How to revive Yucca an almost dead houseplant Yucca!
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Roger spotted a neglected and dry Yucca houseplant in an office and offered to try and revive it back to full health.
Although houseplant Yuccas can tolerate being dry for a few weeks (maybe even a month or two in winter) being left for several months in summer has taken its toll on this Yucca, with lots of dead deaves ... but a few green shoots still visible to show that their is still hope for the young plant.
Roger trims off all the dead leaves and gives the plant a good water, this will be followed up with some liquid fertilizer and more regular watering checks.
As a general rule (when people ask 'how often should I water this houseplant) we would say regular checking the soil moisture (simply by pressing your finger tip into the soil surface to see if it is moist) maybe every week or so, if the soil is still damp it probably doesn't need watering. If it feels dry to the touch add some water but don't leave the plant stood in a saucer of water for more than an hour or two as they can become too wet.
I got mine from Walmart last winter. I would bring it outside during the day and took it in at night. It just loved that bright Wisconsin sunlight it grew like a weed!
Sounds great! Our British weather might be a bit harsh for it at times, but I am sure they would love being outside during nice summer weather 👍
Thanks
Uhh Wisconsins weather is something 😅
This plant looks very familiar 😆 I can’t wait to see and update and some hope!!
I tuned in to your video because I just wanted to hear about the Yucca!
Your canna lily plant is so pretty 😍
Thanks!
Unfortunately we lost it during a cold spell last winter - but have got a nice bright red one now
Lovely plants 🏵️
They are in indeed, thanks for your comment - enjoy your plants!
Great vid Roger thanks, May I suggest a lapel mic if you don't have one just to get consistent distance from microphone
Thanks Jack - absolutely right, just bought one a few weeks back and getting used to using it - Cheers!
I have an indoor yucca plant that looked exactly like that but I was making sure that I water it regularly but not too much, it looked healthy up until the beginning of winter so I dont know 😪. I ended up repotting it and was scared maybe it had root rot or something. Hopefully my yucca plant survives !!
Hi Pauline - thanks for your comment, if you are in the UK the only problem with repotting is the danger of overwatering while the roots haven't grown into the new compost - so I would only give a little water for the next month or two - once we get into spring the roots will more quickly grow into the fresh compost and you should get more new leaf growth too - I hope there is a happy ending ... please keep us posted, thanks!
I found one being thrown away and decided to see if I can save it. It's in quarantine now until I'm sure no unwanted critters are in it - trimmed it down - and we'll see what happens.
Great work, patience and perseverance are key - please keep us posted on your progress, thanks!
Thank you for the helpful video! I've bought an IKEA yucca few weeks ago and it is only getting worse and worse (indoor). I have moved it to a sunny place, and it will hopefully get better soon.
Regarding the dry soil, it happened to me that It was repelling water. So I have submerged it in water for few minutes. The soil is wet after many days so it seems to work
Thanks for your comment - glad you are looking after your plant .. it may take 6 months to really cheer up especially if you are just going into winter as we are here in the UK - where in the world are you?
@@rogthegardener1 Yes, I am writing from Spain, so it is the same scenario as you
I have an indoor yucca that recently dried out due to a low humidity issue and looks similar to the one here, it lost almost all of its leaves and they are still light green and drooping :(, i hope this video helps me bring it back to its glory :)
Hi, thanks for your comment, we hope your yucca recovers, it can take some time … perseverance is a key!
Good luck!
Would you also snip off floppy green leaves beginning to discolour or just the dead ones? I have a yucca in need of revival, but mine was overwatering, and the soil / root zone was damp, so I have re-potted in a larger pot with 1 part sand, as well as a some small gravel to help drainage
Hi, sounds like you are heading in the right direction, just be careful not to give too much water into the new compost for a few months as it will take a while for the roots to speared into it.
Ref the droopy leaves - if they start to go yellow then yes trim them off, but if they are still green they then they are potentially providing energy to the plant via photosynthesis - hope this helps, good luck and please keep us posted
Thanks
Roger
I have 2 yucca plants in my flat u give them indirect light and I water monthly my yucca plants are growing quite big now
Well done Allison - sounds like you are doing it right for your plants, I sometimes find that I need to increase watering slightly during warmer / growing seasons - are you in the UK?
