It is normal for transplanted Yuccas to loose 1/3 to 2/3 of the leaves, they usually recover again during the first growing season. Ordbog (Danish text!) ! Photo gallery ! Yucca ! Hardy Cactus ! E-mail ! DANSK ! Home ! Caudex index ! Cucurbitaceae (Danish text!) ! Links ! Search ! NEWS ! Wanted !

Dead lower leaves are easily removed by simply pressing down at the base while supporting the base of the plant with your other hand. Leaves that have become mostly yellow or crispy brown need to be removed from the plant. This can usually be done easily by putting your thumb on top of the leaf close to the plant, and while supporting the plant just above the leaf with your other hand, pushing down gently and with care, don't force it. See similar questions...

No. Currently, there is no way to transplant a whole eye. However, corneas have been successfully transplanted for many years. See similar questions...

Shorter days of winter and lack of light are considered one cause of seasonal depression, especially for people who move to extreme northern climates, where winter days are very short or seasonal differences in the amount of daylight are extreme.1, 2 However, researchers are studying other possible causes, including disturbances in the body's natural biological clock (circadian rhythms) or problems with the regulation of a brain chemical (neurotransmitter) called serotonin. See similar questions...

A doctor will base his or her diagnosis of SAD on whether you have been depressed in the winter and recovered in the spring or summer for at least 2 years in a row. These dramatic mood swings in response to changes in seasons are what differentiate SAD from nonseasonal depression. See similar questions...

You are more likely to develop seasonal affective disorder if you are a female between the ages of 15 and 55. Between 60% and 90% of people with SAD are women, and those who have a relative with SAD are more likely to develop it. Older teens and young adults are also at risk for SAD. People living farther away from the equator develop SAD more often, but you can develop it no matter where you live.3 The risk of developing SAD for the first time decreases as you age. See similar questions...

This is normal throughout the year, however it is most noticeable during the Spring time. All leaves will be replaced over the course of one year, so naturally you will see a lot of yellow and brown foliage as the new leaves form. Temperate bamboo are evergreen and if all is well with the planting, it should never be completely barren. The tips of the leaves are often brown and this can be caused by many factors. In most cases it is wind damage, but it can also be caused from improper watering. See similar questions...

When a stem less Yucca has bloomed the flowering rosette dies! If you don't want to use the seeds (US only, while there are no pollinators in other parts of the world!). I would cut of the flower stem just above the leaves, and in the following spring I will cut of the now dying rosette just above the surface. the rosette which have been blooming dies, there will emerge new rosettes, from rhizomes below the surface, as shown on the picture above. See similar questions...

The method is actually quite like if you are going to reduce the size of a yucca plant. You start by digging a hole around the plant, it's important that you start from a short distance of the plant as some species has long rhizomes to all sides!, and then slowly dig closer with your fingers or a trowel (small plant shovel). When you have removed a lot of soil around and beneath the rhizomes you should be able to lift it up. See similar questions...

No. Both newborns and senior citizens have been donors. Physical condition, not a person's age, determines suitability to be a donor. Because of disease or other problems, some people wishing to donate may be ruled medically unsuitable. This determination is best made by transplant specialists at the time someone wishing to be a donor has died. See similar questions...

No. Only the cornea and the sclera(the white of the eye) can be transplanted. The whole eye can be used for valuable research into eye diseases and treatments and education. See similar questions...

A person may be depressed, if for more than a month they have felt sad, down or miserable most of the time, or lost interest or pleasure in most of their usual activities. See similar questions...

If you are depressed during the shorter days of winter but feel happier and more energetic in spring and summer, you may have seasonal affective disorder (SAD). SAD is a type of depression that affects you at the same time each year, usually in the fall or winter. But as the days lengthen in spring and summer, the depression lifts. See similar questions...

If you have seasonal affective disorder (SAD), you will usually develop symptoms of depression during the winter when there is less daylight (October through April). Symptoms of SAD include:3 People with SAD may either have symptoms of major depression or minor depression. Those with minor depression are considered to have subsyndromal SAD. Before diagnosing you with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a health professional will ask about your medical history. See similar questions...

We have seen that sadness, hopelessness, loss, low self-regard, loneliness, guilt, and shame are complex conditions or processes. The causes are complex and so are the solutions. It is hard to pull yourself out of a sinkhole of misery, sometimes impossible. When you feel most like doing nothing, you need to DO SOMETHING! When the future looks most bleak, you need to face it with some hope. When hating yourself, you need to accept what you have been and work on being better. See similar questions...

Cleopatra wouldn't go without eyeliner and neither should you! Modern technology has afforded us products that can literally wear for days without a smudge! (of course, we recommend you take your makeup off each evening). Start with a shadow base like BeneFit F.Y. Eye to keep shadows and liners in place. Then choose a water resistant eyeliner like Sephora Artist Waterproof Liquid Liner or Bourjois Liquid Eye Liner. See similar questions...

If you do weekly water changes and feed quality foods, this question shouldn't come up. It is inevitable that sometimes fry die. Is it 1 or 2 out of 100s? Or is it 5 or 6 out of 20? If it's the former, I wouldn't sweat it. A few dead fry is not out of the realm of normal. Especially with some inbred strains, genetics plays a large part. If inbreeding causes mutations such as curved spines, bent lips, etc. See similar questions...

Reefs die for many reasons: rising water temperatures, sewage, eutrophication, disease and negligence. A reef ecosystem that took hundreds of years to grow can be destroyed in a single afternoon by dredging, dynamite or cyanide fishing. Corals around the world have been severely affected by global warming. High temperatures cause corals to turn white (or "bleach"). If it remains too hot for too long, the corals die of heat shock. See similar questions...

an obese person, SAD resonates very strongly with me, not only as the acronym for Standard American Diet, but for sadness, or depression. Depression can cause obesity. Obesity can cause depression. So, to answer your question, From SAD to RAW is about my journey from sadness AND the Standard American Diet to happiness, health and the Raw lifestyle. I see that you have other Raw foodists' raw journals or raw-in-progress pictures on your site, I'd like to share my Raw Journey too. See similar questions...