My neighbour has a Yucca which is outgrowing its bounds. Would I be
correct that he can cut it back severely, and if so when should he do
so, and by how much should he cut it back?
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Stewart Robert Hinsley

Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
> My neighbour has a Yucca which is outgrowing its bounds. Would I be
> correct that he can cut it back severely, and if so when should he do
> so, and by how much should he cut it back?

Whenever he likes and by however much he likes. Robust little buggers yuccas
are!

pk

In message <mN1+rgANAcbEFw3R [at] meden.demon.co.uk>, Stewart Robert Hinsley
<{$news$} [at] meden.demon.co.uk> writes
>My neighbour has a Yucca which is outgrowing its bounds. Would I be
>correct that he can cut it back severely, and if so when should he do
>so, and by how much should he cut it back?
They are extremely tough. Bas has dug ours out altogether over the last
22 years and it still keeps coming back.
--
June Hughes

June Hughes wrote:
> In message <mN1+rgANAcbEFw3R [at] meden.demon.co.uk>, Stewart Robert Hinsley
> <{$news$} [at] meden.demon.co.uk> writes
> >My neighbour has a Yucca which is outgrowing its bounds. Would I be
> >correct that he can cut it back severely, and if so when should he do
> >so, and by how much should he cut it back?
> They are extremely tough. Bas has dug ours out altogether over the last
> 22 years and it still keeps coming back.

I've taken many cuttings from Yucca - all took superbly well. Stewart's
neighbour could have many free ones too :o)

In message <1148213710.332100.286490 [at] y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, La
Puce <helene [at] rudlin.co.uk> writes
>
>June Hughes wrote:
>> In message <mN1+rgANAcbEFw3R [at] meden.demon.co.uk>, Stewart Robert Hinsley
>> <{$news$} [at] meden.demon.co.uk> writes
>> >My neighbour has a Yucca which is outgrowing its bounds. Would I be
>> >correct that he can cut it back severely, and if so when should he do
>> >so, and by how much should he cut it back?
>> They are extremely tough. Bas has dug ours out altogether over the last
>> 22 years and it still keeps coming back.
>
>I've taken many cuttings from Yucca - all took superbly well. Stewart's
>neighbour could have many free ones too :o)
>
We have also done that and people seemed to have been pleased with them.
No-one has come back and said their yucca has produced lots of babies
but I'll bet they are just too polite to tell me.
--
June Hughes

In message <NSPyhjKBmgbEFwyJ [at] theacct.demon.co.uk>, June Hughes
<junehughes [at] theacct.demon.co.uk> writes
>In message <mN1+rgANAcbEFw3R [at] meden.demon.co.uk>, Stewart Robert Hinsley
><{$news$} [at] meden.demon.co.uk> writes
>>My neighbour has a Yucca which is outgrowing its bounds. Would I be
>>correct that he can cut it back severely, and if so when should he do
>>so, and by how much should he cut it back?
>They are extremely tough. Bas has dug ours out altogether over the
>last 22 years and it still keeps coming back.

Thanks everyone for the input.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley