My Yucca plant has been in the same pot about 2 years. It now appears "tight" in the pot. It has brown tips to most leaves and some leaves are now turning yellow. Is it time to repot or stop watering [ I am removing the leaves that are looking "tired" ] ?
If the plant appears visually too large for its pot, you are probably right that it needs to be repotted. Give it a larger pot, but not a huge amount larger- just the size that will make it appear balanced with the size of the pot. Of course, make sure the pot has adequate drainage holes in the bottom.
The brown leaf tips are most likely caused by watering problems (either too much or too little water, depending on the plant's other symptoms and on how much water you're giving it) or by the buildup of salts, toxins, or excessive fertilizer in the soil. Refreshing it with some new, well-draining soil when you repot should help. See these articles for more information:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/environmental/what-causes-brown-edges-on-leaves-of-plant.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/foliage/yucca/soil-for-yucca-plants.htm
I bought a yucca houseplant and accidentally left it in my car while I was running errands. It was very cold outside, well below freezing and it was in the car for about 5 hours. The leaves are brown and dropping and I haven't noticed any recovery. I've tried watering it. Any other suggestions or have I killed it for good? Thanks
Plants that have been frozen often lose all or most of their leaves, but they still have a good chance to recover. The best option is to leave the plant alone and see if it perks up over the next few weeks or even months. Don't give it any more water or fertilizer until it shows signs of recovery or until the soil feels very dry to the touch. Damaged plants will often slow down their water and nutrient usage to almost nothing.
If the leaves turn completely brown or dry, you can cut them off. Eventually, the plant should produce new leaves if it's alive. If it doesn't, try cutting back the trunk to a part that is visibly living and let it regrow from there.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/foliage/yucca/yucca-cold-weather.htm
I've had this Yucca plant for 17 years and just recently the leafs are turning brown and dying off. I do have 2 pups on it one near the bottom about 4" up from the soil and the other 1/2 the way up. The plant is about 6' tall and just above the 2nd pup the stem seems yellow and the leafs are dying. The top of the plant is green looks good but it seems that it's succumbing to the other leafs fate dying. Anything I can do? It's indoors now in a non direct light but bright room.It did very well outside last summer early morning sun and bright shade during the day. Thank you for you help! Tim McLean p.s. I don't have a photo.
Some species of yucca only live for a few decades, so yours might be nearing the end of its lifespan. It could also have a disease. You may want to remove the pups and plant them separately:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/foliage/yucca/separating-and-repotting-yucca-offshoot-pups.htm
This article might help you:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/foliage/yucca/yucca-turning-brown.htm
I have a Yucca plant in the back garden and it has pups around the base, a friend has told me they need removing, if I wish to turn them into individual plants how do I do it?
This can be quite simple to do. Even more so than most plants! Here is an article that will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/foliage/yucca/separating-and-repotting-yucca-offshoot-pups.htm
Last summer i bought this yucca tree. It looked normal and healthy (first picture from left). When winter came it was too cold in my apartment and it had not acces to enogh sun light so its leaves started to turn yellow and soft so i removed them directly! As shown in the next picture, it went almost bald with only few leaves left. Then I started to take care of it very well and it started to grow. But as you can see in the pictures, its leaves was not dark green anymore. And they were so thin and not sharp like it supposed to be. The last pic is its current image. It has very very long and wide leaves but hangy, not pointy and sharp. Why is it growing that way?? It doesnt even look like yucca plant anymore.
This is, most likely, a response to a lack of light, fertilizer, and possible overwatering. This will produce the symptoms that you are seeing.
This article will give you information on the proper care of these: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/foliage/yucca/growing-yucca-indoors.htm
Is that pandanus?
Not likely, unless it was purposefully planted or harvested from near one. Being near some other very common houseplants, I would guess it to be a species of yucca, or cornpalm, or even a type of dracaena. They will all have very similar growth, and since this plant is young, it has no disinguising features to tell what it is.
Your local extension service will likely be able to help out here. This link will help you to find the closest one to you: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/extension-search
I have a thirty year old rubber plant, as you can see it’s only the end alive, can it be cut off and repotted? Thank you Penney
This isn't a rubber plant. This is a type of yucca! It doesn't have the same care as a rubber plant, but CAN survive in such conditions. Hard pruning will bring it back to life, but you will also need to repot it while cutting off the bottom 1/3 of the root ball. Shake off the old soil and replace it with fresh soil. Water it in, letting any extra drain off. Give it an all purpose fertilizer after it starts to show new growth again.
This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/foliage/yucca/yucca-repotting-tips.htm