Potted Yucca rostrata after winter, 1 in, one out

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Potted Yucca rostrata after winter, 1 in, one out

Post by TerdalFarm » Mon Mar 31, 2014 9:08 pm

I have two potted Yucca rostrata. In the past, both came in for the winter. This year, the trunked one was so d%$n heavy I left it outdoors by the front door, under overhead protection and by a single-pane window.
The smaller one was indoors by a west-facing window.
Both were watered a little, but mostly dry.

This photo from yesterday shows the two of them outdoors in the sun again.
In brief, the one that was outdoors looks WAY healthier. So, I plan to leave both out in future winters here in Oklahoma.

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/drterdal/13539160675" title="Yucca rostrata in pots March 2014 by Erik Terdal, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3704/135 ... a24b_z.jpg" width="411" height="640" alt="Yucca rostrata in pots March 2014"></a>



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Post by VirginiaPalms » Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:55 am

Nice, any idea how old the big one is?

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Post by TerdalFarm » Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:08 am

I bought it three years ago, and it had been recently field-dug and had no roots.

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Post by lucky1 » Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:36 pm

Great color on the tall one.
Nice to see it came through unscathed.

Since you've decided they'll stay out, any plans to plant them in that sheltered area?

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Post by TerdalFarm » Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:44 pm

Thanks!

I had planted the tall one, at the farm, but had to dig it up, poor thing, a few months later.
Plan right now is to grow it in pot until W and I have a long-term place, perhaps in Texas. :D

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Post by DesertZone » Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:04 pm

TerdalFarm wrote:Thanks!

perhaps in Texas. :D
Texas is calling your name, will be interesting to see what you can do there. :D
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Post by lucky1 » Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:11 pm

Ooooooh, Texas! How cool is that!

Can't wait to hear the news.

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Post by TerdalFarm » Tue Apr 01, 2014 6:20 pm

[quote="lucky1"]Ooooooh, Texas! How cool is that!

Can't wait to hear the news.

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Well, no one ever called Texas, "cool"! :lol:
Nearly as hot down there as it is here, what with our 40 oC days each Summer.

No news any year soon, sort of a pre-retirement idea now. It was that guy in Corpus saying they had a very cold winter, even had frost on the windshield one morning, that got us. :shock:

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Post by lucky1 » Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:50 am

very cold winter, even had frost on the windshield one morning,
One morning :lol:
The poor duckie.

Yeah, you're still wayyyyy too young to retire.

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Post by DesertZone » Wed Apr 02, 2014 8:53 pm

lucky1 wrote:
Yeah, you're still wayyyyy too young to retire.

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You are never too young to retire, I'm planning on age 55.

PS. Anyone out there willing to donate to my retirement fund can e-mail me. :D
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Post by lucky1 » Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:27 am

You are never too young to retire, I'm planning on age 55.

PS. Anyone out there willing to donate to my retirement fund can e-mail me. icon_biggrin.gif
Isn't that "never too broke to retire". :lol:

Lottery, yup, that's it.
Only thing is I'll be 327 years old when I win. :cussing:

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Post by TerdalFarm » Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:05 pm

Well, I'm sort of dreaming of a semi-retirement starting in my 50s in which I work fewer hours for a decade or two.

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Post by DesertZone » Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:49 pm

lucky1 wrote: Isn't that "never too broke to retire". :lol:


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Yes, that was what I meant to say. :lol:
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