Yuca plant care question
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When my yuca plant blooms this one flower, after it dies do I cut it off?
Do I cut this off this flower after it dies, really ugly ( a dead stalk in the middle)
7 answers
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Yes ,you ned to cut the flower off so new flowers produce.
Janet Pizaro
on May 20, 2016
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Yes it's ok to cut it off and you can start new babies with the flowers if you replant them
Linda
on May 20, 2016
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The main plant does not die and it will spread every where. Once they have rooted they are impossible to get rid of. I consider them to be a noxious weed. The flower stalk is pretty but the leaves are wicked and painful.
Teresa
on May 21, 2016
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I agree with Teresa about the noxious nature of large agave plants. If you have it in a contained area, it might be OK but my experience with them is not good (and I love all plants!). Pity the poor person who has to tackle removing any of these...my husband was a mess of welts, cuts and rashes after his battle with an agave that was invading our driveway. I would cut the flower stalk off and NOT increase your agave plants. BTW, our agave had bloomed twice and, of course, did not die.
Bonny McDaniel
on May 21, 2016
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This caught my eye 'cuz I LIVE in Yucca Valley, CA (about 30 miles north of Palm Springs). From reading other answers it looks like there are different ways to deal with this - - here's what I do. Once the flowers on the stalk have started to die I (EVER SO CAREFULLY) cut the stalk off as far down into the heart of the plant as I can safely reach, then just leave it (the stalk) in an out-of-the-way place for a week or two and then you'll have a unique showpiece that will stand beautifully in a corner placed in a tall vase (maybe you'll want to weight the vase with rocks or marbles depending on how tall your stalk is. I've done this for years and people really enjoy the simplicity of the display.
Mary Kay White
on May 21, 2016
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Just some FYI - yuccas and agaves are different plants. They grow and bloom and reproduce differently. The plant pictured is a yucca. The send up bloom stalks yearly. You can leave the stalks on and enjoy the structure and any pods that are on it until it decides to come down, which can be several years, or you can cut them down. I use yucca stalks with all their branches and even leave pods on for my Christmas tree. If they are small I group several together. Some Agaves die when they send up a bloom stalk, but not all...
Susie
on May 21, 2016
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Hi Jean, I live in Florida and all I did was take the flowers from the stalk and put them in separate pots some took off real good and some not so good, but..... I did get 6 more plants from it. I actually pulled mine out of the ground because it was too big for where I had it located and when I did about a couple weeks later there were small ones growing there. I had to pull those and toss them out because I had enough for my plan.
Linda
on May 21, 2016
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