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by igor.glukhovtsev » Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:25 am
Jay, any specific clues on protecting your yucca plants? They look nice and healthy!
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by Jay-Admin » Sun Mar 31, 2013 10:54 am
Thanks Guys, I don't protect them Igor. I have only placed a Styrofoam cover with some breathing holes
over the rostratas and baccatas for the first winter when they were small.
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by lucky1 » Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:17 pm
Barb keeps harassing me
Cry me a river.
No wonder you've been holding out with updates.
Great specimens.
They are soooo nice, Jay.
I can lend you my shop vac to get the leaves out of the rostrata.
You need some palms.
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by DesertZone » Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:46 pm
Those look really good Jay.

Shoshone Idaho weather
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by Jay-Admin » Sun Mar 31, 2013 4:57 pm
Cry me a river.
No wonder you've been holding out with updates.
Great specimens.
They are soooo nice, Jay.
I can lend you my shop vac to get the leaves out of the rostrata.
You need some palms.
Barb
lol, Yeah those pesky leaves. And thanks... I do need some palms. I'll work on that this summer.

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by Jay-Admin » Sun Mar 31, 2013 4:58 pm
DesertZone wrote:Those look really good Jay.

Thanks Aaron.

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by lucky1 » Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:49 pm
I do need some palms. I'll work on that this summer.
I might have some palm seedlings for you if you're up to driving 40 miles north.
So there...no excuse.
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by Jay-Admin » Mon Apr 01, 2013 5:26 pm
lucky1 wrote:I do need some palms. I'll work on that this summer.
I might have some palm seedlings for you if you're up to driving 40 miles north.
So there...no excuse.
Barb
Thanks Barb, I do have about 5 or 6 palms but i'm just too lazy to plant them.

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by DesertZone » Mon Apr 01, 2013 5:41 pm
Jay-Admin wrote: i'm just too lazy to plant them.

I hear ya!
honesty is the best policy

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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
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by Jay-Admin » Mon Apr 01, 2013 5:49 pm
DesertZone wrote:Jay-Admin wrote: i'm just too lazy to plant them.

I hear ya!
honesty is the best policy


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by lucky1 » Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:18 pm
Jay doesn't have any Big Mamas...
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by hardyjim » Tue Apr 02, 2013 5:03 pm
Barb sure can be nasty
great collection of Yucca!
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by lucky1 » Tue Apr 02, 2013 5:35 pm
Ha ha, Jim, ya right.

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by Jay-Admin » Tue Apr 02, 2013 6:48 pm
TimMAz6 wrote:nice collection Jay!
What's this Yucca? Reminds me of a Y. filamentosa x schottii.
If you want any hybrid Yucca seed let me know and I'll mail you some.
Thanks Tim. I can't even remember what the seeds were labeled as. I thought they were
just rostratas. Thanks for the offer on the seeds. i'll let you know.
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by Jay-Admin » Tue Apr 02, 2013 6:49 pm
hardyjim wrote:Barb sure can be nasty
great collection of Yucca!
Thanks Jim. And yes Barb can be nasty.

i'm kidding.
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by TimMAz6 » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:15 am
Hi Jay,
that 'rostrata' Yucca sure seems to have 'U' shaped leaves (cross section of leaf)........not a pure rostrata trait. Perhaps it is the Y. rostrata-rigida form since rigida has 'U' shaped leaves. How cold do you get?
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by DesertZone » Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:58 pm
Jay-Admin wrote:
Thanks Tim. I can't even remember what the seeds were labeled as. I thought they were
just rostratas.
Jay is that seed I may have sent you? Looks like some of the crazy rostrata seed I have. Eveything from that batch is not the norm. PS I can't tell the rostrata from the thompsoniana seed I ordered that year.

Shoshone Idaho weather
<img src="
http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... ooding.gif" alt="Click for Pearce, Arizona Forecast" border="0" height="50" width="150" /></a>
Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
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by Jay-Admin » Wed Apr 03, 2013 3:51 pm
TimMAz6 wrote:Hi Jay,
that 'rostrata' Yucca sure seems to have 'U' shaped leaves (cross section of leaf)........not a pure rostrata trait. Perhaps it is the Y. rostrata-rigida form since rigida has 'U' shaped leaves. How cold do you get?
Yeah very well could be. I think we had a low of around -20c/-4f
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by Jay-Admin » Wed Apr 03, 2013 3:52 pm
DesertZone wrote:Jay-Admin wrote:
Thanks Tim. I can't even remember what the seeds were labeled as. I thought they were
just rostratas.
Jay is that seed I may have sent you? Looks like some of the crazy rostrata seed I have. Eveything from that batch is not the norm. PS I can't tell the rostrata from the thompsoniana seed I ordered that year.

Yeah those are from the seeds you sent me.
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by TimMAz6 » Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:31 pm
-20C.............can't be pure Y. rigida then! Way too cold.

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by DesertZone » Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:51 am
TimMAz6 wrote:-20C.............can't be pure Y. rigida then! Way too cold.

I don't how pure, But that year I bought Rostrata, thompsoniana, and rigida. It could be a rigida hybrid or rigida? If it is that would be a winner!
All my rostrata come from the same place and they all look different.

Shoshone Idaho weather
<img src="
http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/ ... ooding.gif" alt="Click for Pearce, Arizona Forecast" border="0" height="50" width="150" /></a>
Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
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by TimMAz6 » Sat Apr 06, 2013 6:22 pm
If any Y. rigida form survives -20C I would be floored.

...............PS, I would want an offshoot too!

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by sidpook » Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:16 am
Looks great! Such great spring weather too! Everything is popping!!!
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