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I have two potted Yucca rostrata. In the past, both came in for the winter. This year, the trunked one was so d%$n heavy I left it outdoors by the front door, under overhead protection and by a single-pane window.
The smaller one was indoors by a west-facing window.
Both were watered a little, but mostly dry.
This photo from yesterday shows the two of them outdoors in the sun again.
In brief, the one that was outdoors looks WAY healthier. So, I plan to leave both out in future winters here in Oklahoma.
<a href=" https://www.flickr.com/photos/drterdal/13539160675" title="Yucca rostrata in pots March 2014 by Erik Terdal, on Flickr"><img src=" 
" width="411" height="640" alt="Yucca rostrata in pots March 2014"></a>
Posted : 01/04/2014 12:08 am
Nice, any idea how old the big one is?
Posted : 01/04/2014 11:55 am
Topic starter
I bought it three years ago, and it had been recently field-dug and had no roots.
Posted : 01/04/2014 12:08 pm
Great color on the tall one.
Nice to see it came through unscathed.
Since you've decided they'll stay out, any plans to plant them in that sheltered area?
Barb
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If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
Posted : 01/04/2014 6:36 pm
Topic starter
Thanks!
I had planted the tall one, at the farm, but had to dig it up, poor thing, a few months later.
Plan right now is to grow it in pot until W and I have a long-term place, perhaps in Texas. 😀
Posted : 01/04/2014 6:44 pm
Thanks!
perhaps in Texas. 😀
Texas is calling your name, will be interesting to see what you can do there. 😀
Shoshone Idaho weather
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
Posted : 01/04/2014 7:04 pm
Ooooooh, Texas! How cool is that!
Can't wait to hear the news.
Barb
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If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
Posted : 01/04/2014 7:11 pm
Topic starter
Ooooooh, Texas! How cool is that!
Can't wait to hear the news.
Barb
Well, no one ever called Texas, "cool"! 😆
Nearly as hot down there as it is here, what with our 40 oC days each Summer.
No news any year soon, sort of a pre-retirement idea now. It was that guy in Corpus saying they had a very cold winter, even had frost on the windshield one morning, that got us. 😯
Posted : 01/04/2014 9:20 pm
very cold winter, even had frost on the windshield one morning,
One morning 😆
The poor duckie.
Yeah, you're still wayyyyy too young to retire.
Barb
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If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
Posted : 02/04/2014 12:50 pm
Yeah, you're still wayyyyy too young to retire.
Barb
You are never too young to retire, I'm planning on age 55.
PS. Anyone out there willing to donate to my retirement fund can e-mail me. 😀
Shoshone Idaho weather
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
Posted : 02/04/2014 11:53 pm
You are never too young to retire, I'm planning on age 55.
PS. Anyone out there willing to donate to my retirement fund can e-mail me. icon_biggrin.gif
Isn't that "never too broke to retire". 😆
Lottery, yup, that's it.
Only thing is I'll be 327 years old when I win. :cussing:
Barb
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If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
Posted : 03/04/2014 12:27 pm
Topic starter
Well, I'm sort of dreaming of a semi-retirement starting in my 50s in which I work fewer hours for a decade or two.
Posted : 03/04/2014 4:05 pm
Isn't that "never too broke to retire". 😆
Barb
Yes, that was what I meant to say. 😆
Shoshone Idaho weather
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
Posted : 03/04/2014 11:49 pm