Yes iam in the United kingdom
Thank you
You're welcome - thanks for your comment
Sad it was so badly neglected. I have two growing indoors, one has five stalks, the other four.
What kind of fertilizer do I use on my Yucca it's turning yellow and it's warped
Hi Dorothy, thanks for getting in touch, can I ask where you are living and is your Yucca growing inside or outside ... this could affect why it might be turning yellow
Hi yes I live in Riverside California and my plant is growing inside I do put it out side when it's warm in the house
@@dorothycrawford3561 Your area of C sounds lovely - any chance you could email me a couple of pics of your plant and the pot / soil?
rogercrookes@lcsuk.net
Thanks!
Hi, I bought a yucca plant with 2 stems in the same pot. It was beautiful for a couple of years, but last year the leaves on one of the stems started drying and eventually it is now bare. At its base there is a sprouting plant. Is that a new yucca cutting? Should I pull out the bare stem? The other stem it was bought with looks fine. The pot is kept in the conservatory. Please help!
Hi Jeanette, thanks for your comment, sorry to hear that one stem is not looking so good, but encouraging to hear that there are signs of new growth lower down … just checking is that new shoot actually coming from the base of the stem that had suffered?
It could be that you will get more than one new shoot … so my instinct is to do nothing drastic for a few months, as we move into spring you could give the whole plant some plant food to encourage more new growth and then re-assess. Maybe the top of the ‘dead-ish’ stem could be cut back if it turns soft, but if it is still firm then I would leave it in case you get more shoots from further up the stem..
Make sense?
Thanks for the vid, is there any need to remove my plant from its pot and give it fresh soil? I feel like it needs to live in a bigger better pot but if all it needs is pruning and water then that's okay. Thanks.
Hi, thanks for your comment, it is hard to know if your plant needs re-potting without seeing it - but I would not normally advise removing any soil before re-potting (not sure if were considering that?)
Do you know how long the plant has been in the pot, and is it 'top heavy' and easy to fall over?
@@rogthegardener1 I appreciate the reply, honestly it is s healthy plant, a lot more so than the one present in the video not long brought. I'll just give it more time and attention (it's pot size is the same one in the video)
Hi Rodger could you advise me on the best substrate for a yucca please thanks 😊
Hi Judith - thanks for getting in touch, and for your question. Well drained houseplant compost is usually good so that they do not get too wet - some folks mix a soil based compost such as 'John Innes' in with a houseplant compost and perhaps add a little grit for drainage - are you living in the UK?
Does the trunk grow taller? I got one from a store and it looks like it has a sort of black tar over it. But I think i overwatered it because the new growth looks withered and lots of brown leaves like this one. Should I repot with a dryer soil?
Hi Audry - thanks for your comment and excellent question!
You may be able to tell if it is overwatered by gently pressing your finger into the compost if it is wet then that could be too wet.
I am not sure that I would be in a hurry to repot it yet as that can cause even more stress, the key is to allow the compost to dry out ... a couple of questions ...
Where do you live?
Is the plant outside or inside
Is the pot stood inside another pot, or stood in a saucer?
In my experience the original trunk doesn't grow taller, but the new shoots develop into 'trunks' after many years ...they can get several feet tall.
Hope this helps?
Thanks
Roger
Hi Robert! I am in desperate need of your help!
My yucca has sadly suffered a lot. A couple of the leaves got broken off during a house move and then I ended up over watering it causing root rot. I have now repotted it into premium compost but the longer trunk isn’t healing. There is no no leaves on it. The trunk is however still firm. Do you think I need to cut through the trunk? If so do I need to put a black tar kind of thing on it like it has at the moment? Thank you in advance!
Hey Lucy, sorry to hear about your yucca drama … can I ask you a couple of questions
- are you in the uk? ( not being nosey 😀, just want to confirm what season you are in.
- how long is it since you repotted the plant
- have you got any leaves at all on the plant?
