Yucca leaves going brown, any suggestions please?

rydermarcT1ci98sL · June 2023

Hi all

I moved into a new house where we had several Yucca plants if i'm not mistaken, i'm a total beginner to gardening so am trying to make sure I look after them the best I can.

the issue is the leaves have started going brown a couple of them, photos:

Does anyone have any recommendations on what I can do? cant tell if i'm underwatering or overwatering or if there is some other issue, been here for 8 months and we've only watered sparingly, do we need to get some plant feed?

Advice would be appreciated

Dovefromabove · June 2023

I don’t grow these but hopefully someone will see this if I post and this moves back to the front page … 😊

philippasmith2 · June 2023

I imagine it is a combination of lack of water and sun scorch - difficult to tell but the pots/containers look a bit congested ?
Bear in mind that as they grow, the lower leaves will die off ( none of us lives forever ) but you could remove the obviously dead ones to tidy it up a bit and then check whether it is completely root bound and would benefit from re potting.

Plantminded · June 2023

They look like quite mature plants which have been struggling due to the confines of the pot size. I’d follow @philippasmith2 ’s advice above and repot, using a soil based compost like John Innes No 3, mixed with about 20% MPC and a few handfuls of grit to ensure good drainage. I have one in an early stage of reaching a similar state so need to take action too!

bcpathome · June 2023

They are squashed in those pots and they need watering is my advice .

Yucca leaves going brown, any suggestions please?

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