Worried About My Plant

[smurfchops]

This plant keeps wilting. I am being careful about over watering as it tends to get yellow leaves and they fall off. It is lightly damp at the moment. Should I water a bit more ? Not sure how much of the link I need to print, sorry

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[EcclesCake]

It's a Dracaena Marginata and they don't like wet feet but do like a good bit of light.

[pastafreak]

I have two of those...quite a bit smaller than yours ;-) I always let them go a bit dry. They will also shed their lower leaves as they grow taller. That's natural for them...(wish I could remember what its called,lol)

[carrust]

Does it need re-potting?

[gness]

I'm with Rusty...could need a larger pot...x

[smurfchops]

No I repotted last year. I am itching to give it a drink ..... But I dont want to kill with kindness!

[smurfchops]

I might have a look at the roots tomorrow, its a bit of a job as it is so large! Also wondering what to do when it reaches the ceiling,its about 3feet away ....

[tonyav]

Have you tried feeding it, smurfchops.
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[carrust]

You could re-pot it with all that dust on the floor:-)

[EcclesCake]

You can chop off a stem and it will regrow.

[smurfchops]

What dust carrust ....??

[tonyav]

Take no notice, smurfchops, he's yanking your chain.

[smurfchops]

Tonyav can I use Baby Bio ?

[tonyav]

I should think so, smurfchops, have you got some handy.

[EcclesCake]

I wouldn't feed it any Baby Bio until it has dried out a tad.

It's worth bearing in mind that this plant grows from the top and old leaves drop off from below, you could just be seeing natural loss.

[smurfchops]

I had one of these plants a few years ago, in the same spot, it went very spindly with lots of yellow leaves dropping off cos I think I over watered it.... I replaced it with this one.

[EcclesCake]

Spindly and yellowing sounds like too much water and not enough light......especially if it is the second time round!

[smurfchops]

Thanks all, just lifted the inner pot out and roots coming thru bottom.... Got to repot tomorrow ....

[rsvp]

Hi smurfchops

I have one of these plants in my tv room - it's doing really well - the room is cool, I give it a good watering once a month but spritz it well about 3 or 4 times a week - from Spring until say Sept give it a feed with the monthly watering. In the Winter when the heats on I spritz it well on a daily basis as they hate their leaves being dry - lack of humidity causes the brown tips and over watering isn't good for it either. I only use rain water and on a day like today - warm but with steady rain, it's having a few hours outside.

[ladybirder]

And they hate draughts smurf so make sure it isn't in one.

rsvp I read that you could put these outside in spring and summer, so I put mine out at the end of April. After one week it looked dreadful so I brought it back in again. It now looks as if it's fighting for its life and I'm so cross as it was magnificent until I moved it.

Oh and the chap in the GC said Baby Bio would be fine for it and it was.

[rsvp]

shame about your plant ladybirder -I only leave Simon (don't ask!!) out for a short while and not overnight.