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I have about 5000 yes 5000 Yucca seeds I am wanting to start. Yes! They are all for me, well some are going to friends. Please don't laugh at me. I know I have a gardening problem :~) Anyway
I have looked through all 30+ gardening and plant propagation books I have and none of them are very specific about starting yucca from seed.
I have chilled the dry seeds and in a covered mason jar for 2 months. One of my books says to soak them for 24 hours in plain water before sowing which I am doing now with about 1000 of them. I plan to start those in the morning. Before I do anything with the other 4000 I want more info.
ANY help I would appreciate but here are my main questions:
1) How long until germination?
2) What kind of success rate should I suspect?
3) How fast will the seedling grow during the first 30,60,90 and 120 days? I am growing them in my house till spring and I need to know how much room they will take up.
4) How my years until they are of a good size?
5) How long until they start to flower?
6) Success by direct sowing in spring?
I guess I want to be sure that all my efforts will be reward and that it's not going to take 2 years for the seeds to germinate and 10 years to flower, if you know what I mean.
Besides the yucca I have over 50 flats of other perennials, trees and shrubs to start this winter& spring and I don't have a greenhouse or coldframe. So, I need to make the most of the space in my house. Yes keep just about all of the plants I start. I only get rid of the ones that don't turn out to be really nice in my eyes (which ain't many! LOL) Those I take to local plant swaps.
Realistically I am hope to have 750-1000 live and thriving yucca seedlings come fall. I have an acre out in the sticks and I am wanting to put a band of yucca about 20ft wide across my property between my house and the road. And in a few other areas.
Again any help from someone that has raised yucca from seed would be greatly appreciated.
BTW I have traded or given away another 4000+ seeds to folks here and at that "other" site. So this should help a number of other people as well as myself.
Sari
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