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by DesertZone » Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:22 pm
lucky1 wrote:oops...Seems he was started 5 years ago...found this pic DATED 2008:
No idea what happened to his brother.
My bad, yuccas planted outside in good locations and good soil can become a nice plant and may even start to form a small trunk, depending on the sp.
Yuccas left in pots for long periods will almost always stop growing. Atleast the sp. I have grown. I don't know why.
My yucca I started this winter is bigger than the one in the top pic.
Many yuccas you buy from mail order may only be a year old when you recieve them. The yuccas you have outside are how old?
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by lucky1 » Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:40 pm
The y.rostrata (2 winters in the ground) were bought in 2008, same year I started the little guy from seed.
Yuccas left in pots for long periods will almost always stop growing.
Yeah, I've heard that too.
But I have another PDN rostrata that's planted in total gravel (yup!) in a tall garbage can and it's the same size as my outside yuccas.
Size of container is obviously a limiting factor.
A recent pic:
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He's got to be planted this year...
started this winter is bigger than the one in the top pic
I knew it was
ME! and not the soil or container or cold
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by DesertZone » Sat Jan 26, 2013 4:16 pm
lucky1 wrote:But I have another PDN rostrata that's planted in total gravel (yup!) in a tall garbage can and it's the same size as my outside yuccas.
Size of container is obviously a limiting factor.
[Barb
Size does make a difference, that is a nice looking yucca! So it is about 5/6 years old and looks good! Should not be much longer before the take off. Unless they are jinxed.
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by lucky1 » Sat Jan 26, 2013 5:29 pm
That garbage can filled with gravel weighs about 100 pounds.
We'll see how long the root is when I plant it out.
(a) 2 inches, or
(b) 2 feet
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by TimMAz6 » Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:01 pm
I have the same problem Aaron.............Yuccas in containers stop growing pretty fast..........they seem to love root tip growth. I try to get seedlings into the garden asap..........most seem to look mature after 3 seasons.
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by DesertZone » Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:18 pm
TimMAz6 wrote:I have the same problem Aaron.............Yuccas in containers stop growing pretty fast..........they seem to love root tip growth. I try to get seedlings into the garden asap..........most seem to look mature after 3 seasons.
Tim did you see this? Boise Idaho Y rostrata a couple days ago.
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by TimMAz6 » Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:53 pm
nice fat trunked Y. rostrata.............great to see in northern areas.
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by DesertZone » Mon Jan 28, 2013 6:00 pm
TimMAz6 wrote:nice fat trunked Y. rostrata.............great to see in northern areas.
Good! you got to see it.
Hey...I guess this was 7th coldest winter they had in the last 140 years.
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by TimMAz6 » Mon Jan 28, 2013 6:20 pm
7th coldest in 140 years.............sounds cold! Let us know what dies and what survives.
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by lucky1 » Wed Mar 13, 2013 9:15 pm
found them on Google maps.
Well done.
Beauties.
Any idea of their age?
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by DesertZone » Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:17 am
lucky1 wrote: Any idea of their age?
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I have no idea? I don't think they were there 18 years ago.
And I can tell you they are bigger now then in the goole maps. I drove past then yesterday and they looked huge! 6-7ft tall and just as wide.
Oh and it looks like the cold had no effect on them.
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by lucky1 » Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:00 am
I was just thinking of how old I'll be in 18 years...
Wonder if they like fertilizer.
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by DesertZone » Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:28 pm
lucky1 wrote:I was just thinking of how old I'll be in 18 years...
I'm sure you will be 35 again.
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by lucky1 » Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:18 pm
sure you will be 35 again
Thanks...your cheque is in the mail, Tim.
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by TimMAz6 » Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:40 pm
nice Y. rostrata find Aaron. I like that those rostratas keep their lower leaves green. The leaves die much earlier here in Massachusetts with all our moisture.
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by TimMAz6 » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:43 am
nice find Aaron.........looks like some sort of Y. recurvifolia/gloriosa?
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