Hello all. I'm sorry to bore you all with this old chestnut again. I'm a new member, I tried googling advice, but I got nowhere fast. And then I found you guys. For now I would really appreciate some personal advice for my poorly yucca. I've had it for ten years, and it seems to be dying. I've moved several times, and it's still thrived, to the point where it was getting too big for my ceiling. Then suddenly it got weak. The leaves started to go yellow on the thinner shoots, so I pruned them off, but it has got worse and worse. I noticed that the trunk of one of the shoots was very spongy, so I cut it right down, but tonight, I accidentally snapped off one of the other main shoots/ branches? (apologies, I don't have the technical terminology.) Anyhoo, I noticed that this 'branch' I snapped off, is very dark, almost black inside and smells of damp soil. Not only should it have not snapped off, but surely also, it shouldn't look like that inside.....? My question (s) a) do indoor (i forgot to mention that it's an indoor, but i thought you might gather as much) yuccas have a 'shelf life'? b)If it is 'cane rot' as i read briefly somewhere, but couldn't get further info for, am I floggin' a dead 'orse? c) if I cut it right back to it's base, will it re-shoot? I KNOW I'm in chat, and I KNOW you're all proper botanicals, but I also am fairly certain that you won't bother to go in the other bits, if I know these sites.... Please help. Look at the time, I must be worried. (It's 00.30 in case you aren't able to tell..) If you answer this, I promise I'll ask a more botanical question next time... (Actually, here's another question. Why are tomato plants only annual? I know they need seed to flower and that, but what happens to the root? Does it just die? How did they ever become so widespread in the first place???) Ohh, I have many questions. But just an answer to my yucca one I'd be happy with.. for now... Yours ingratiatingly
Try cutting it back to wear you no longer see rot (I'm assuming here that it has rot) A picture speaks wonders, do you think you could post one?( before you chop) Tomato roots die because they aren't frost hardy...the plant dies of cold. They can last longer than one season, but they eventually die after putting all the energy into fruiting. Lots of annuals in one country are perennials in another. There are very few people on this forum who are unwilling to help.
