Taming the too-tall yucca

Hi.
Anyone with experience grafting yucca trees? If someone has already asked this question and it's been answered, kindly post a link and I'll read about it. I just searched the web and found nothing easily adaptable to my idea.

My potted indoor yucca has two stems/trunks and one is growing sideways because it would crash into my ceiling otherwise. The other stem could stand shortening within a year.

I think I can graft the stem/s. I have no experience with grafting, but it would be a grand experiment!

My idea is to cut out an 18-24 inch piece from a stem, then dust the cut ends with hormone powder, put the top and bottom together, splint and bind the trunk. I think they should graft and grow, if done immediately and carefully--probably using a very sharp knife. Maybe after a week of heavy watering?

I could even plant or root the section I take out. I am thinking an angular cut would be better than a flat one, and doing one trunk and letting it heal before doing the other. They're both about 2.5 inches at the base, narrowing to maybe 2 at mid-stem.

What do you say?


-Sal