Title: How to Cut & Replant Yucca | Home Guides | SF Gate
Headings: How to Cut & Replant Yucca
How to Cut & Replant Yucca
Water the Yucca
Prepare the Mix
Get the Best Mortgage Rate for You
Choose a Stem
Warning
Cut Stem Segments
Tip
Mark the Cuttings
Plant the Cuttings
Water the Cuttings
Things You Will Need
Propagation Via Division
Long-Term Care
Warning

Content: Warning
Wear long sleeves and gloves when working around yuccas to protect yourself from the spiny, daggerlike tips of the leaves that may be present on some species. Cut Stem Segments
Use a clean, sharp knife or garden pruners to cut off one or more 2 1/2- to 3-inch segments from anywhere on the stem. Tip
Get in the habit of sterilizing the blades of your pruning shears or garden scissors with rubbing alcohol or alcohol wipes before and after using them to reduce the risk of spreading diseases from one plant to another. Mark the Cuttings
Using a felt-tip pen, mark the basal portion or the part of the stem that was growing nearer to the base of the plant. This will help you plant the stem segment correctly; if you plant it upside-down, it won't grow. Plant the Cuttings
Place the cuttings about 1/4 to 1/2 inch into the potting mix, making sure that the basal end is in the soil. Any potting container will do as long as it's clean and has drainage holes at the base. If you don't want to repot the cuttings once they take root, plant them individually in pots where they can grow until it's time to move them to the garden or to slightly larger pots. Keep in mind that like other succulents, yucca roots prefer to be somewhat crowded in their pots.