On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:44:29 -0700, Compo
wrote:

I have what I believe to be a Yucca aloifolia. I bought it as a sad
looking shoot in a supermarket about 17yrs ago and it has now grown to
about seven feet tall. It has outgrown its small conservatory and I
am wondering if it is possible to prune the top section so that it
fits the space once again.

I tried placing it outside for the summer but here in the north of
Scotland we have had such a dismally wet, cold and windy summer that
it has suffered badly. Many of the upper leaves have browned and
become tattered. A pruning would help tidy it up as well as helping
size-wise.

Any advice gratefully received,
Compo.
Chop the trunk into as many sections as you like. Let the cut surfaces
dry for a day or so, then pot all of them up (including the top), in
damp gritty compost, making sure you get them the right way up of
course. Keep slightly damp but not wet, and you'll probably get as
many new plants as you cut sections.


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Chris

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