My yuccas, Central Europe, Poland, zone 6.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:19 am

Marceli.........nice job with the 'big mama' seedling...........it looks REAL happy!

Perhaps you'll get it to bloom this summer.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:47 am

I might post a "big mama" pic tonight. As long as no one gets jealous j/k

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 1:02 pm

I might post a "big mama" pic tonight. As long as no one gets jealous j/k

Yes please Aaron!
No jealousy if you share your secrets

You've been having the best weather of all of us on PN...congrats.
Got a sunburn yet?

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:13 pm

lucky1 wrote: You've been having the best weather of all of us on PN...congrats.
Got a sunburn yet?

Barb

They been teasing us for 3 weeks with more 60F weather and now it showed.

Lots of planting I must do!

seedscanada · Post by **seedscanada** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:46 pm

I might just have to post a pic of my Big Mama pic too... been planted outside for a full year now. It is looking quite formidable. I will wait til good friday when I am off.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:10 pm

lucky1 wrote:
I might post a "big mama" pic tonight. As long as no one gets jealous j/k
Yes please Aaron!
No jealousy if you share your secrets

Barb

No secerts, I was just kidding about the jealousy, but here you go.

Started this winter, just dirt from the yard and waste pile. 10inch long leaves.
"Big Mama"

and some filatas#5

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:10 am

OK, I lied.
I'm jealous.

Those were started this winter????????

Man oh man, what do you guys use for yucca soil???
I must've goofed by using my palm soil.
And I didn't water much ... heck, they're yuccas.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 4:03 pm

lucky1 wrote:OK, I lied.
I'm jealous.

Those were started this winter????????

Man oh man, what do you guys use for yucca soil???
I must've goofed by using my palm soil.
And I didn't water much ... heck, they're yuccas.

Barb

For starting yuccas I have only had good luck with soil from outside or waste gravel/soil from work projects. The filata seed all sprouted in the dirt from work and the big mama seed very few sprouted from the soil in my yard.

I never have luck with soil from a bag.

I think it was Nov. or Dec. when I started that seed? It was cold out.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:45 pm

wow, nice job Aaron! You'll have to get them into the ground now and water them throughout the summer. PS, if you want more big mama seed let me know.......still got 1,000 seed.

It will be interesting to see the variation between seedlings......keep us updated. I never germinated any of my big mama seed yet.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:46 pm

Thanks Tim,
I'll keep everyone posted.

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:55 am

Holly Molly, Aaron! I can't believe! What's a size! Mines from last spring look pygmy comparing yours! Good start!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:53 pm

igor.glukhovtsev wrote:Holly Molly, Aaron! I can't believe! What's a size! Mines from last spring look pygmy comparing yours! Good start!

Thanks,
Now if I don't kill them. They should do fine.

InsanePalmNinja · Post by **InsanePalmNinja** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 7:23 pm

marceli wrote:I'm sick of harsh and long winters. A little -10C / 14F with snow cover will do

I know the feeling man.

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:03 am

lucky1 wrote:marceli,
that GH looks toasty warm, can see them already growing.

Did you fertilize your Big Mamas?
If so, with what?
Mine are still so spindly, but have increased watering.

Barb

I don't fertilize yuccas at all. Should I? They grow on very poor soils, so I never thought about fertilizing.

Aaron: what kind of steroids do you use, dude?!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:50 am

marceli wrote: Aaron: what kind of steroids do you use, dude?!

None, I think mine grew faster because I placed the windows in my house directly to the south for solar gain. Also I live in a desert, so more sun through the windows in winter?

This is my best guess?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:11 pm

water them throughout the summer

my ears are burning, Tim.

I used "dirt/dust from the yard" for my first yucca seeds a few years ago.
The last remaining y.rostrata from that batch is now all of 6 inches tall.

Your dirt must be better than my dust.

I'm putting steroids on my grocery list.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 7:40 am

Hi Barb,

Yuccas LOVE sun, sun, sun, sun...........they love well draining soil with loads of moisture and root tip growth (get into the ground).

