Potted Yucca rostrata after winter, 1 in, one out

TerdalFarm · 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>

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

Nice, any idea how old the big one is?

TerdalFarm · 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.

lucky1 · 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?

Barb

TerdalFarm · 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.

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

TerdalFarm wrote:Thanks!

perhaps in Texas.

Texas is calling your name, will be interesting to see what you can do there.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:11 pm

Ooooooh, Texas! How cool is that!

Can't wait to hear the news.

Barb

TerdalFarm · 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.

Barb[/quote]

Well, no one ever called Texas, "cool"!

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.

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

very cold winter, even had frost on the windshield one morning,

One morning

The poor duckie.

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

Barb

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

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

Barb

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.

lucky1 · 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".

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

Barb

TerdalFarm · 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.

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

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

Barb

Yes, that was what I meant to say.