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Rooting Yucca Cuttings: Use Hormone and Soil, Not Water

Dip cut end in rooting hormone, plant in fresh soil (or beside parent). Keep sunny, water only when dry. Water-rooting creates succulent roots that rot in soil. Hormone + soil grows wiry roots directly—more successful.

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