Yucca is an evergreen tree plant. Its homeland is North and Central America. Here yucca is widely used. The flowers are rich in sugar, and the fibers are highly durable and are used for the production of clothing, ropes and paper. Currently, the geography of distribution of yucca is extensive: Mexico, the United States of America, South America, Europe. Some species grow in the Caucasus. At home, with proper care, it can be grown anywhere.
Decorative palm tree, the photo of which you see, grows up to four meters in height. Therefore, it is often used to decorate halls, offices and large rooms. The combination of these plants of different heights in one flowerpot is very appropriate and looks amazingly beautiful. At home, the palm tree does not bloom so soon, you need to wait until the plant becomes an adult.
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Yukka palm belongs to the lily family. Its tree-like stem is highly branched and crowned with large green or dove-colored leaves gathered in a bunch. Their edges are different: smooth, serrated, with threads orsharp spikes at the ends. It depends on the species.
There are usually a lot of flowers on a tree. They are shaped like a bell or bowl, painted white with cream or yellow hues. The flowers do not grow singly, but are collected in a large panicle. Yucca fruits are a dry box. Some types of palm trees produce a juicy edible fruit. At home, this plant blooms very rarely.
Yucca elephant
Yukka palm tree, the photo of which you see, grows as a bush. But with age, the lower leaves die off, resulting in the formation of a thick trunk, similar to an elephant's foot. Hence the name. Since the homeland of this species of yucca is the arid desert regions of Central America, it prefers warmth when growing indoors.
If you provide proper and regular care, you can not be afraid of pests. The tree will grow he althy and delight with its original shape. The palm tree (yucca ivory) has become a popular houseplant. It is used to decorate small rooms and large halls. A composition of several plants, but different in height, looks spectacular.
Aloe leaf yucca
Home plants, the names of which can be listed indefinitely, cheer up, bring joy to the house. They are loved for their beauty and variety, which will never get bored. One such houseplant is the aloe yucca. Its hard, xiphoid leaves form a bush that looks like a ball. When the plant matures, the old leaves dry up, fall off,a trunk forms and it becomes like a palm tree. However, this palm is smaller than the elephant and shortleaf.
Where is the best place to place a palm tree
Yukka is considered an unpretentious plant that adapts perfectly to home conditions. She calmly reacts to dry air in the room, which is not typical for all indoor flowers. In summer, it can be placed on the balcony or taken out into the garden. First put in the shade, and when you get used to it, choose a sunny place for the plant.
Yukka palm loves the sun and is not afraid of direct rays. In winter, it is better to take a corner for her on the south side so that the palm tree receives more light. And in summer - from the east or west to avoid the refracted rays of the sun, which can cause burns on the leaves.
How to water yucca?
Home plant care includes watering. This should be done with a sense of proportion: the top layer of the earth should always dry out a few centimeters deep. In excessively moist soil, the roots and base of the trunk will begin to rot, which can lead to the death of the plant. In summer and spring, it is enough to water the flower once a week.
Spray the palm tree in extreme heat with warm water, every other day. In winter, it is not necessary to spray the plant, it is enough to wipe it after washing in a warm soapy solution. The room where the palm grows should be kept at a moderate temperature.
Winter Care
How to care for yucca in the cold season? In thatthe period is usually cooler in the apartment, so the palm tree needs to be watered less often, after a week. She does not like drafts, especially in winter, they can ruin her. The temperature in the room should not be more than 10 degrees. At high air temperatures and poor lighting, the palm tree will lose its decorative effect: the leaves will brighten and become thin, pests may appear on the plant.
Feeding
When indoor yucca comes out of hibernation in the spring and begins to grow actively, it needs to be fed twice a month with fertilizer for flowers, rotted leaves or peat. In summer, top dressing is carried out at intervals of once every ten days, and in winter - at twenty: 1 tbsp is added to a bucket of warm water. a spoonful of granular and liquid fertilizer for flowers. They are available in the store in a large assortment. As soon as autumn comes, feeding is not required, as the palm tree ceases to actively grow and goes into a dormant state.
