Pruning a Yucca by chopping the trunk in half!!

Hi,

as from my previous thread, I've got a Yucca that's very deformed. I posted a question about lopping off the deformed branches, and I had a mixed bag of answers. Then I came acaross the link below:

http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/indoor/yucca-plants-care-and-pruning-tips-for-pruning-a-yucca.htm

I notice that the top of my Yucca has brown wax seal. It seems like I don't have much to loose by trying the pruning technique as suggested below, but I wondered if I should re-seal the top of the bottom branch, and if so, can anyone recommend what I should seal it with?

Anyone know why they are sealed? Is it to prevent branches sprouting out the top?

Thanks for your help!

Cheers,

Tom

 

The houseplant yuccas that you buy are always sealed on the top.

I'm not sure if its really necessary, as once the top bit dries not much happens and it shoots from lower down. I think its more about it looking better in a pot with the end sealed.

If you should try rooting bare stem sections be sure to remember which end is the top, they wont root upside down.

 

Can I just volunteer some techy advice, not gardening related: If that's your real email address then you will no doubt get loads of spam emails. You see, nasty little programs search the internet, hopping from one site to the next by following links (much like how search engines work) gathering up anything that looks like an email address. Then another program sends spam to all the addresses the first program gathered. That's why you see less and less un-encoded email addresses on websites these days.