I think / hope there are some positives in your story … especially that the trunk is firm.
Looking forward to hearing from you
Roger
Hi can you please advise me on what to do!
My yukka plant was becoming yellow and crispy so I left it outside my house and lost track of days over the winter. Now the bottoms leave of very droopy almost damp soggy and brown and the top leaves aren’t droopy but are yellowing I took it out of the vase and noticed water at the bottom which smelled so left it out in its pot now and left it to dry (as the soil was still damp) it’s been too days nothing what should I do? Why are the bottom leaves droopy, damp and brown and top dry, up-right and yellow? Thank you so much hope to hear soon!
Hi, thanks for your comment ... I did type up a reply a few days ago but it doesn't seem to have uploaded - sorry
Yellowing leaves / can be caused by too much water or too little water ... so it is hard to know if yours is suffering because of being too dry at first or too wet after being outside .... or maybe both?
So, it probably needs to be inside somewhere protected from the weather and to allow the soil to dry out ... it may take some time to improve ... an important question .. where are you living because putting the plant outside here in the uk during winter could damage it because it is too cold ...
If you could let me know where in the world you are living, and how the plant / soil is looking now we can try and help you
Thanks
Hello Robert I have indoor yucca plant in our office but i think it’s dead there’s no leaves left at all 😢 I’m living in a very hot weather country. Should I put the plant near the window to get sunlight to revive it? Appreciate your reply
Hi, thanks for your comment 😀
I suppose one problem with putting it too near the window is that it could get too hot?
I would make sure the compost is always slightly damp (although not soaking wet) and maybe give the plant some general fertiliser to encourage some new growth.
You could put it nearer the window for a while but if you get some new leaves (we all hope you do!) you may need to keep the plant away from direct light to avoid scorching the leaves…
I hope this makes sense / helps?
Please keep us updated with your progress and any other questions
Thanks
@@rogthegardener1 thanks for the tips that’s really helpful. I will do that and keep you posted. Cheers
Hi Roger, thanks for the video. I have a yucca plant and now during the winter (I'm in Germany) it's getting yellow leaves 😔... Maybe too much water. What can I do to save it?
Hi Keyla, thanks for your comment, yes it could be too wet, there are few things that can cause leaves to go yellow … I assume it has not got too cold?
If we assume it could have got too wet then you need to allow the compost to dry out, which bay take a month or more in the middle of winter … if it is in a light position that may help.
Longer term you may want to consider standing the pot on some stones so that any water that runs out of the bottom of the pot is not soaked back up into the compost … I am not sure if that makes sense to you?
I did a video about this a few trick years back, I’ll put a link to the video below.
Please let us know if this makes helps and how you get on with your Yucca, thank you
Here is the other video, it was actually for a different sort of houseplant but the 'stones for drainage' trick would help you too .. if you look at about 3 minutes on in the video that should be of help to you?
ruclips.net/video/JMVDLmVH_6w/видео.html
I don’t know what I’m doing wrong with my yucca. One trunk became hollow and died. I’ve let them dry out and still losing leaves, now I’ve started watering and the water meter says it’s moist but it’s still not reviving. I’m stuck!!
Hi, are you able to email me a picture or two of the plant?
the email address to use is rogercrookes@lcsuk.net
Thanks
Hey, I got a yucca about 1 year and 1/2 she was doing great at first and over the last summer she took a step back, her trunk is firm and hard but her leaves are drying even the new baby leaves that are growing, dry within weeks, I’ve tried putting her in different places with different lighting but nothing seems to work, I also only water it when the soil is about 2 in or so dry under the shower.
Any advice would be lovely.
Hi Ana, thanks for your comments / questions - can I ask where you are living - which country? and also are you feeding the plant at all?
Hi Rodger.. I have over Watered my yucca plant. Have you got any tips or advice to revive it please?
Hi Jay, overwatering is so easily done, especially if the pot is inside a pot cover or in a saucer where the excess water will collect.
So you need to allow the soil to dry out as soon as possible - can ask where are you living ? Uk?
