Yucca - yuk type suitable for holding office or growing in the apartment. Yucca genus of evergreen tree of the family Agavaceae. Yucca native to humid subtropical North America.

Lighting. Yucca loves sunlight, but does not tolerate direct sunlight. In summer, it is useful to make the fresh air: balcony, garden. Yucca can grow in partial shade, but the leaves are not as lush.

Temperature. In spring and summer temperature 20-25 °C in autumn and winter - 12-16 °C.

Humidity. Yucca likes moist air, but does not require spraying. To have leaves decorative look, they need to wash or wipe with a damp swab.

In winter, to reduce the dry air, yuku need to spray at least once a day. To increase humidity yuku can be put in a pan with a wet expanded clay, moss or pebbles.

Irrigation. Summer should be watered abundantly yuku, but not often, after drying vehnoyi soil. In winter, watering is still cut to prevent rotting of the roots. But we can also prevent dryness of the earth.

Feeding. In spring and summer feeding yucca interval of 2-3 weeks a dilute solution of complex fertilizers. After transplantation or during illness yuku can not feed.

Transplantation. When transplanting inspect the plant in terms of decayed roots. Such roots to remove. Yutsi need a good drainage. In soil it is recommended to add 15-20 % coarse sand.

Transplantation is usually carried out in the spring with an interval of 2 years. It is advisable to carry out trans-plant.

Pruning. To achieve branching trunk yucca need a sharp knife to cut the top of a length of 10 cm Cut carbon powder or obscure garden pitch. Pruning is best to hold the spring or early summer, so as not to weaken the plant. Plant for pruning should be well rooted, minimum height 60 cm.

Reproduction. Top, cut off plants can be grown in the implant. Also yuku propagated by pieces of the barrel, length 10-15 cm for the lower end of the need to plug in the wet sand or a mixture of peat and sand. Entrenched shoots are transplanted into the substrate to which it is desirable to add pieces of charcoal.

It is also possible reproduction daughter rosettes and seeds.

Plants in winter. Set close to the solar window. Protect from hypothermia (below 8 °C) and overheating (above 25 °C) optimally - 12-16 °C. Spray, to prevent drying of the leaves. Do not pour the plant!

- gradually lower leaves turn yellow - this natural phenomenon leaves short-lived, after two years, they turn yellow and die;

- when transplanting or moving to a new place plant shedding of leaves - a natural reaction to changing conditions;

- yucca shedding many leaves - possibly hypothermia or drafts;

- soft rolled leaves and brown edges - too low a temperature;

- brown spots on leaves - insufficient watering or high temperature;

- dust-brown spots on the leaves (chlorosis) - fungal or bacterial disease caused by high humidity and soil. Need to remove the affected leaves.