Yucca Gigantea
4.6 out of 5 (114 experiences)
Survivor
Large, lush leaves
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
every 12
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
a window
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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Heyyy !!! One more added … Any tips for yucca 😊
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Repotted using succulent soil and have been under watering in hopes to dry out the soil since I heard underwatering is better than overwatering but the stems still look weak and lower leaves are wilting #BlueStemYucca
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It’s dying
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An this grow outside in shade #BlueStemYucca
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My yucca is bent over badly can the truck be rooted #BlueStemYucca
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#BlueStemYucca #ThrivingOnNeglect For the second time my Yucca has been brought back from the brink. I have a hard time just sticking it outside and letting nature do its work. But it really loves my little north facing porch. This time though I’m hoping putting it near grow lights will help it continue to thrive over winter.
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Is this a Blue Stem Yucca? #BlueStemYucca
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What is happening to my plant? #BlueStemYucca
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I repotted my yucca because of root rot, that seems to have corrected by now there are so many dried and yellow’d spikes. I’ve been trying to be cautious with watering. Not sure what I should do? #BlueStemYucca
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My app is not working properly #BlueStemYucca
Care Summary for Yucca Gigantea
Yucca Gigantea
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 12 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
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
Survivor 66
Large, lush leaves 55
Fast grower 26
Easy to propagate 14
Browns easily 11
Blooms easily 6
Pest magnet 1
03/01/2022
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
Easy to propagate
Fast grower
Survivor
11/17/2021
I thought they were outdoor plants but they’re actually just very robust indoor beauties.
Fast grower
Blooms easily
Survivor
10/20/2021
Brightens up a room!
Fast grower
10/04/2021
High maintenance. I love my Yucca but it has been a journey as she suffered in the transportation to my place, loosing one of the canes, and since then she is not totally recovered. Hope she can get better soon.
Survivor
Browns easily
10/04/2021
Grows tall when happy!
Survivor
09/29/2021
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.
Survivor
Fast grower
Browns easily
09/17/2021
I don’t know how she’s doing because she recently had bugs in her on dirt so
Blooms easily
09/14/2021
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)
Fast grower
Large, lush leaves
Survivor
09/13/2021
Very drought resistant and easily grown. Ours has grown 14” in 1.5 years.
Large, lush leaves
09/04/2021
Have some knowledge on this plant
08/17/2021
Easy, low maintenance plant
Fast grower
Large, lush leaves
08/02/2021
Make sure is all green and healthy before buying!
Survivor
08/01/2021
Constant new growth, very nice!
Large, lush leaves
Fast grower
Survivor
07/26/2021
Barely took care of this plant at the office and it survived
Survivor
07/20/2021
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.
Fast grower
Large, lush leaves
Survivor
07/19/2021
This plant needs a lot of sun since it’s considered a dessert plant and it’s beautiful.
Fast grower
Blooms easily
Survivor
Large, lush leaves
07/10/2021
Love my yucca but it is not pet friendly at all. My cat keeps trying to eat it but we won’t let him.
Survivor
07/07/2021
Beautifully majestic
Large, lush leaves
Survivor
06/29/2021
Stoic and strong
Survivor
06/28/2021
Good on it’s own
Survivor
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