Yuccas hate water logged soil......pour water on top of the soil and it should drain very fast.......if water ponds on top of the soil for more than seconds and/or if water sits in the root area you'll have problems.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:53 pm

Thanks for the reminder, Tim, that they love water as long as soil is fast draining.

No shortage of heat/sun here, gotta remember the water.

Barb

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 1:11 am

I almost never water yuccas in the ground. I might try that with my sandy soils, if you guys say they gonna grow faster. I'm not planning on watering Y. baccata, tho.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:28 am

Barb,

'No shortage of heat'.............your kidding.

I always see snow in your photos......even in August.

Marceli,

yes, plenty of water when it's growing......you seem cold still.......your weather sticker says your snowing now.

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:34 am

TimMAz6 wrote:you seem cold still.......your weather sticker says your snowing now.

Snowing? It's a freaking snowy armageddon here

This kind of "spring" happened for the first time in my life. My yuccas need sun!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:41 am

Tim,

always see snow in your photos......even in August.

Probably just dandruff.

We're cooling off again...ugh, clouds.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:28 pm

I hope you snow stops Marceli! We all can use some heat......you need a tad more than us now.

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 4:00 am

What do you think about planting my small yuccas outside and potting up for winter? I know they grow few times faster when in the ground.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:40 pm

I'd keep the Yuccas in the ground not in containers.

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:14 am

Tim, the first winter here in the ground might kill'em. I always wait 2-3 years before planting.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 6:44 pm

Hi Marceli,

if you have a good, sunny location then your containerized Yucca seedlings will be fine in winter......I don't have a nice, sunny location; therefore, my seedlings do worse inside my garage than they do outside. The only species of seedlings I don't keep outside would be the 'tender' species like rostrata, treculeana, aloifolia, schottii, etc...

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:28 am

The spring's finally here!
Don't they look happy?

Y. gloriosa with offspring (2nd winter):

and another one (2nd winter):

recurvifolia... or gloriosa (1st winter):

elegantissima / schellenbaum (1st winter):

baccata (1st winter):

glauca (1st winter):

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:27 am

Marceli, a winter cover has made a very nice job. It works in spite of COLD and snow! Unlikely I would be able planting my yuccas into the ground. They will have been keeping in my unheated GH.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:21 am

Good protection work, Marceli.

They do look happy...look out, here comes the growth

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:52 am

Everything looks good! Now to put on the growth.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 5:57 pm

Your Yuccas looks great Marceli! I think they will get very large this season.

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Sat Apr 27, 2013 9:00 am

Looks like these babies made it through winter, at least two of them:

The new growth is visible:

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Sat Apr 27, 2013 9:25 am

Marceli, a second one looks like the gloriosa but the first one?

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Sat Apr 27, 2013 9:45 am

Igor, I wish I knew

It's a mystery no one has solved, yet

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Apr 27, 2013 9:52 am

Congrats Marceli, nice growth showing already.
Healthy looking spear leaves.

Your mystery one(s) looks like my mystery one.
One day it'll be solved.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Apr 27, 2013 10:09 am

How the others yuccas doing? Are they ok?

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Sun Apr 28, 2013 12:27 am

DesertZone wrote:How the others yuccas doing? Are they ok?

My yuccas or Barb's?

Mine are fine. I really don't know if I should plant some of one year old specimen or wait until next year when they'll be bigger. Don't wanna lose'em.

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Thu May 02, 2013 9:55 am

I was looking for some new plants on ebay and found this yucca nana http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Yucca-nana-La-Sa ... ~60_57.JPG. Doesn't look a bit similar to mine? http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss15 ... f917ad.jpg

Maybe I got some Y. nana hybrid?

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Thu May 02, 2013 10:28 am

I don't know but my Y.nana one year old seedlings have a bluish color and some off-springs which is a very common for this species. By the way Aaron is an expert on Y.nana and he will comment your query for sure.