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Jul 9th, 2008 at 07:37 PM
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Wild Willow
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I have seen Yucca plants all over the place this year... and I really like them.. I am thinking of a few for our property.. I have read horror stories of people trying to get RID of them and they can't.. lol My brother has one, and said I can have some seeds.. would this be a good way to go? Or would I be better off to buy a bigger plant?? Can I plant the seeds now to start them, or should I wait til spring?
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they're not the fastest growers, so i'd opt for starts from your brothers plant or get some from a nursery.
once they're in they ARE hard to get rid of. they have a tap root and it goes DEEEEEPPPP! so, even if you cut it out, that little piece of root 3 feet (or more) down will start growing a new plant.
so, can be very difficult to get rid of especially after it's become well established. you also need to plan well where you plant it because of that tap root...never plant them over water pipes!!
i got some in trade a couple of years ago and they bloomed this year (i have to upload the pics). very, very nice flowers!! i wasn't expecting flowers until at least next year...
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This post is a year old.. and I hope I don't get in trouble for reviving it, but I thought it was better than starting a new one of the same topic.
Joclyn suggested I get starts from my brother's Yucca.. how do you do that exactly? I am not familiar with them at all.
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cut the pup off where it connects to the main/mother plant - or as close to it as you can, so that you have a bit of a stump to plant in the soil. if the pup has grown from underground and is a bit away from the mother plant, just cut the connecting root about 4 inches from where the pup is and you should be good to go.
when i got the pieces, some didn't have hardly any stump at all and they all grew fine (they were just a bit harder to plant because of not having enough of a piece to put into the soil).
i lost a couple of those with no stump...two to the idiot neighbor that replaced his fence and didn't look to see if anything was planted on the other side of it before he knocked it down (right on top of half a dozen things i'd had planted there, on my side of the property line, btw), and one i just couldn't keep it in the soil long enough for it to start rooting.
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Thanks for the information Joclyn.. one problem. I was at a friend's campsite last night and she has Yucca plants all over the place there.. I was inspecting them and trying to find the 'pups' as you called them.. and I am unsure of what/where they are. I didn't see anything that looked like new little plants starting. 
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that's what they'd look like ~ New little plants surfacing thru the soil under the Mother plant at her base against the soil,, you'd see them if they were there, for sure!
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Thank you Angelblossom.. that is where I was confused. I thought the pups were growing ON the main plant. I didn't think to look at the base, under the leaves. I will do that though.. thanks!!
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you're welcome! I hope you find some!
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