Comments on: How to Kill a Yucca Plant

By: John

John — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:58:06 +0000

I just found this site and am I glad, We bought a home here in oregon 4 years ago and all this time I have been trying to get rid of the damned yucca plants that are along the side of the house.
Earler this year I had a friend come in with a backhoe and dig up a bunch of it but ha did not get deep enough to get all of the roots so they came back with a vengance, I remembered from when my grandpa wanted to get rid of something he poured rock salt on it and that is what I have done to the yucka, I poured about 8 bags on and all over the area in another week I will pour another 8 bags this is supposed to KILL the plant and all the roots. Will let you know later if Pop was right.

By: Ann Maureen

Ann Maureen — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:05:57 +0000

It’s so good to know that others are tormented as we are by inherited yuccas. We moved into this wonderful house (Kansas, just outside KC) last November (it’s now August). I knew the yuccas had to go, and I thought I could just dig out these ugly, spiny monsters. Now I know better, with the doggone things sprouting up six times for every one we axed out. The EPA or FDA should require warning labels on yuccas in the nurseries as to what the guy who plants them is inflicting on all future owners of the property. I am considering giving up and just chopping them back to the ground every year.

By: American Family » 5 Questions

American Family » 5 Questions — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:08:31 +0000

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By: cathy

cathy — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:11:56 +0000

do you believe they sell those things………….I just moved to a place with yuccas…..WV!…………THEY ARE SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE……….I also used Southern STates root killer………It takes a couple of tries..but they are dying………as I see new ones coming up…………..I make sure I get the seeds and throw them in a field where the annoying four wheelers are……Kill two birds etc………..

By: AmericanFamily

AmericanFamily — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:15:06 +0000

Did you read the blog post you commented on? You can’t kill them by spraying. You have to let ONE spout grow to be about 12 inches long. Then you gather the leaves together with a rubberband, snip of the very tops and dip the tops into a cup of roundup. You let that sit for a week (for over kill, you could replace the roundup every few days with new) and it will kill all the roots. Believe me, I have tried everything else. THis technique worked for two different Yuccas in two different locations.