My yuccas, Central Europe, Poland, zone 6.

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:49 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:Hi Marceli,

I was just looking at the roots of the Yucca you just dug up. Is this the 'unknown' Yucca? The roots are not of filamentosa or flaccida. The roots are more like a western Yucca like glauca or elata........but the leaves are wide unlike glauca or elata. I bet you have a form of Y. arkansana.

Yup - this is one of my unknown yuccas! I have a feeling you solved the mystery, but we need to wait until it blooms to be sure

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:27 pm

Today's pictures. Temp. -11C

Uknown yucca:

Y. Elegantissima (probably)

Y. baccata:

Y. gloriosa / recurvifolia:

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 6:54 pm

your Yuccas look nice and warm in that protection!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 7:35 pm

marceli, the unknown yucca wants that plastic hole fixed

If it gets a lot colder, will you add heat inside?

Barb

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 12:20 am

lucky1 wrote:marceli, the unknown yucca wants that plastic hole fixed

If it gets a lot colder, will you add heat inside?

Barb

Barb: my yucca's too young to vote, so I'm in charge

I'm not planning on adding any heat, so it's do or die

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 6:25 am

LOL survival of the fittest!

They look good and dry. The only thing I wouldve done extra was toss some mulch around the plants, but thats me

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:16 am

canadianplant wrote:LOL survival of the fittest!

They look good and dry. The only thing I wouldve done extra was toss some mulch around the plants, but thats me

Any advice is appreciated. What do you suggest for mulching? I have plenty of pine twigs and straw available.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:23 am

Straw works, so do leaves. The only thing I can see against using mulch, is that it will cover the rocks, which might act as a heat sink....

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:26 am

toss some mulch around the plants

You'd have to fix that hole for sure, Marceli because mice like to live in mulch.

Barb

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:46 am

I would do nothing. Marceli, nice protection and since the grass is green everything is gonna be alright. I have my potted different yucca plants in a GH after minus 27 C. The things are frozen and will have been looking awful until March I guess. Yours look like the Miss of the Universe!

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:58 pm

There they are in a polytunnel

Today's pic:

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 4:22 pm

Very nice protection, and the area looks nice also.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:13 pm

Very nice indeed

What trees are in the background? They remind me of the birtch patches here.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:35 pm

Not much snow, marceli.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:50 pm

yes.....nice photo Marceli

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:52 pm

Nice photo, Marceli!

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:19 pm

canadianplant wrote:Very nice indeed

What trees are in the background? They remind me of the birtch patches here.

Birch-trees, indeed

DesertZone wrote:Very nice protection, and the area looks nice also.

Mine protection looks very ugly in the season though. Unfortunately it's too big to remove it in spring and build again

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:29 pm

After 7 days Y. filamentosa x elata 'big mama' from Tim sprouted!

I'm gonna let them grow and plant outdoors

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:16 am

Tim's Mamas...everywhere in the world.
How cool is that!!!!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:32 am

marceli wrote:After 7 days Y. filamentosa x elata 'big mama' from Tim sprouted!

Yes...good news! I had 3 but 2 died, and one growing strong.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 5:35 pm

Hi Marceli............'big mama' looks good but the root appears to be growing up......should be down!

Hi Barb..........'big mama' is everywhere!

Hi Aaron...........if you need more I still have 1,000 seed.

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:45 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:Hi Marceli............'big mama' looks good but the root appears to be growing up......should be down!

I checked for a root and found none, so you're right Tim

I reversed it and buried the root, so I hope it will be growing downwards

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 9:12 am

yes.......the first growth out of the Yucca seed is the root and perhaps a week later you will see signs of the first leaf.

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:54 pm

Another one sprout and of course the root is upside down

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 5:14 pm

another root is going up? If that happens again don't touch it............i would like to see what happens. Do you have gravity in your area?

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:06 am

TimMAz6 wrote:another root is going up? If that happens again don't touch it............i would like to see what happens. Do you have gravity in your area?

Too late, Tim. When I spotted it, buried the root immediately. Next time I won't touch it and see what happens. Plates break to pieces when they touch the floor, so it seems I do have a gravity

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:21 pm

Buried the root, placed in a plastic cup and we have a tiny yucca!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:22 pm

But what caused roots to grow UP?

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:29 pm

I was hoping someone would explain it to me. It's a 2nd sprout of this species with roots upside down. Weird

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:31 pm

Someone will figure it out, marceli.

Reminds me of what happened to my unknown plant (yucca / agave ?)

From this photo, look at the bottom drain hole.
The tiny green shoot (which should be coming out the top as a pup) is growing DOWN.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/8091850572/" title="012 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8335/8091 ... d3ce_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="012"></a>

Here's what it looked like when I separated it from the mother from the other pups:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/8091840873/" title="016 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8050/8091 ... 0972_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="016"></a>

The other pups were fine, coming out the top:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/8091842779/" title="014 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8043/8091 ... b62c_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="014"></a>

Weird, huh?

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:50 pm

lucky1 wrote:But what caused roots to grow UP?

I would guess it was in a humid condition like under plastic? Because the air was high in humidity, the root grew up?

That's my theory.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:54 pm

Hi Marceli,

yes the first leaf is just emerging now.........nice. I still don't know why the root was growing up..........very strange!

Hi Barb,

that Agave/Furcraea is producing pups like crazy!

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:22 pm

DesertZone wrote:
I would guess it was in a humid condition like under plastic? Because the air was high in humidity, the root grew up?

That's my theory.

Aaron, I've been using this method since forever and it never happened to me, in addition twice

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:31 am

DesertZone wrote:
lucky1 wrote:But what caused roots to grow UP?
I would guess it was in a humid condition like under plastic? Because the air was high in humidity, the root grew up?

That's my theory.

Not a bad guess Aaron, Ive had this happen to yucca, as well as some Canna and some others that have escaped my memory. I do remember that they were all not buried deeply enough, and were in a container with high humidity.

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:56 am

canadianplant wrote: Not a bad guess Aaron, Ive had this happen to yucca, as well as some Canna and some others that have escaped my memory. I do remember that they were all not buried deeply enough, and were in a container with high humidity.

They weren't buried deeply - that's right.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:53 am

Marceli,
How many "big mama" starts do you have now?

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:00 am

Aaron, three seeds sprouted and one has grown 'proper' root

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:33 am

marceli wrote:Aaron, three seeds sprouted and one has grown 'proper' root

Nice!

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:57 pm

Here's baby Y. filamentosa x elata (trunk forming) from Tim

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:06 am

that Y. filata #5 seedling is germinating 'normal'...........I'm glad to see them growing. That Y. filata #5 is the best looking filata in my garden since it looks great in spring, summer, winter and fall. Many Yuccas look awful in spring after winter.

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