Palm transplant
How to care for yucca during transplantation? The plant does not require special care at this time. A palm tree is rarely transplanted, after two or three years, with the onset of spring. To do this, use a deep pot with a heavy nutrient mixture. The leaves of the plant are cut off by half. The roots are soaked for an hour in boiled cooled water, to which crushed coal is added. After planting, the yucca is well watered. During transplantation, it is not necessary to feed the plant. Do not forget, for each subsequent transplant you need to take a larger pot. The size of the overgrown roots should be taken into account.
How does a potted palm reproduce?
Under conditionsat home, reproduction occurs by offspring, the removal of which will only benefit the tree. If you properly and regularly care for yucca, it will give new plants in the first year. For the normal development of palm trees, up to five shoots are left on the trunk. If you plant remote offspring in wet sand, they will form roots in a couple of months. In this case, there should be high humidity and a temperature of at least 20 degrees.
Very often, the yucca palm that you see in the photo has one trunk. To achieve its branching, in spring or summer you need to cut off the top so that leaves remain on it. The length of the handle should be 5-10 cm. The place of the cut is immediately sprinkled with crushed coal. This prevents the spread of bacteria. After a while, shoots will grow on the trunk. Over time, they will get stronger and turn into trunks.
The cut cutting is rooted. To do this, its cut is dried, leaving it in the air for two hours. Then planted in wet sand or cooled boiled water. When the roots appear, the yucca can be planted in a pot with soil.
Yucca palm can grow from a small piece of the trunk. To do this, put it in a pot of wet sand horizontally. After some time, the dormant buds on the trunk will wake up, new shoots with roots will grow from them. They are planted in separate pots.
Palm diseases
Incorrect cultivation of yucca leads to its disease.
- If the leaves at the tips have dried up and changed color to brown, this indicatesdry air in the apartment, insufficient watering or draft.
- If indoor yucca grows in a room with a low air temperature, its leaves will begin to curl, their edges will turn brown and dry, and the leaf plates will be soft. The plant needs to be moved to another, warmer room.
- Dry light spots on the leaves indicate burns. The rays of the sun refracted through the glass fell on them. It is necessary to take another place for yucca. She loves the sun, but not refracted rays. This needs to be considered.
- Root and trunk rot occurs due to abundant and frequent watering. It is necessary to remove the palm tree from the pot, remove all rotten roots, clean the trunk well, dry it and process it with crushed coal. Only after that plant the plant, but in a different pot and new land. Most importantly, do not water the transplanted palm for several days. Then resume watering and make sure that the trunk does not get wet. And in the future, strictly observe the watering regimen if you want to see the plant he althy.
- Leaves and rosettes may start to rot if yucca is placed in a cold room. It is enough to put the palm tree in a warm room with normal humidity. And no watering until the top layer of the earth is completely dry!
Yukka pests
Yukka palm is damaged by pests. To save the plant, they must be fought.
- Shchitovka - it feeds on cell sap. It can be detected by brown plaques on leaves and stems. The leaves are changingcolor, dry out and fly around. To combat this pest, each leaf must be wiped with a soapy swab. Then the whole plant must be sprayed with Actellik at the rate of 1-2 ml per 100 ml of water.
- Spider mites can appear if the air in the room is very dry. The stems are enveloped in cobwebs, the leaves lose their juiciness and fall off. The plant is wiped with a soapy swab and placed under a warm shower. If there are a lot of pests, the palm tree is sprayed with the same actellik.
- Mealy worms - leaves, shoots and even flowers suffer from them. Control measures for this pest are the same as for spider mites.
Yukka Care Tips
If you notice rotting roots and dark spots on the trunk, do not rush to say goodbye to the tree, it can be saved. They root, plant a cutting and get a new plant.
- Choose the undamaged part of the stem, remove the bark from it with a strip of five centimeters in width. Wet moss is applied to this place, tied with a film on top. Roots will appear in three weeks. Moss does not need to be removed for another half a month. When the roots grow and become strong enough, you need to cut off the plant below the place where the bark was removed. The cut is processed with crushed coal, dried a little, and then the rooted plant is planted in a separate pot.
- The he althy part of the stem is separated from the diseased part. The cut is processed with coal, it is dried and the stalk is planted in wet sand. From above, the landing is covered with a jar. When the roots appear, the rooted cutting should be planted in a pot.
