The garden yucca or yucca, which is closely related to the yucca palm (more correctly: Yucca elephantipes), which is cultivated as a houseplant, can be found in many gardens. The plant impresses above all with the inflorescences, which can be up to three meters high, on which flowers reminiscent of lilies of the valley are arranged close together. However, such a yucca can also become very large, although fortunately it can be both reduced and increased by division.

The garden yucca is best propagated by division

Dig up yucca at its location

Basically, you have two options for dividing the plant: First, you can dig up the whole yucca, then divide it into the desired number of individual plants and then put them back in the ground. This method makes sense if you are moving the yucca anyway, dividing the whole plant or want to see where it can best be divided. On the other hand, the plants also form offshoots of their own accord, which you simply separate from the mother plant with a spade, dig up and then replant separately. The mother plant itself remains in the ground.

Split yucca successfully

When completely dividing the garden yucca, it is best to proceed as described:

  • Poke the ground around the yucca with a digging fork.
  • Try to loosen the soil
  • and to carefully lift the yucca out of its planting lock.
  • If necessary, you will of course also have to cut through roots.
  • However, it is better to damage as few roots as possible.
  • Remove the clinging soil so that you can inspect the roots.
  • Do these look healthy? Diseased and severely damaged roots are removed.
  • Now see where the yucca is best divided.
  • The root system should be strong and have several shoots.
  • Now divide the yucca in the best parts with a spade.
  • You can also use a sharp knife or secateurs.
  • Once the division has taken place, plant the individual pieces separately in the ground.
  • Provide good drainage beforehand (soil loosening and improvement)
  • and then water the newly planted yuccas well.

Incidentally, the best time for this measure is spring, as the yucca can root better throughout the growing season and is robust enough for cooler temperatures in time for winter.

tips

If the transplanted yucca leaves the leaves hanging at first, this is normal. Observe the plant: if the leaves straighten up again after a few days, it has grown.

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