A bit off topic - Yucca
8 years ago
For the first time in at least 15 years.
I really was expecting white flowers, but maybe they will be white afterall.
Somebody familiar with the plant and name?
Main question: will it die afterwards?
greets
Harry
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Comments (7)Wooly aphids are mealy bugs. Same thing. They can be hard to get rid of. Malathion might be a good way to go, but the wool repells insecticides, so does the waxy skin. This bug makes sense and yea they were probably in the new soil. Best to again transplant to new soil. Sterlize the pot. Treat three times, treat plant and new soil or old soil if you decide to keep it. Read label directions as to how often usually repeat 7-10 days. Best treat all your plants, they spread easily! Wet plants before treating. An easy treatment, and one of the best for this is Bonide Products 951 Houseplant Systemic Insect Control Granules. It doesn't smell. You can keep the dirt, and it lasts for 8 weeks. So just one treatment to all of your plants that are non-edible will work! No worries about the waxy skin or wooly hair repelling anything. It's a systemic, as they feed, they take up the poison. I myself would wash as many as I can off, give the granules, hit them with horticultural (Insecticidal) soap (plants and soil). The granules take time to work, so the other treatments will set them back and give time for the granules to be absorbed by the plant. It looks like you have a bad infection, so best to hit them hard. Your other plants if they look OK, you can probably just give them the granules. If you do this, you will get rid of them. Having the soap will come in handy. if you have plants outside for the summer, it's a good treatment to use before you bring them in. So you don't bring any bugs in the house. It also works well on other insects, you can use it up pretty easily. As you can tell their are lot's of treatments you can use. Up to you on how you proceed. Good luck! You can get all these products at a good garden center (not at big box stores, a small private garden center), or even off Amazon. You can also make your own soap, but risk damaging the plant by using the wrong type of soap, or the wrong dosage. too high will damage the plant, too low will be ineffective. So best to buy the product IMHO. This post was edited by Drew51 on Fri, Nov 29, 13 at 1:41...See MoreYucca whipplei Cold Hardiness?
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoHarry
There is a plant with red flowers, hesperaloe parviflora. Check if that is the plant you have. It should survive for you, I believe it is hardy to z7.
I had yucca growing for years in z6, and it survived winters. White flowers.I don't have photo of it in full bloom, but here is one showing buds - just a very little tinge of red:
Rina
ps: Harry, I just looked at some photos, most have filaments on the leaves, and yours seems to be smooth?
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Thank you, it was my garden for many years (I moved year ago...)
Filament - hair or wire like threads on side of leaves; you can see them better in this photo:I found some info for yucca gloriosa here:
yucca gloriosaRina
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Hello all,
Now the plant is this far. What to do: will it completely die or can I break out the flowerstalk??
greeting
Harry
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