Yucca Gigantea
4.6 out of 5 (114 experiences)
Also known as
Blue-Stem Yucca, Blue-Stem Yucca, Spineless Yucca, Yucca Cane, Yucca elephantipes and Yucca guatemalensis
Taxonomy
Yucca gigantea
Yucca
Asparagaceae
Asparagales
How to care for Yucca Gigantea
How often to water your Yucca Gigantea
Yucca Gigantea needs 0.5 cups of water every 12 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
12
Finding light for Blue-Stem Yucca in your home
Yucca Gigantea love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Yucca Gigantea does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Yucca Gigantea in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Yucca Gigantea
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Yucca Gigantea after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Is this normal for my yucca tree to lose leaves like this or is something wrong?
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Why does my yucca have brown tips and yellowing leaves? I’ve had this yucca for a couple months now and it has started getting browned tips and dropping leaves. The soil is moist. The app says it needs more sunlight, but the store I bought it from said it would do fine in low light. Any recommendations? Thanks!!
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I’m trying to revive this plant, but I’m not really sure what’s wrong with it, it seems dry inside. Help?  #HappyPlants #BlueStemYucca #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #helpneeded
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My yucca has black stuff coming out of the trunk of it. HELP #BlueStemYucca
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Need help to not u a live this bad boy! Any ideas? #BlueStemYucca
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Why is my Yucca never needing water?? It's been over a month since my Yucca has been watered. What is the deal? The soil is still moist. #plantsmakepeoplehappy #yucca #bluestemyucca #water #greggang
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Am I overwatering or under watering watering? #GhostPlant
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How often to water Blue Stem Yucca Good ol' Zeus only has been watered 1 time since I got him. The first watering was 20 days ago and the moisture meter and soil is still damp. He's in a well draining pot, and next to a window getting some direct sunlight at the end of the day. I've already snoozed my alerts for water, but just curious if that's normal for this type of plant. #yucca #bluestemyucca #wateringhelp
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I have a blue stem yucca and it’s dying I have moved it around but nothing is working #Dyingplant #help
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Leaning Tower of Yucca Our giant Yucca is quite top heavy and is starting to tip sideways. I can see the soil is kind of loose around the base too. Does anyone have any tips on how to correct this? #Yucca #Tall #Giant #HappyPlants #PlantAddict
Care Summary for Yucca Gigantea
Yucca Gigantea
Greg recommends:
0.5 cups every 12 days
< 1ft from a window
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
What other plant parents say
Got this cutting from Walmart. I am planning to repot the plant into a 5 gallon fabric pot once daylight savings time begins. I make my own super soil with using OMRI Listed Organic Down To Earth Fertilizers:
Azomite (volcanic rock dust)
Feather Meal 12-0-0 (slow release Nitrogen)
Blood Meal (soluble Nitrogen)
Kelp Meal
Neem Seed Meal 6-1-2
Insect Frass 3-1-1
Langbeinite 0-0-22 (22% Sulfate of Potash Magnesium )
Bat Guano 7-3-1
Seabird Guano 0-11-0 (11% Phosphate, 20% Calcium)
Bio-Live
this one has officially survived an Arizona summer outside (though pretty well shaded with only partial morning sun) and I am so proud of it! we had some scary times with spider webs and with dryness—including being blown over in a windstorm—but we have navigated it all beautifully with new growth coming in all the while.
This plant is my Frankenstein!
After a particularly bad cold snap it withered and rotted away.
But after a bit of TLC (the love, as well as liberal application of the hit 90’s pop group) it began sprouting, and is tearing to go (and thirsting after human brains - but that’s a minor setback)
This was a present a pal bought for me from Sainsbury’s for Christmas a couple of years ago. Back then it was barely 10cm, now it’s nearly 1m tall. Requires minimum care, only repotted once, lives in a shaded west facing window but absolutely rampant growth.