Robert, my yucca has been smothered with love. Actually I may have over watered it and now the leaves are all turning yellow and dying off. I have put it in a south facing window in direct sunlight to dry up, and have stopped watering it. What else can I do to save this bugger? Usually i do so well, but I have a newborn and my plants are literally either over or under watered. Not great plant help from husband :D
Hi thanks for your comment.
It sounds like you have a good plan, it might be worth turning the plant 180 degrees every week so that it doesn’t start leaning towards the light. Maybe just a little fertiliser in spring… where in the world are you living ? Just wondering what season you are in and how hot that windowsill might get?
Mine was like that I repot Ted it and added perlite don't water it for 2 weeks put it in direct light like on a coffee table where it gets indirect light mine is doing great it has grown quite a lot plus I have babies on the truck hope this is helpful for u
I've recently acquired a outside large yukky, in poor condition the top of the stem is wet and decaying , most of leaves have wilted and browning , I really need advise on how to nurse her back to health , any suggestions please 🙏
Hi Susan, thanks for your message, can I ask two key questions
- where are you living
- what variety of yucca is it… if you are not sure maybe you could email me some pictures of it, so that we can try to work it out? rogercrookes@icloud.com
I just adopted a yucca plant that looks far worse this one. Should I cut the top and plant it in a new ceramic pot? It looks like it had some type of mold. Thank you for your help.
Hi, thanks for your comment, its hard to tell without seeing your plant, but if the mold / rot is midway up the stem (has the stem turned soft/) them yes you could cut well below the area of rot and you will probably get new shoots from lower down you might be abler to then plant the upper section of stem that you have cut off but would need to cut any soft moldy stem first .. does that make sense?
Hi, a question pls about yucca plant - I just got one that was reduced in price as it has some yellowing leaves
I’ve removed those and for the most part it seems ok but I notice the shortest of three canes/trunks has loose papery bark and I am able to almost lift it out of the soil completely without any effort - I think it’s dying or dead - should I remove it to save the other parts ?
Hi Daniel - thanks for your comment / question. Even if that short stem has no leaves at the moment, it could sprout some new growth in spring - so may be worth waiting a couple of months to see how it does, don't give the plant too much water - let it go dryish before watering again and maybe give it a little feed in spring ... please keep us posted on how you get on, are you in the UK?
@@rogthegardener1 hi Roger ! Thanks so much for replying so quickly! It certainly has green leaves etc still, but no growth yet. I was just worried it could affect the others - I’ll leave it be for now and keep you posted ! Yep I am in Manningtree. Thanks again and fingers crossed !
Hi there, thank you for this video! I’m having a slightly different issue with my yucca. It was thriving in a garden room until our recent cold snap in the UK. I wasn’t able to check on it for a few days as the path was so icy and when I did it was drooping so badly and the newer section at the very top was squidgy.
I brought it into the house and have placed it by the window. I also cut off the squidgy section at the top (not sure if that was the right thing to do!) I also repotted as the weight of the dropping top leaves had pulled the whole plant to the side. The remaining leaves are still looking very sad 3 days later and feel limp. The main trunk and older offshoots are firm.
Is my poor plant done for or do I just need to be patient with it?
Ah Laura, you have our sympathies!
I would keep on cutting out any soft tissue and stem until you have firm stems .. even if they have no leaves left … it may take several months but there is a chance that in spring the firm stems will grow new shoots and you can start again.
Try not to give the plant too much water especially as it has been reported because without roots in the fresh compost to suck out the water it can get too wet and cause root rot …
Hope this helps?
Good luck keep us posted with any progress please 👍
@@rogthegardener1 thanks so much Roger. This is really helpful! I’ll try these tips and hopefully can nurse it back to health. Will update with any progress!
How's your yucca doing now?
