoors for several years in cold climatic conditions. But, unfortunately, after several years of growing it in a garden or park, the trunk begins to grow bark, which is vulnerable to cold weather factors.

Frost-resistant species include: false gray and filamentous. These species can feel great in frosts down to -18-20 degrees below zero.

Features of care

Caring for an exotic plant is not difficult. Basically, all care consists in watering, loosening, top dressing, protection from frost and diseases.

It is necessary to water the false palm tree as the top layer of the soil dries. Moreover, yucca leaves should be sprayed daily in the early morning and late evening, in the absence of sunlight.

The plant is not capricious at all. need time to water, feed and protect from frost. If all three conditions are met, she will delight you with her attractive appearance.

The false palm is relatively resistant to diseases. But prevention should be done. Leaves should be wiped from time to time with a cotton pad dipped in vodka. This event will prevent the occurrence of certain diseases.

The main thing in care is not to overdo it, if you water it too often and abundantly, the root system may rot. If it is too rare, the leaves of the false palm will begin to curl. Therefore, it is necessary to find a golden mean.

An adult yucca must be cut. Thus, the plant can be rejuvenated and a few more seedlings can be obtained from it for planting; it should be pruned immediately after being released from winter warming.

After the stem, new buds will begin to open, which will become rosettes of leaves. Thanks to this procedure, the plant becomes even more exotic.

Properly trim the yucca should be as follows:

• Two days before pruning, the false palm should be watered abundantly.
• Circumcision is done with a clean sharpened blade or knife. Approximately 7-9 cm from the level of the rosette of leaves.
• After trimming, wait 10-15 minutes for the trunk to dry. After that, treat the cut with a fungicide and crushed charcoal.
• Cover the top with garden pitch.

Two weeks later, new shoots will appear. A healthy plant has about 5-6 of them.

Preparing soil and fertilizers

Yucca is unpretentious, but it will look much more attractive if planted in loose soil that does not retain water. It is advisable to add coarse sand when planting. The soil must be well drained.

Before planting yucca, it is advisable to dig the soil in advance and clear it of various weeds. Dig deep while applying mineral fertilizers to deeply nourish the soil. It is good to add to the soil, before planting, black soil or lime soil.

Produce during the period of active growth, namely: in spring and early summer. At this time, liquid humus, compost and mineral fertilizers will be required.

In the first years of life in the garden, yucca needs to make mineral fertilizers. They do it for two years. Upon reaching the age of 3 years, they begin to fertilize with organic fertilizers. It is not recommended to feed a bush under the age of 3 years with them, at this time it is not yet strong enough.

Yucca, which is already more than 3 years old, is fed with liquid organic fertilizer in early April.

For the development of the vegetative system, in early June, it is necessary to sprinkle a handful of superphosphate on the top layer of soil around the plant. Fertilizer will penetrate the soil when watering or with rain, and will reach the roots.

How to plant a yucca

To do this, a newly acquired seedling must be taken out in the sun gradually. In the first 3-4 days in the fresh air, it should be about 1-2 hours. In the next 3-4 days, it can be left outside for 3-4 hours. Then another 5-6 days you can leave it up to 6 hours.

After such hardening, our palm tree can be planted in prepared soil.

Planted in spring or summer, depending on climatic conditions. During planting, the daytime temperature should be at least 20-22 degrees Celsius.
Only under such landing conditions, the root system will prepare for the winter period.

Must be well drained. The acidity level of the soil is approximately pH 7.5.
Choose an open, well-lit site for planting. Yucca is a southern plant, but the abundance of sunlight does not favorably affect the color of the foliage, so the site should be sunny, but partial shade is desirable during the afternoon sun.

To plant a false palm tree, prepare the soil in advance. The area for planting it is abundant with sawdust or hay, so that moisture does not evaporate from this area for as long as possible.

For planting, you need to dig a deep hole. The size of the hole should exceed the size of the root system.

Some plants that do not tolerate cold are moved indoors for the winter. It is for such plants that you should dig a larger hole and plant a yucca along with a pot.

In this way, in the summer it grows on the street, like a garden tree, and for the winter, the pot is simply dug out along with the plant. This is very convenient, you do not need to disturb the roots once again.

