Can a Dracaena Corn Plant Be Grown Outdoors in California?
Dracaena corn plants make attractive indoor plants. But some gardeners take the tropical plant outdoors during warm summer months, especially in areas of California that experience frost. In southern California, where frost rarely occurs, corn plants grow outdoors year-round. Does this Spark an idea?
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Light
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Corn plants require filtered sun rather than full or direct sun. Placing the plant in a shady spot on a patio, porch or under a shade tree works best. Otherwise, the leaves may turn brown from too much direct sunlight.
Transferring
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Some gardeners move corn plants outdoors once they become too big for indoors. The plant may need transplanting into a new container if it has outgrown its old pot. A new pot a few inches larger in diameter than the old container works best. Keeping the plant in a pot means you can easily move the tree around your yard to find the best location.
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Care
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To encourage the plant to produce new shoots and leaves, corn plant requires a slow-release fertilizer. Large corn plants may require staking to keep them from toppling over in the wind. You may need to move your plant to a protected area in the event of a rare frost event, so keeping large plants on trolley carts makes it easier to quickly move them.
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