@@PrevalentAA hi thanks for your comment, unfortunately it wasn’t my plant, I took it home to work on it, and then put it back into the office I had borrowed it from … the office was completely revamped and redecorated some time later and the recovering yucca was ‘lost’ in the process … 😊
Hey Robert, great video! Actually, I was hoping you could help. I have an outdoor yucca that has a few dried-out leaves like in your video but not as many. I also noticed one of these dried-out leaves has dark spots. I can't tell if it has some sort of infection or if it's just dried out since I live in a very hot climate. It has 3 little trunks but only 1 of them has these very few dried leaves, it is not directly facing the sun since there are buildings around my area that block it but we get indirect sunlight. I water it every few days and the water slowly drains out a little from the bottom, I checked the roots for rot but there isn't any. I can't tell if I'm overwatering it or underwatering, my climate is pretty hot and we still have summer weather which is why I water it every few days or when the soil feels dry. What should I do? Also, some of the healthy leaves have brown tip outlines, what would your recommendation be?
Hi - thanks for your interesting comment / question ... it is raining raining and raining here now so could do with some of your hot sunny weather ... if you could send some over here please!?
I am guessing that your plant is in a pot? if so the watering is more important than when the plant is growing in the ground ... but it sounds like you are doing it about right - not watering all the time so that the soil dries out a little is good ... regular checking is best - and it sounds like that is what you are doing? well done
As for the brown leaves / brown outlines ... I am not sure but I have seen this on my outdoor Yuccas (we have a different hardier variety we can grow outside in the UK) and it often has brown / yellow spots on the leaves and the older leaves go yellow / brown and I just cut them off ... if the new baby leaves are looking good and green then the plants is probably happy ... I have sen yuccas in other warm countries on holiday and they often have marks / spots on the leaves.
Maybe think about giving the plant some fertilizer in your spring ... which country are you living in?
Yuca mea cred că a inceput sa putrezească in partea superioara, sus la vârf la frunze. Sub scoarță, la vârf e negru, moale și miroase urat.
I s-a uscat și o parte din frunze . Trunchiul mai jos e tare și ferm, dar la vârf e moale...Cred ca i-a lipsit apa (am fost plecata de acasa) si acum va muri😥.
Oare mai are șanse sa trăiască ?! Ce să-i fac ?
Hi Thanks very much for your question, which RUclips translated for me and I hope you will be able to translate my answer too ...?
In my experience, once the stem has gone soft it is not going to grow again, but if the stem is hard and firm lower down then I would try cutting the stem where it is still form and there is a chance it will send out new shoots .. you may have to wait a long time (maybe 6 months) to see the new shoots starting to grow.
Be careful to not get the compost too wet, especially if you do not have many leaves left on the plant after you have cut it back as that can cause the stem to rot.
Here is another of my videos showing how I cut back a Yucca stem and you can also see a stem that was cut back a year before and is starting to grow new shoots - hope this helps / makes sense?
ruclips.net/video/iFovsQrcdbY/видео.html
@@rogthegardener1 Thank you very very much ! 👍
Very weird roger, I just bought an ikea yucca!
That's a coincidence?! Hope yours does well and gets watered occasionally!
Hows the garden been this summer?
@@rogthegardener1 I’ve not gardened for two weeks coz all the rain ☺️ feel bad I didn’t keep pruning dahlias oh well 🙈
Hi. Good video but is that plastic grass in the background?. One of the biggest threats to wildlife, it holds no environmental benefits and is not recyclable. Please have a rethink.
Hi Thanks for your comment, glad you liked the Yucca section.
Yes you do have a point re the artificial grass, we put it down some years ago before the environmental concerns started to grow ... I do understand the concerns but am puzzled why nobody raises concerns about the Indian sandstone slabs we have in our garden and most of the gardens around us seem to have similar slabs .. so I think the scale of potential environmental, and possibly ethical, concerns could be far greater for the use of imported stone slabs because there is much wider / scale of use?
I am not trying to divert from the potential issues of artificial grass, we can look at replacing ours in the future, meanwhile we have other areas of the garden with lawns and lots of wildlife friendly planting.
Thanks again for raising your concern, Roger
Do we have an update video on the yucca?
H Eva, unfortunately the plant wasn't mine, it was from a customers office ... and when the office was redecorated and refurbished the plant disappeared ...!
