How to cut down a yucca that is too large?

Answer 1

Yes, it's easy to cut down a yucca that's too big. Just cut it off at whatever level you want allowing that it will start growing again from the "cut" point on the original plant stem. It will grow a beautiful multi-head of yucca crowns from the point that you cut it!! You can also get a new plant, from the cut off plant - just leave this piece to callous over; ie, dry out a few days then plant this where you want & water sparingly. It will soon be a new plant with a new root system

Answer 2

Thick leather gloves will be very helpful. And any tool should be quite sharp. Yucca species include various leaf forms, from very stiff with a thick base to floppy with a ragged base after dying; and plants can be low to the ground or tall like a small palm. Ordinary pruning clippers can work, but the leaf base may be wider than the cutting length of the clippers. A pruning saw, curved and not too wide, can work well, especially cutting from underneath while holding the leaf tight. The problem is strong fibers inside the leaf that do not slice easily; and the number of leaves in a confined space. The effort is entirely cosmetic: in a natural setting, the thatch is an important part of the habitat.

Answer 3

Cutting the top half of the trunk for a tree-like variety and cutting the flowering stalks back to three or four inches (7.62 to 10.16 centimeters) from the junction with the main stem for a rosette variety, in the spring, just before the growing season, are ways to trim back a yucca. The top half of the tree-like yucca can be de-leafed and planted, to grow into an independent plant. The dead shoots of the rosette variety must be removed, as a necessary supplement to trimming the stalk.

Answer 4

you can divide a yucca tree without digging it up. find a good interstice and dig that part up.

Answer 5

Yuccas are propogated by suckers thet sprout from the roots of the plant.

When they appear dig them up with attached root and treat as a young plant.