Yukka is not for nothing called false palm. Outwardly, the resemblance of a green woody plant with a low stem and a bunch of xiphoid foliage and relative from the subtropical zone is clearly visible.
Often in the care of the southern beauty problems with pests and diseases. What if yucca dries and turns yellow? How to save the plant, what to do, why is this happening?
We will find out in more detail what diseases yucca is prone to.
Disease and treatment
They are mainly related with non-compliance with irrigation mode yucca
Extremely detrimental effect of watering in the winter during a period of rest. Excessive dryness also weakens the plant.
Why does the palm tree turn yellow and the leaves fall, their tips
Why do yucca leaves fall? What if the room leaves turn yellow, dry, and fall off? When the plant begins to turn yellow, it does not mean that the reason lies in the disease.
It may be due to natural process ridding false palms of foliage. It is necessary for further active growth.
In the case when it is the lower foliage that is dropped, this may mean that excessive or insufficient moisture. Read the recommendations on how to properly water the false palm and correct the situation.
Well, if the roots did not suffer, then more chances to revive the yucca.
Brown spots on leaves
If there are yellow specks when leaves fall, which then become oval in shape and change color to brown, which means that the plant has hit a brown spot.
To cure her, you need to figure out whether you are properly caring for yucca, and then treat it.
Causes of Drying
Why do yucca turn yellow and dry leaves? What to do, how to care for a palm tree to prevent this from happening? How to save? When there is not enough light, the plant also appears on the tips of the leaves yellowness, they begin to dry.
If the plant dries itself, its stem, then the problem of lack of moisture, or it is weakened by any disease. In this case, carefully inspect the leaves and the stem for the presence or absence of parasites on them.
Temperature exposure
Alarming signal for growing a false palm tree at home is if yucca leaves curled.
Low temperatures adversely affect the vital activity of the plant, because it comes from subtropics and categorically does not tolerate cold.
Under the influence of low temperatures leaves at the edges become brownish and gradually curl. There are cases when the temperature drops at night and the sensitive yucca freezes overnight. In winter, it is better to clean it in the evening from the windowsill until the very morning, until it gets warmer.
With a strong cold, foliage can fall off massively. Poor palm drifts badly. It is better to make sure that the flower is warm and comfortable, especially in winter.
Pests
False palm tree sufficiently disease-resistant and rarely invaded by pests. But if the disease has already struck the foliage or stem, it is better to immediately take the necessary measures.
To do this, it is advisable to know what pests we can deal with in order to react in time and cure the plant, and not throw out the yucca and the pot from under it.
Spider mite
Appears if the apartment conditions are not suitable for the plant, and it weakens - from excessive air dryness or heat. It settles on the back of the leaves and feeds on its juices. Sucking out the sap from the false palm tree, it makes it weaker and promotes wilting, because the flower has almost no nutrients.
Light spots and yellowness appear on the affected foliage, they are wrapped in thin cobwebs, causing a gradual drying of the yucca.
Shield aphid or shield
It affects mainly the plants of the genus Agave, including yucca. She settles on the foliage. Dangerous because rapidly multiplies and is well adapted to the home microclimate.
At an early stage of the disease, it is problematic to notice shield aphids on the plant. When it becomes an adult, it is covered with a wax shield. The larvae ripen under it.
Damaged plant stops growing and fades. It is caused by the fact that the scythe begins to eat the leaves, and if the necessary measures to eliminate it are not taken in time, the false palm tree will die.
How to save the palm from death?
How to reanimate yucca? Timely response will reanimate yucca. It is important to knowwhat to do in case of defeat her fungal diseases or pests.
Resuscitation from fungal diseases
If the problem is in fungi or bacteria, get rid of the affected areas of the plant, and healthy foliage is treated with systemic fungicide. We reduce watering, spraying is not done at all.
These are productive measures for the first phase of the disease. When the disease is already actively progressing, the plant does not help. It must be thrown out. The pot from under the dead flower is also thrown away.
Fight against spider mite
Begin spraying and rinsing the foliage., mainly its reverse side with a low concentrated solution of tobacco, onion peel or chamomile broth, garlic infusion. We wash the leaflet, starting from the stem and ending with the leaf edge. The procedure is repeated until the final destruction of the tick.
Salvation from shityovki
The best assistant will be laundry soap.
We dip a cotton swab or a rag into its solution, gently squeeze and remove with them the pests.
At the same time, the larvae are sprayed with a solution of tobacco mixed with kerosene or alcohol.
You can use the purchased insecticides - fitoverm, aktellik.
If yucca suffered from improper care
You can try to reanimate the plant. Firstly change the ground. We clean the root system of dead and rotten areas. We disinfect the roots with a weak solution of potassium permanganate for half an hour, and then dry them and transplant them into a new soil. No earlier than 15 days is allowed to feed the false palm.
Given the recommendations for the control of pests and diseases of room yucca, you can easily grow real southern beautywhich will decorate your home.