How to plant a yucca growing on the street

Decorative yucca grows and blooms up to 20 years. But, in order to ensure a comfortable existence for her, periodic transplants will be required. They are usually transplanted in cases when it has grown strongly and it has become crowded with the shoots.

Transplantation is required in cases where:

• Numerous ones have appeared and it has grown greatly. It is necessary to disconnect its processes and seat them on it. The yucca itself requires a transplant too.
• When transplanting a false palm, you need to carefully dig out the root system. Its roots go deep into the ground, so you should dig deeper so as not to damage the roots.
• Transplanted, as a rule, in the spring or late summer.
• After transplanting to another site, flowering can be expected only after a year.

Top dressing is performed after 14 days.

Features of transplanting yucca filamentous

The evergreen perennial filamentous shrub has very interesting leaves. Cute threads hang down along the edges of blue-green leaves, the leaves themselves grow from a rosette. Leaves grow up to 90 centimeters long, up to 4 centimeters wide.

The trunk, as such, it practically does not have. Outwardly, it looks like the leaves are growing right out of the ground.

False palm filamentous feels great in middle lane. It is often found in the parks of the Moscow region.

The transplantation of an adult plant of filamentous yucca is not much different from the transplantation of representatives of another species. A filamentous false palm should be moved to places that are not very dark, open with good lighting.

It is important that the new site where it will be transplanted does not have high groundwater. They are able to wash away the roots, as a result of which the death of the plant may occur.

You can not transplant an adult filamentous to places where it will be shaded by large trees. Its leaves in this case will reach for the sun, this will negatively affect the appearance. The leaves will fade and become emaciated, the overall appearance of the outlet will not be neat.

For an adult flower, the landing hole is made large. It should be 1 meter deep and 70 centimeters in diameter. The bottom of the landing pit must be covered with drainage. Namely, gravel or large rubble.

The next layer in the planting hole should be a mixture consisting of soil, black soil, ash and stony debris. At the end of planting, abundant watering should be ensured.

An adult large false palm tree in a new area can take root for quite some time, so it needs quality care. Transplantation is carried out only if there is no threat of frost and only in warm weather. If frosts can still be, it is better not to risk it and postpone the transplant to a later time.

The southern regions of the country are undoubtedly lucky that such a beautiful plant has chosen their climatic conditions.

Growing exotic plants is an exciting job, and the result is worth it.

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Yucca (Yúcca) is a tree-like and evergreen plant belonging to the Agave family (Agavaceae). At home, this false palm does not require significant care, and reproduction is most often carried out by cuttings, as well as dividing the bush or shoots. In order to properly breed an indoor flower, it is necessary not only to take into account the botanical features of the plant, but also to adhere to the recommendations of experienced flower growers and specialists. Seed breeding of room and garden ornamental crops is practically not used.

Botanical characteristic

The stem is most often a woody type, but some species have a characteristic rhizomatous-branched stem. The foliage is crowded at the top. Leaves linear-lanceolate, pointed. The formation of rather large, bell-shaped, white, drooping flowers, located on slightly shortened pedicels, is characteristic.

Inflorescences are represented by a multi-flowered panicle. The six tepals are loosely arranged or have several connections at the base. The ovaries are characterized by numerous ovules. In place of the flower, fruit-boxes or relatively fleshy medium-sized berries are formed. Filamentous yucca (Yucca filamentosa) is grown in open ground, which relatively easily withstands temperatures down to minus 18-20°C. Outdoor or garden, as well as ornamental palm grown in amateur floriculture, most often propagated by vegetative methods.

False palm cuttings

It is possible to propagate a decorative flower by cuttings until the phase of active growth. Most often, such breeding is carried out in the last decade of winter or early spring. It is during this period that the remaining stem part takes root well separately. After pruning, the active growth processes of the lower part stop., therefore, this procedure is always carried out exclusively on grown, well-formed and tall palm trees.

In order to obtain an apical cutting, with a sharp and clean knife or pruner, the top is cut off at a certain height. The cut is carefully and relatively abundantly sprinkled with crushed activated carbon, and then dried for half an hour at standard temperature.

Yucca propagation: cuttings (video)

Rooting is done in planting containers filled with the right nutrient substrate or in a container of water to which an activated charcoal tablet is added. The rooted stalk and soil must be regularly sprayed with water from a spray bottle. After the roots are formed, planting is carried out young plant in a permanent place in a flower pot.

