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- Rescue Dying Yucca Palm - How to succeed
- Reasons for the dying off of the yucca
- Not every yucca is hardy
- Save yucca - So go ahead
- Tips
The yucca palm is not always salvageable
Rescue Dying Yucca Palm - How to succeed
If the yucca suddenly gets yellow leaves that look like dried up and die off, the leaves hang at once or even the trunk is soft, then the plant will most likely die straight away. There are several reasons for this, although an excess of water is the most common. How to proceed to save the beautiful plant with step-by-step instructions.
Reasons for the dying off of the yucca
The dying of the Yucca is almost always due to care mistakes - in the vast majority of cases too frequent watering. Contrary to popular belief, the yucca (or palm tree) is not a palm in a humid, tropical setting. Instead, the yucca belongs to the agave family and is more at home in the dry and semi-arid regions of the southern United States and Central America. There, the plant has adapted perfectly to the existing living conditions: it is a succulent plant that evaporates very little water, especially in very hot weather. Therefore, you should not over-pour the yucca in the summer - an interval of once or twice a week is clearly too much. In addition to an excess of water, there are other reasons for dying off:
Not every yucca is hardy
Bear in mind that especially the typical room yuccas are anything but hardy. Under no circumstances should these Yucca species be exposed to temperatures below 10 ° C - otherwise frost damage may occur and the plant will die. Without hesitation, you can only keep designated garden yuccas.
Save yucca - So go ahead
Whatever the reason, you should proceed as soon as possible to rescue your yucca using the following procedure:
With a bit of luck and good care, the Yucca again drives out.
Tips
Even if the yucca is only broken off (which can occur especially with very large specimens), the fragment as well as the mother plant can still be saved in the manner described.