yucca plant

My Yucca has been in the same spot for over 40 years. Every-so-often, I prune it, but have let it go for several years. The roots seem to go down well over a foot, and the root balls have grown up and are inches thick with small shoots on every side. I used to always remove the part of the plant that had bloomed, but have not, again for several years. Today, I took a pickup truck load of plants, dead leaves and root balls out of the bed. I would estimate at least half of the whole. Can I actually cut these root balls down the ground? Plants started with a single plant about 46 years ago. Now is about 5 x 10 feet, and who knows how deep it goes.

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 09/03/2015 @ 1:44 pm

If your trying to remove the Yucca entirely you will need to remove all of the roots. Any part of the root left in the ground will grow another plant.
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