Growing cold hardy yucca from seeds. Yucca baccata, rostrata, elata, flaccid, glauca, gloriosa
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Yucca seedlings can be grown easily from seed. I prefer to soak the seeds for at least 48 hours and plant them shallow in well drained soil with a heat mat underneath. grow lights are of course helpful, as direct sunlight can burn and kill young seedlings.
Yucca's / grasses shown today are Hesperaloe funifera (giant red yucca), Yucca baccata (banana yucca), Nolin Texans (Texas bear grass), Yucca rostrata (beaked yucca), Yucca elata (soap tree yucca), Yucca flaccida (flaccid leaf yucca), Yucca glaucoma var. augustifolia (common soapweed), Yucca gloriosa (Spanish dagger).
Thank you for this video. I recently collected seeds from a native yucca growing on our Bristol, Tennessee property. I’m trying to get the seeds to germinate. It’s been painful but I’m determined to succeed.
Hi Lisa. Sometimes soaking the seeds for 24 to 48 hours in water is helpful, especially if the seeds are a little dried out looking.. A heating pad for warmth and some indirect sunlight is a must! Hope your seeds germinate for you!
I am also trying to germinate wild gathered seeds (from a native yucca on my neighbor’s property. Good luck with yours 😊
@@riverrootsfarm Thanks, you as well!
Awesome. I harvested the yucca and planted it, but wasn't sure what was coming up was yucca. It looked like a grass stem.
They definitely look like grass when they're young. But, they certainly turn into something very interesting!
I love yucca!
Me too!
hey! great video! was wondering what compost mix you used for seeding the yucca? Will try to grow yucca rigada shortly and want to get the right mix! Thanks!
You can really get away with any soil as long as it's well draining and the pH is not low. Regular potting soil will due for starting seeds or potted yucca's. Outside in the ground it entirely depends on how cold it gets in winter and especially how much precipitation you receive annually. Always remember to have really good drainage!
Nice video. I have excess Yucca hybrid seed if you want some. Y. (filamentosa x rostrata) X (filamentosa x rostrata). I made another batch last summer. Awesome looking plants with all those rostrata genes in them. Moisture tolerant too with filamentosa genes in them.
Very cool! That's certainly an interesting cross! Sure I'd be interested in some seed. I actually just purchased a bunch of yucca, agave and hesperaloe seeds. Maybe we could trade?
@@nativeandunusualplants3582 I just sent some seed to a couple other RUclips gardeners in Ontario. Every seed produces a different Yucca so plant many and select the best forms. I like the ones which look like rostrata. No need to send me anything, my garden is packed. There’s a few of these shown on my videos if you want to see them. I can make a video showing the parents and offspring. Send me your address.
@@TimsZonePushingGarden Fantastic, thanks so much and I just subscribed. Great videos! My address is 6781 McNiven Rd. Burlington, Ontario L7P 0K2, Canada. Much appreciated!
@@nativeandunusualplants3582 I packed up the seed. I only found 1 Illicium seed. Too late in the season. What’s your name for the mailing address? Thx.
@@TimsZonePushingGarden Chris Janssens. Thanks a million. I'll definetly take that 1 Illicium seed! Do you know if they're parviflorum or floridanum? I'm also starting a small hobby nursery to make uncommon plants available (along with native plants) and once I get a list together, I'll let you know. If anything on it interests you, don't hesitate to ask and seeds will come your way! Thanks again, sure we'll be talking/commenting on our videos.
Do you have any updates from your yucca seedlings. I'm curious how fast they grow from seed. I was able to find a few mature plants locally but they cost a fortune. It would be a fun project to start them from seed.
I haven't done a video update, but I find yucca seedlings grow pretty quickly. The health and freshness of the seeds make a big difference too. Those banana yucca seeds were big and juicy and they pretty much filled up a 1 gallon pot in just one growing season. Highly recommend growing them from seed.
Just checked on my seeds this morning and a lot of them have sprouted. On my way to buy some seed starting trays now and I’m hoping to plant them after the last freeze this next year. How long did you wait to plant yours in the ground?
It entirely depends on your winter hardy zone. An example,,, if you are in USDA zone 6a and your yucca is zone 5a hardy or less, then by all means plant in ground in the fall. If it's a zone 6a yucca or less hardy (zone pushing), best to wait and spring plant!
Did you plant one seed per pot?
Yes, but if you only have a few I'd use bigger pots
What about yucca brevifolia? :)
Next time!
What was your temp you germinated at?
The room temperature was between 70 amd 72 F and I used heat pads.
@@nativeandunusualplants3582 okay makes sense. I just started some in a closet (since it usually stays 78-80 degF) but everywhere online says 60-70 is best. I’ve had luck in a hot greenhouse before so I was kind of surprised.
@@opuntiad8100 I don't think yucca seeds are terribly picky! Usually the fresher the better!
@@nativeandunusualplants3582 agreed! I did find some old hesperaloe seeds that I forgot about in our unheated detached garage for 4 years, which we get down to -20f every winter, and they still had almost 100% germ rate! I was shocked. At what point do you plan to plant your seedlings.
@@opuntiad8100 Nice! I'm starting to see Hesperaloe are tough as nails. I'm even having really good luck with H. funifera! I like to start the seeds in early January and plant after the temperatures are guaranteed not to go below 36F or 2C in spring (usually sometime in May for me), however it depends on how well they are rooted. If it doesn't have much of a root ball, i''ll hold off a bit until it does.