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I saw on tv that southern France, which has virtually no winter comparing to us, had huge amounts of snow! I mean really huge

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Snow arrived here in the evening and kept falling until morning. Lots of snow, but luckily temp. is above freezing

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Great Tim! Thank you!

PM sent.

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To prevent any kind of war between you guys, I'm willing to buy it!

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I know Mesa Garden. Ordered there few times and were happy with the purchase, but they don't have yucca hybrids and you need to wait until January. I'm unpatient

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Barb, we are going to get our first snow and a hard frost thereafter tomorrow or a day after tomorrow. I'm gonna get a hard time tomorrow bringing the stuff in. Guys, you're not alone. The forecasting first snow in Poland on Thursday. Unfortunately not at my place, but today will be the last warm d...

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Big Tennessee looks awesome

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Hi Marceli, I was just looking at the roots of the Yucca you just dug up. Is this the 'unknown' Yucca? The roots are not of filamentosa or flaccida. The roots are more like a western Yucca like glauca or elata........but the leaves are wide unlike glauca or elata. I bet you have a form of Y. arkans...

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Most soils in my country have pH around 5,5-6,5. I don't know what's my soil's pH, but it's mostly sandy, which dries out very quickly, at least on the surface. I'll see how baccata deals with that.

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According to bennyskaktus.dk Invalided published name of arkansana is Yucca glauca var. arkansana. Might be the reason why sellers sell those as glauca :? Judging from this picture: http://www.bennyskaktus.dk/images/Yucca/Yucca_arkansana_DJF1316_454C_01.JPG it might be Y. arkansana, but are they rea...

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Congrats! Nice basjoos man! You can start your own plantation now

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Probably too wet for ocotillo in my area

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JerseyJay wrote:Hopefully we will have a mild winter again but from my experience so far its not so much the cold that damages the yuccas but the amount of rain and moisture.

Exactly! In my opinion moisture during cold temps is main damage factor. Yuccas can withstand more freeze when they are kept dry.

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I dug out my S. minor which was buried with the pot in the ground. If you watch carefully, you see how long roots it grew. I had to repot it into larger pot. It was grown from seed, but unfortunately they came from California, so I'm not hoping this one would be a survivor in future. So far he's bee...

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Tim, this is the closest photo I got atm: http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss15 ... G_2927.jpg

Do you want me to take pictures of leaves and already forming trunk? I can crawl under my teepee and do that

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You can't see from this perspective, but I made two "windows" on both sides to improve ventilation and protect them from cooking

Should be enough I guess.

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Covered and ready for incoming winter

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Greetings Jersey Jay

Nice yuccas you got there! How cold was in NJ last winter?

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I start them with anything I got at the moment, but 90% of sand might be too fast drying though. I use mostly sand, plus the cheapest flower soil I find. I just sterilize it in oven. Yuccas are really fast and easy to germinate. The last time I tried, it was 100% vermiculite and it worked too, but i...

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Speaking of frost, - Poland recorded about -3C/27F in some places

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My yuccas grow in 90% sand - that's how my garden soil is like, and they seem fine, at least until winter. Will tell you in few months if they survived

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Hi

Do you have any fresh seeds of hardiest yuccas for my zone 6? I already have: baccata, glauca, harrimaniae var neomexicana, gloriosa, recurvifolia. I'd like to buy other species.

Thanks

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I live in a zone 5b where we have winters with over 2 feet of snow in a storm. Lows are about -8f. to -15f. most winters. :wink: Build a good well draining mound and protect from winter wet. Roots need to stay dry also (in winter). They start very easy from seed and grow faster then any yucca I hav...

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Hi Adam! What a great yuccas you got there! This building's wall helps a lot, I guess.

P.S. You have a Polish surname

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If the seeds are viable, I see no reason why you shouldn't germinate them now. Just keep them warm, and give plenty of light when first sprouts appear. Yuccas are easy to grow from seed.

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Wish I can grow them outdoor, but here's too damp & cold during winter, plus they grow incredibly slow and are very expensive

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My country is suffering from drought this year

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Dug out already:

Check out these roots:

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Cool! Y. faxoniana is on my I-Want-It list then

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Living in zone 8, instead of 6 will do and my garden will change drastically. I ain't greedy

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Looks really great! Any special winter protection?

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Looks funny, but proved to be effective during last winter

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Next year I try more watering during the hottest periods and see what happens. I overwintered them under a roof (they grow together with cacti), so there were no snow insulation at all:

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This was my winter protection for cacti. You can call it tipi

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+1 for Bismarckia Nobilis silver!

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So another 100 years and mine will be as big as yours

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And here's mine, not nearly as impressive as yours:

Planted this spring.

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If it is not a drainage problem than it must be lack of water? Yellow leaf could be too much water, not enough, or lack of iron. They may need more water in the hot summer untill they get bigger? :| I watered them maybe 3 times during summer. This may be an issue. If they survive, I'll give'em more...

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It already grows in raised bed and drainage is very good: lots of sand, gravel and a bit of garden soil.

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Barb, I'm afraid it's gonna die next spring coz it's slowly turning yellow. Same happened to other one. I wish I'm wrong. I'm kinda get used to my little yucca and like it

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