@@rogthegardener1 nooooooo....!! They could have returned it to you... Im so sorry to read that, i absolutely love Yuccas. I've got massive king yucca on my garden in Spain 🤩
No update since 7 months so is it alive ?
Hi, thanks for your comment, you raise an interesting point 😀… unfortunately the plant wasn’t mine it was from an office that I sometimes visit, the plant was improving but the office owners revamped / redesigned the office completely and at some point in the redevelopment the plant disappeared … I will have to do another video with a before and after once I can find another plant in need of reviving.
Sorry I can’t give you any more info… do you have a Yucca yourself?
That’s not all it wanted !!!!! It’s root bound !!!!!!!
Thanks Kevy - that's a good point!
Hi, do you have any update on how this yucca got on?
Well ... it was doing quite well - although I only saw it once every few weeks as it wasn't my plant, it was in an office that I used to visit every week or so .. anyway they decided to redecorate the office and moved all the furniture around etc and someone must have decided to throw away the plant (unaware that it was recovering well!) and it has never been seen since!
@@rogthegardener1 shame -you should have kept it-like an I’ll treated dog it did not deserve to go back .
@@joanfordham1305 Yes, I think you are right, thanks for your comment 😃
How the results after few months?
Well ... it was doing quite well - although I only saw it once every few weeks as it wasn't my plant, it was in an office that I used to visit every week or so .. anyway they decided to redecorate the office and moved all the furniture around etc and someone must have decided to throw away the plant (unaware that it was recovering well!) and it has never been seen since!
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Thanks for your encouragement!
That's a dracena right??
Hi Matthew - it is known as Yucca Elephantipes here in the UK. Very similar to Dracaenas (Dracaenas tend to have slightly deeper green leaves and more shiny.)
Thanks for your comment - enjoy your plants!
My yucca at that top the leaves ard green and firm but underneath that the leaves are yellow and dead and the trunks are yellow below those but the turn normal several inches down. Should i top it off where it turns yellow or try to let it recover since there is still nice green leaves at the top?
Hi, thanks for your excellent question, it’s always hard to understand what’s going on with people’s plants when I can’t see and touch them… but if I understand your description correctly it sounds like there is life in those shoots still because of the green leaves so in that case I think I would trim off all those yellow leaves back close to the stem, and see if you can encourage some more fresh green growth (some houseplant fertiliser might might help?) and let us know how you get on, it could take 6 months or more before you get enough new growth to have a noticeable improvement in the plants appearance …. I hope there is a happy ending for you and your plant 😀
Hello Roger, thank you for making the video!! I desperately need some advice if you have a moment. I live in New York and got my Yucca(3 stems) about 6 months ago. I put them near a south-faced window (with medium sunlight) and water them around twice a month. One of them grows very nice with green leaves and new sprouts, the other two started to lose leaves like 3 months ago -- now they have almost 0 leaves left and their stems are soft…Do you think I can still save them T T Appreciate any advice…
Hi, thanks for your comment, and sorry to hear about your Yucca.
Hard to be sure what has happened ... when you watered is it possible that the plant pot could have been sat in a 'puddle' of water for some time?
@@rogthegardener1 Hi Roger, thanks for your reply. No, I don’t think so.. I heard Yucca can be easily overwatered so we are very careful when watering them.. Do you think we could still save them since they are zero leaves left and the stems are soft…
@@user-zf7zd2lx3r it doesn’t sound good to be honest … not sure what has caused it … I wonder if the soft stems have little or no roots (you could try giving them a very gentle pull up, if it ‘resists’ your pull then you know there are roots and you should leave the stem there but if the stem slides up easily it is likely that there no roots or they are’poor’ - I am not advising this as you could damage any roots that may be there … but it is an option in the future if they look completely dead, just to try and find a possible cause)
It sounds like you have done everything right … it is just possible that you may get some new shots lower down those 2 softer stems but possibly not … please keep us posted, if you see any sign of disease such as orange spots on the 2 soft stems then you are probably best to remove them to protect the one remaining good stem - does this all make sense?
Sorry I can’t be more help, good luck!
Boring what about what we are here for the yucca?
Good point - thanks for your comment - hope your Yucca is OK