The flower pot should be placed in a well-lit place, and provided with regular irrigation activities. When the first shoots form from dormant buds under the cut apical area, watering should become more intense. It is allowed to leave only a few dormant growth buds on a thick trunk of a yucca. If the trunk is not too well developed, it is advisable to leave only a couple of dormant growth buds. Thus, it is possible to obtain not only a new home flower from a rooted cutting, but also a lush yucca from an old trunk.

Reproduction of room yucca at home: bush division

Bush division is the simplest and accessible way self-breeding, therefore, it is very often performed precisely in the process of transplanting an adult exotic tree. It is recommended to dig overgrown bushes in April or the first decade of May, a careful separation of sprouts is performed, which must necessarily have roots and shoots.

The divisions obtained during the division must be planted in a permanent place and watered abundantly. Young transplanted delenki are thermophilic, therefore they need competent care, including accurate and infrequent irrigation measures, shading from direct sunlight and top dressing.

How to propagate yucca by layering

If there are signs of decay of the root system, as well as in the presence of healthy areas, the growth of a new root system is used. This method of breeding is quite simple and must be produced according to the following technology:

• on a healthy trunk, slightly above the rotten area and below the top, a strip of bark is carefully removed;
• a strip of bark to be removed should be 0.5 cm wide, and the cut is lined with moistened sphagnum moss and tied with plastic wrap;
• moss is regularly moistened with warm and sufficiently settled water from a household spray bottle.

After about three weeks, a little above the cut on the bark, the root system is formed. After the length of the roots becomes optimal, the rooted area is separated and planted in a nutritious and fertile soil substrate. The cut must be sprinkled with crushed charcoal and dried a little at standard temperature.

Use of offspring

In the most comfortable cultivation conditions and with proper care, an indoor flower is able to form babies suitable for reproduction already in the first year of life. Separation of root or stem cuttings is very useful. Such a timely and competently performed procedure can favorably affect both normal growth and full development. Many experienced amateur flower growers recommend leaving no more than five shoots. The standard rooting process for offspring is as follows:

• after the separation of the offspring, absolutely all sections for prophylactic purposes and to protect against damage by rot must be treated with crushed charcoal as carefully as possible;
• separated offspring must be planted very carefully and correctly in pre-prepared planting containers filled with clean and moistened, medium-grained sand;
• planted young offspring should be poured relatively abundantly with warm and settled water, and then carefully covered with a glass jar or high-quality translucent polyethylene;
• for high-quality rooting, it is imperative to ensure optimal humidity and temperature regime at the level of 22-24 ° C;
• airing of the room "greenhouse" and irrigation measures are carried out daily as the soil mixture in the flower pot dries out qualitatively.

Subject to the planting technology and creating the most favorable conditions for growing, the rooting process takes about a couple of months. After rooting, transplantation is carried out to a permanent place, in a flower pot filled with a nutrient substrate with the addition of pieces of charcoal.

Features of garden propagation of yucca

The collected seed material is suitable for subsequent cultivation of a highly decorative culture. Sowing works are carried out in a special, properly prepared and highly nutritious substrate, which is necessarily based on an equal amount of leafy soil and soddy soil, as well as coarse-grained clean sand.

Subject to all the rules of sowing technology, as well as creating ideal, comfortable temperature conditions and optimal humidity, mass seedlings appear in about a month and a half. After the formation of a pair of true leaves on the seedlings, it is necessary to carefully dive into separate planting containers filled with a pre-prepared planting substrate. Outdoor exotic yucca grown from seed can be expected to flower about three years after planting.

Tropical highly decorative Yucca is quite adequately able to withstand Russian frosts, but when grown in open field on the territory of most regions of our country, it is advisable to protect young and fairly thermophilic plants for the winter period. In this case, frame structures with film cover and mulching of the flower garden with coniferous branches or dry foliage are used. To provide complete winter protection, non-woven covering material or high-quality burlap can be used.

Growing yucca (video)

The use of a tropical tree on almost any personal plot very wide. It is very popular with landscape designers, and is especially widely used for landscaping in last years, which allows you to give the territory a very exotic and attractive appearance. A very beautiful, colorful, but at the same time completely unpretentious in care and cultivation, highly decorative tropical culture will make the landscaped landscape very unusual and individual, and will also please its owners with an attractive appearance for many years.

