Last seen: May 24, 2016
Hi Jim,I still see snow on the ground! Your T. nanital looks great. It looks about the same size as mine. It will be interesting to see the growth ...
Hey Barb,17F on your D. wheeleri seedlings?? Your pushing their limits. Are they OK? Do you have an update photo on those babies??I took this photo...
Hi Aaron,where is the HUGE Y. schottii specimen? That's the largest schottii I've ever seen!Your specimen blows away the Y. schottii on top of Mount ...
Hi Barb,Yucca soil is less rich than palm soil too. If your using a high organic soil mix 1/3 sand or 1/3 perlite in it.Tim
Yes, Yuccas stop growing just like Washingtonia palms once the root tips don't have room. Barb...you can relate to Washingtonia not growing when pot ...
Hi Igor,your mom has 150 senpolias? WOW, nice collection............that's African violets for us in the US. I use to grow them many years ago. I e...
Hi Paul,The mountain laurels are the most common, then American Holly, then Rhodo. maximum. It would be nice to walk through the R. maximum areas to ...
Hi Igor,I usually break up the soil but try not to disturb the roots. Try not to break the roots. Yuccas love sun.....that's the #1 thing I recommen...
Here's the temp data from a local station. December we had over 7 inches (18 cm) of precipitation......things were moist around here going into winte...
Hi Igor,your Yucca seedlings look OK. Sometimes the root from the seed will push up the seed and you'll see a portion of the root above the soil leve...
Hi Adam.........if you have Y. schottii seed, scan it in or take photo. It should be thick, not thin like Y. filamentosa.
Hi Adam,here's Y. schottii damage the prior winter too. Keep them dry in winter and they may do OK in your area?? One easy way to ID Y. schottii is ...
Hi AdamIt's difficult to ID your seedlings. They really don't look like Y. schottii with 'droopy' leaves but perhaps they are 'leggy' from starting th...
Hi Barb,those Eucs are funny that the 'new' buds were like that in fall. It seems weird that a plant would have such small buds going into winter.
I water Yucca seedlings like Barb.........from the bottom and after the top soil is moist I discard all water in the bottom tray. Repeat every few da...
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