Select ratingGive Houseplants: Growing Tips 1/5Give Houseplants: Growing Tips 2/5Give Houseplants: Growing Tips 3/5Give Houseplants: Growing Tips 4/5Give Houseplants: Growing Tips 5/5Cancel rating More From The Almanac What’s Wrong With My Houseplants?Spider PlantsWindowsill Herb GardenGood Ideas for Indoor HouseplantsFern Folklore (and More)ThymePreparing Your Garden for Winter:...How to Water Plants for Healthy... Plan, Learn, & Get Organized with The Old Farmer’s Almanac Garden Planner The Yucca will grow best in a lot of bright filtered light. A south or West facing window would be ideal. Yucca grows best when watered thoroughly and then allowed to dry between waterings. Water the soil until it becomes very dark, but not to the point that the water is no longer being soaked by the soil. Potting the plant to allow for proper drainage will help guard against over watering. Ideal Temperature for Yucca: 65-80°F (18-27°C) Min: 40°F (4°C)

Did You Know ? The botanical name for the Yucca is Yucca Elephantipes but also goes by another common name, Spineless Yucca. honeywell air purifier hpa 104 originates from Mexico and Guatemala and in its native environment can grow up to 30 feet tall.sharp black air purifier (fua28e) There are many sub species of Thrips that can infest common indoor house hold plants. daikin air purifier mc707pvmThe insect is barely visible to the naked eye. In its adult form the pest is a brownish, black color with light markings on its body. The larvae can be a light yellow to orange color with black excrement on their backs. plant that this pest inhabits is disturbed the adult forms it can be seen to fly or run.

This insect will feed on the juices of the plants leaves and/flowers. The damage that is left behind is random streaked silvered areas of the plant that are speckled with little black dots of excrement. The plants leaves and/or flowers may be blotched or drop away from the plant. Labeled insecticides that state they can handle thrips are the best option for removal. Try a daily spray of 4 times a day for 4 days on both the plant and the soil to get rid of this pest. There are many species of scales that are commonly found in indoor house or greenhouse plants. Some species of the insect can have an armored shell like covering that will protect its entire form while others will have none at all. Those with the waxy shell can have its protection removed by simply scrapingIt is easiest to tell the difference as the soft scales (no armored protection) produce honeydew while the armored scales will not. your plant by sucking on the plant’s sap. This will promote poor growth which will eventually stunt the growth of your plant.

It can also lead to your plant being infested to sooty mold. The most practical thing to do for your first attempt at cleaning up your plant from its infestation is to use soap and water to wash off the leaves andIf your plant is heavily infested, you can try an insecticide spray schedule on your plant that involves 2 to 3 sprays a week every two weeks. usually best to discard the plant however before the infestation can spread. Mealy bugs are white, waxy creatures that live in large colonies usually on the undersides of the leaves and/or around leaf joints. The bug is about 1/10th of an inch and has the look of cotton. Similar to other pests a sure sign that your plant is infested is if you observe that the leaves of your plant seem dry or weak (dropping). If you notice those signs the first course of action would be to isolate the infested plant from all other plantsAfter that use a strong spray bottle with water in order to try to wash off the colonies from your plant, or wipe off the infestation

with cotton buds dipped in rubbing alcohol. Take note that this may not work to get rid of all the Mealy Bugs at one time, so keep the plant away from others while you monitor it for more insects. Another option is to buy the Mealy Bug’s natural predator called the Mealybug destroyer (Cryptolaemus montrouzieri) which is a species of lady bug. This is an option for heavily infested plants, but is probably not practical unless you have a large numberOnce the Mealybugs have been killed and consumed the Mealybug destroyer will die off from a lack of a food source. If you start seeing some discoloration and yellowing of the leaves on your plant it is usually caused from a Nitrogen deficiency. starts at the tips of the leaf and works its way inwards with no particular pattern. It will consume the oldest, lower leaves first until only the newestHere are a few recommended tips to handle a nitrogen deficiency. If you own a fish aquarium empty some of the aquarium water you have

replaced into the soil of the plant. Another solution would be to spray the leaves of the plants with a foliar fertilizer [fertilizers made especially for applying nutrients to the leaves] with a mix of about 5-10-5 (percentage of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium). Click here to go back to the home pageYucca elephantipes, also known as the spineless or soft-tipped yucca, is a small evergreen tree reaching around 9 meters in the wild, but it is usually smaller in cultivation. It has a thick, branching trunk that settles at the base with appears like an elephant’s foot and leaves that can grow up to 4 feet long. Under optimum conditions like spring and autumn, the spineless yucca produces white, bell-shaped flowers in large panicles. The Spineless Yucca plant grows at a moderate pace reaching a height of up to 20 feet or even taller in ideal conditions. Although it is adaptable to even extreme conditions like drought and frosty conditions, this majestic landscaping plant can also be grown indoors.