Question
My Yucca plant is getting to be fairly tall and I want to know how to trim it down without harming the plant?

Answer
Donna,

It is best to prune it in the spring but it can be done now. First go to a garden center and buy some rooting hormone, Lowes, Walmart, Home Depot all carry it, it comes in a small plastic bottle. You can cut the plant down as far as you would like to. In fact I would reccommend that
you cut each stalk in half or more so it has plenty of room to grow again.

If you want to root the cuttings to start new plants you can then cut the part that you cut off into 1-2 foot sections, keeping track of which end of each section was toward the ground. If there are leaves on the sections remove the 2-3 lowest leaves. If it is bare stalks that is okay too, they will still root. Then dip the lower part of
each section into the rooting hormone and insert that into a new pot of soil and firm the soil around the stalks. You may need several pots of soil if you cut a lot off. Do not use pots larger than 12 inch pots. Do not try to root sections longer than 24 inches. Do not put more than 5
cuttings per pot. Most should root but a few may not. It will take awhile this time of year, they would root sooner in the spring. Be patient.

Set the pots in the same light that the parent plant is getting. Water them the same as you do the parent plant. Good luck.

Darlene