Some varieties of false palm are cultivated and grown in houses and open ground. Reproduction of yucca at home is possible in several ways. When you follow the instructions step by step in a short time, you will get a new viable and spectacular plant.

The main methods of reproduction

Cultivation of culture is carried out more often by vegetative methods. Spring is considered the best time for breeding false palm trees - from late February to May. Yucca begins an active vegetative period, rooting and adaptation to new conditions occur quickly. For taking planting material, it is recommended to use mature specimens, the size of which reaches 3-4 m in height.

A feature of the culture is the presence of dormant buds, thanks to which the plant is able to give lateral branches in the absence of the main top.

When grown at home, yucca reproduces:

• cuttings;
• apical shoots;
• processes from the root system;
• air layers;
• seed method.

cuttings

As a planting material, a lateral branch, crown, a piece of the trunk are used. Cutting such cuttings without destroying the mother plant will only work for a mature specimen, it is undesirable to touch the young bushes of a false palm tree. The division of the trunk into pieces is carried out for specimens that have lost their decorative properties. If you leave a small stump with at least one dormant bud, the plant will begin to develop again.

The stalk of the yucca is thick, the cuts are wide, so you need to cover them with charcoal and dry them for a day in the open air. The length of the cuttings depends on the size of the plant part. A stem 20-25 cm long is used or divided into several parts. In the latter case, it is better to put the branch horizontally in wet sand, half deep. New shoots will grow from dormant buds. After the formation of the root system, the stem should be divided into several independent fragments.

Root in water or loose substrate. Choose a container made of transparent plastic so that the developing root system is clearly visible. When new leaves appear from the dormant bud, the propagation of room yucca by cuttings can be considered complete, it is time to transplant into a nutrient soil substrate as an independent plant. Care in the usual way, but exclude top dressing for a couple of months.

tops

In fact, this is the same stalk. Rooting is done in the same way as lateral layers. Removing the crown will completely change the appearance of the indoor flower, so it is done only in emergency cases. The cut point must be treated with crushed activated carbon, dried in the open air for several hours.

Root in settled water at room temperature with an activated carbon tablet that prevents the solution from acidifying. The fluid does not need to be changed, if necessary, add a new portion. Can be planted immediately in a moist mixture of peat and river sand or soil substrate.

Propagating a yucca tip is simple, but it is necessary to create an optimal microclimate for the mother plant and seedling. Impact adverse factors in the form of direct sunlight, sudden changes in temperature, extreme cold and drafts - undesirable.

root processes

The method is used when it comes time to plant a yucca. Later, new processes begin to depart from the roots of an adult specimen, having their own rosette of leaves and rhizome. Such reproduction does not require complex manipulations; in a fairly familiar way, transplant seedlings into individual containers.

To do this, the mother plant must be removed from the flower pot, the root system must be freed from adhering soil. Carefully separate the process from the common bush. If necessary, cut the rhizome using a sharp, disinfected knife. It is important to choose the right substrate so that the yucca quickly adapts and grows. If necessary, acidify the soil by adding peat or dry humus.

Transplant into a ceramic flower pot. Pour a drainage layer 2-3 cm thick at the bottom, then 3-4 cm of nutrient loose substrate. Gently place the seedling, straightening the roots, cover with a slightly damp soil mixture. Watering is allowed every other day so that the root system is restored, the damaged areas are tightened.

Air layers

The method is applied to big plants, as well as in case of infection with infections or pests, with root rot. It is necessary to choose a healthy area on the trunk, remove the bark with a strip 1-1.5 cm wide. Cover the cleaned place with wet sphagnum moss, close with a plastic bag, secure with a string.

The moss must remain wet. This is determined by the change in color. Lightened sphagnum indicates the need for moisture. It is recommended to use a syringe for watering. This method of rooting yucca takes 3-5 weeks. The emerging roots will be visible through the transparent bag. Next, carefully cut off the layers, transplant into an individual container.

seeds

The method is used in the absence of a plant at home, it takes more time than vegetative propagation methods. Planting material must be fresh, since the germination of seeds is greatly reduced during storage.

