I bought a house a few months ago not knowing anything about yuccas, there are 3 of them up pretty close to the foundation of my house.
Recently saw another post about these and though oh I have those.
I don't see any damage/cracking as of yet so I assume no damage has been done, is this something that's urgent right now? Money is kinda right as we are expecting twins and already have to fork out for a new car, prams etc, but don't want to lose our house over a tree.
No idea why someone would plant them if they are known the be house destroyers.
by Odd_Cod_4235
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The best time to remove a yucca is yesterday. The second best time is today.
They’re popular because they’re green, and take basically no maintenance/watering.
I would remove as soon as I could. Even if it’s just cutting the top off and straight roundup on the base as soon as you cut it. At least this way it will stop any more / potential damage to your home. You can then remove the stumps when you have time.
EFA – No idea why someone would plant them ~~if they are known the be house destroyers.~~
Honestly, any money spend getting rid of theses is well worth it. Hire someone if needed.
Holy shit these things look like they were planted in 12AD.
Chopping them down is pretty easy, but keep in mind there’s a lot of water weight in these bad boys. You could throw a rope around up high and cut like you’d normally cut a tree.
But I hope you’ve got green waste collection of a trailer.
Honestly I’d nearly get a looping company in for the convenience of not having to cart it away. Grind the stumps and pour 10l of glyco onto the area.
I’ve got old yuccas and none of mine are thicker than my leg
I don’t know about urgency but I fucking hate the look of them and when we bought our house they were everywhere. We chopped and poisoned over and over and eventually (years) the stumps decomposed but we STILL have random ones pop up. I even had a decomposed base have shoots like what the fuuuuuuck.
My mother in law had a huge one in her garden that she wanted gone and it took my father in law and my husband like a week to gradually pull the stump out. Was pretty entertaining to watch, but not fun to do.
Hubby uses his winch to pull them out or any stumps😄. He’s like a kid.
https://preview.redd.it/emqp1avvgxlg1.jpeg?width=931&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7fb7cd2dab84ad6d57478227c13e96c32f0faffa
I suggest mixing undiluted glyphosate with vegetable oil and painting the stump with it so they don’t sprout, leave them to rot in place so you don’t risk busting anything including your back..
Burn it with fire
my neighbour just had 3 removed. He cut them down with saw, few feet at a time, then hired a stump grinder
Noting you’ve also got an agapanthus there as well, which means you might have others, so if you’ve still got some soul left after the Yuccas, you can finish destroying it with the aggies
I’ve ripped out several of these. They are an absolute PITA but the roots systems I’ve seen are pretty non-invasive compared to most other things. I wouldn’t lose sleep over them but get them out when you can.
Yuccas have a root ball at the base. No big shallow or tap roots. They are easy to remove if you know how, have a chainsaw and crowbar, and are not afraid of hard manual labour.
[This is the way](https://youtu.be/4OMv5zX3H40?si=-XNjewfKxAwmT8KN)
I’ve cut and poisoned and I have removed green. Green is easier as it’s softer and easier to break up.