I have a large yucca plant that has been in a basement apartment for a few months and its leaves have all turned yellow and dropping off. Is there any way to save it. I have moved to a house that has plenty of light?
2007-01-21 10:09:54 · 4 answers · asked by greeneyegemini77 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
If your yucca has been in a basement apartment, the change in light levels could be responsible for its dropping yellow leaves and its general malaise. Did it have lots of light before it went into the basement apartment? If so, it may recover. What's happened is the plant has adapted to the lower light level and now that it is back in a plentiful light supply, it is being over-stimulated. Sounds goofy, but that can happen. Try putting it somewhere where it gets lot of indirect light for a while, and see if it starts to put out new leaves. If so, you can gradually move it back into a more brightly lit area. plants aren't very adaptable, though, and you may have to face up to losing it.
2007-01-21 10:18:14 · answer #1 · answered by old lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A yucca plant grow's best in a sandy soil and very little water,and direct sunlight.Best way if it is dieing now is to cut it off at the base just above root,may have some smaller bulb's attached you can reuse as bulb's to plant in another container.If it's just the leave's dieing.( Which are'nt really leave's but call'ed stem's.Anyway i have about 12 growing and right now in the cold they look like sh- -.But they will come back in spring.The bush is really a tree,if you keep bottom stem's cut off it will grow up and not be so much a bush as you thought.The one's you see low to ground are that way because no one keep's them cut.
2007-01-21 11:42:28 · answer #2 · answered by Larry-Oklahoma 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yuccas are used to being planted outdoors-and this plant may be going through its dormant season,where the plant is resting and getting ready for its next big spring.no watering and low levels of light should do the trick.when spring rolls around again,you can pick up your reg.maintenance routine with h20 and sunlight.
2007-01-25 16:24:45 · answer #3 · answered by plantmaniac1 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You've done the first step - giving it more light. For a while, DON'T water it. Let it recover for a while before giving it any water, and then only do so sparingly. If all the leaves are gone, it's not likely to recover; if you've only lost the outside leaves, then chances are it can survive.
2007-01-21 11:17:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