It is better to use a common container, pour expanded clay on the bottom, then fill it with soil mixture from turf, leaf soil and river sand.

Soak seeds for 24 hours warm water, then rinse with a solution of potassium permanganate, dry. When sowing, do not deepen much, sprinkle with a loose substrate with a layer of 0.5 cm. Moisten the surface of the soil with a spray bottle, arrange a greenhouse from a plastic container, a cake lid, a transparent bag or glass.

Before the appearance of sprouts, moisten the substrate as necessary, periodically ventilate the greenhouse, removing accumulated condensate. The seed propagation method of yucca is the longest, seedlings will appear in about a month, then you should wait for the formation of 2 true leaves. Transplant into individual containers carefully, as young seedlings are tender.

Features of rooting cuttings and tops

Yucca cuttings are the most common and simple method of propagating false palms. Cut parts of the trunk can be purchased commercially at garden centers, such as cuttings of the elephant variety. The cut points are covered with paraffin, so that the planting material does not lose moisture. When buying, you should pay attention that the cuttings are elastic, without soft, rotten or dry areas. If it is not clear where the top and bottom of the stem are, rooting is recommended to be carried out horizontally.

The appearance of roots takes 1-2 months. At this time, it is necessary to maintain the temperature in the room at about +20 ° C, moisten the soil mixture moderately, avoid excess liquid. If rooting is done in water, boil and cool beforehand. It is advisable to install a mini-greenhouse that protects against evaporation of moisture, drafts and sudden changes in temperature.

When cutting off the top from the mother plant, it is recommended to leave a few leaves so that the bush does not disappear. After some time, new shoots will appear from sleeping buds, making the tree sprawling. The rooted crown, on the contrary, will continue to grow upward in the form of a trunk.

How to separate and plant a basal process

An adult yucca often begins to produce a new false stem starting from the roots. Growing an indoor flower from a shoot is quite simple, since in fact it is an independent plant. During surgery, you may need to make cuts. It is important to use a well-sharpened, disinfected tool. Damaged areas must be sprinkled with charcoal or activated charcoal, dried.

Sometimes it is not necessary to dig out the entire bush, it is enough to dig a process and separate it from the mother specimen. The easiest procedure is for varieties that do not have stems, since they often release babies. Transplant immediately into a nutrient substrate. If the root shoots or cuttings look weakened, it is recommended to install a greenhouse.

Difficulties of the seed method

To grow false yucca palm, you can plant seeds. The difficulty lies in the fact that they are difficult to obtain when cultivated at home. The plant needs to create a favorable microclimate and good care, during flowering to help with pollination. Usually, the culture blooms only in open ground, so it is advisable to grow a bush in the garden to obtain seeds. When forming seed pods, it is necessary to let them ripen. Planting material can only be used in the year of receipt, since germination decreases during storage.

This method of propagating yucca at home is rarely used due to the length of the process. A decorative indoor flower will grow only in a year. Several things should be sown, even if you plan to get only one copy. This is because some seeds will not sprout, others may suffer from improper care, infections or pests.

Propagation of yucca when grown indoors is done in several ways. Vegetative breeding options are most acceptable, as an adult specimen grows faster. After rooting, it is necessary to transplant the seedlings into individual flower pots, provide proper care.

One of the most popular exotic plants grown in our gardens is the garden yucca. At proper care it gives very unusual and beautiful flowers. However, if the shrub is poorly cared for, it will die or not survive the winter. Consider the basic secrets of growing a plant: how to plant, cut, propagate.

General information about the plant

Yucca is an evergreen tree-like shrub from the Agave family, whose homeland is the Americas. The natural habitat is the subtropics and tropics, in which there are long dry summers and not very cold winters.

In our conditions, 3 varieties of yucca are planted in open ground: filamentous, variegated and gray. The most common is filamentous yucca. It has long dense green leaves in the form of a sword. Their length reaches 50-70 cm, width - 3-5 cm. The plant is low, leaves grow from a small stem, forming a dense rosette.

Outgrowths resembling white threads form on the leaves along the edges. If the plant is looked after, it blooms annually. The inflorescence reaches 2.5 m in height. It consists of many small hanging white, pink or greenish bells, the diameter of which is 5-6 cm. The duration of flowering with proper care is 1.5-2 months.

