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Yukka Question

Cereoid* cereoid at prodigy.net
Fri Jan 18 04:56:35 EST 2002


It all depends on what you mean by Yukka.

Do you mean a Yucca like Yucca elephantipes or the tuberous root of Manihot
esculenta?

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_MV042

http://www.vihersisustaja.com/yucca.html



Jon Hill <jon.hill at virgin.net> wrote in message
news:lOC18.36181$WQ1.5648443 at news6-win.server.ntlworld.com...
> Hi,
>
> I hope this is correct forum for this type of question. If not apologies,
> but here goes...
>
> I've got a Yukka plant, and in an attempt to look after it a little
better,
> I've bought a moisture meter to help me determine when it needs watering.
It
> is in a pretty big pot, and the surface dries out very quickly in the
house,
> hence the need for a probe to determine how moist the soil is deep inside
> the pot.
>
> Un fortunately, though listing correct readings for 150 plants, the meter
> doesn't have yukka in it's documentation. So my question is, is there
> another plant, or plants, that have similar moisture requirements, that
will
> hopefully be listed and that I can use to benchmark my readings?  The
meter
> reads from 1 (driest) to 10 (wettest).
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jon
>
>





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