Help needed, Sick Yucca (I think) See Photo

 


Hi all, I have what i think is a yukka which my hubbie rescued from our
local
dump. it had been hacked at in several places so i treated this.
It was also pot
bound so we transfered it. It started looking ok, then
suddenly went downhill. I
think i may have overwatered it. However i
have not watered it for a few weeks
now and it doesn't seem to be
getting any better. It has a healthy looking
offshoot. Can i transplant
this to try and save some of the plant? If so, how
can I do this? By the
photo do you think the plant will die or survive?
Any help would be very much appreciated!


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I'm not a yucca expert, but I know that they grow large roots. That plant
is probably horribly root bound. I would poke around in the pot and see how
much root there is in the pot. If it is indeed root bound, repotting it
might fix the problem. Assuming it isn't too late for the plant - you
should have done something a long time ago.

 


Thanks very much but if you had read the post you would have seen that I
only
recently acquired this from a local dump and I have already
repotted as it was
indeed potbound in its original pot. I am merely
trying to save the plant from
someone elses neglect.

Has anyone got any answers to my original questions??


'Zootal[_5_ Wrote:

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I'm sure the local dump would be glad to take it back :-)

 

MrsP wrote:

You may still be able to create new plants from it by air layering.
The leaves look pretty dead.

gloria p