The plant has a well-developed root system. It easily tolerates drought, and the filamentous species can withstand temperatures down to -25 degrees. The variegated yucca is notable for its leaves, which have a light border around the edges. Gray - has unusual peduncles resembling a thick candle.

How to plant garden yucca in open ground?

In order for the bush to grow in open ground, it is necessary to create conditions for it that are close to natural. The plant is suitable:

• Sunny places. It is necessary to choose a flower bed that is constantly illuminated by the sun. It should be well ventilated, but not blown by gusty winds. The plant does not like drafts.
• Loose soil with good drainage. The bush successfully develops on sandy soil - sandy loam. If the flower bed has dense black soil or clay soil, you need to dilute them with sand. Drainage should be laid at the bottom of the hole before planting so that the water does not stagnate.

Yucca seedling before planting

It is necessary to plant a street shrub in late spring, when the air temperature is stable at least 10 degrees. You need to plant a flower in a hole with a diameter of 60-100 cm, reaching 40-60 cm in depth.

Site preparation for the plant should take place in the fall. A suitable flower bed needs to be dug up and fertilized with humus and special fertilizers for succulents. In May, before planting, the desired hole is dug and lined with fine gravel or other drainage. A little wood ash is poured into the bottom of the landing hole.

The bush, carefully so as not to damage the root, is placed in a hole and sprinkled with earth. The root neck should remain on the surface. Up to 10 liters of water are poured under the root. From above, the soil should be sprinkled with ash and mulched with a dry earth layer.

An adult plant hibernates under the snow

How to properly care for a flower?

Caring for shrubs in the country is easy if the following principles are observed:

• Regular, but not frequent watering. The plant tolerates drought well and does not like dampness. It should be watered when the soil under the bush is dry. You need to pour water only near the root. If you water the outlet, the stem will begin to rot.
• Removing weeds and loosening the earth. Care must be taken that weeds do not grow, as they take nutrients from the soil and retain moisture. Loosening contributes to the saturation of the soil with oxygen, which favorably affects the flower.
• Spraying the leaves on hot days. You need to spray the plant in the afternoon, when the sun goes down.
• Periodic feeding. In the first season after planting or transplanting, the plant does not need to be fed. However, after a year it is necessary to fertilize the soil with mineral or organic fertilizers. Mulching with humus is also used as fertilizer.
• Shelter in winter. With the onset of cold weather (around October), it is necessary to raise the leaves of the shrub, tie them with a rope and pour mulch in the root zone. Next, you need to cover the plant with a mat or other covering material. In regions with windy and very cold winters, it is recommended to cover the bush with a box and put covering material on top of it.
• thinning. Over time, the flower gives daughter plants that take strength from the mother bush.

Child sockets suitable for planting

Yucca breeding

There are several ways to reproduce:

• Seed use. After flowering in peduncles, seeds are formed that can be germinated at home. However, this method is lengthy and does not always produce viable sprouts.
• Transplantation of child outlets. The sockets remaining after thinning must be transplanted to a new place. It is necessary to use layers that have their own roots. They must be carefully separated from the mother bush so as not to damage the root system of the main plant. The cut points must be dried and sprinkled with charcoal.
• Cuttings. The formed stem is cut off and placed in a horizontal position in a container with perlite. In order for the cutting to sprout, it is kept at room temperature.
• Top cutting. This action helps not only to grow shoots on the sides of the cut, but also to rejuvenate the plant and give it a new shape.

Separation of yucca into individual seedlings

How to prune yucca?

2 days before pruning, the bush needs to be watered. For the procedure, a sharp knife is used to prevent the formation of splits. The apical part of the stem is cut off 10 cm below the beginning of leaf growth. After drying, the cut sites must be treated with fungicide and charcoal. The cut stem is rooted in the substrate.

pruning yucca

The old plant needs to be covered from the sun. After 2-3 weeks, it will give 2 to 5 shoots, which are used as young seedlings.

The bush is also cut to eliminate dry leaves and faded inflorescences. The leaves are removed with a pruner. Experienced gardeners recommend leaving about 3-4 cm of a leaf near the stem, as this gives the plant a decorative effect. The peduncle is cut off at the very base.

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