How to Care for Dracaena
Dracaena is a genus of plants which is easy to grow if you provide proper care. They grow big, and this makes them ideal floor plants to place in front of large windows. Follow these steps to maintain these houseplants. Does this Spark an idea?
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Keep dracaenas in moderate light away from direct sunlight. An ideal place is an east window covered by a transparent curtain to filer out direct sunlight. A filtered south window or a west window will also work.
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Provide dracaenas with warm temperatures all year. Ideally, the plants should be kept in places between 65 degrees Fahrenheit and 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Temperatures below 65 degrees will stunt growth and may cause death of the plant.
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Place a tray of pebbles under the plant to increase the humidity. High humidity will encourage strong growth. Misting once a week with soft water will also help.
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Water dracaenas less often than most tropical plants. The leaves of dracaenas will turn brown if given too much water. It is best to let the soil dry out at least half way before watering. If you cannot feel moisture in the top half of the soil, it is time to water.
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Remove leaves which have turned brown if it will not detract from the shape of the plant. However, when you do not want to remove an entire leaf, trim the brown portion off with scissors and try to make the leaf conform to its original shape.
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Dina Crana I cut mine every summer due to the height. I cut at a slight angle, immediately put the limb in another pot. It will grow just as it's parent is. Will not hurt the parent tree or the cut limb.
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so i did cut it -- and stuck the cut chunk in the dirt next to the regular plant and it grew too and my orinal plant shot out a new stem from the top and is 8ft again and i am cutting the new top off and giving it to my mother -- i love this plant :)
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I bought my father a dracaena massangeana, he left town for 1 month and I only watered his plant once while he was gone. I was worried it was going to die. His plant look better then mine when he got back. I thought it was going to die.
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My Dracaena Magenta is floping over. It looks like it was overwatered but I only water once a week. It was fine in morning that evening it looked terrible. This is my first time with this plant and it's not going well. Hope you can help.
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this is my first plant and I only got him because it was dying in the shop 4 week on all the leaf are back green and hes shot up..... plus my room feels more peaceful x.
