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Koper
Slovenia
January 6, 2013 6:14 AM Post #9376956
| For the past month, leafs have started to go brown, this never happened before. It's inside the house but there are some leafs that look like they've been eaten. The plant is about 15 years old.
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purpleinopp
Opp, AL (Zone 8b)
January 6, 2013 6:33 AM Post #9376966
| Maybe a Dracaena. Have you checked out the roots? Have you been giving it different water lately? |
sallyg
Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a)
January 6, 2013 6:36 AM Post #9376973
| Could be a Dracaena sanderiana, 'lucky bamboo' plant .
I can't explain the eating but one question on a fifteen year old plant is whether it's been repotted |
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Koper
Slovenia
January 6, 2013 6:38 AM Post #9376977
| I didn't check the roots as it's a really big plant and it's in a pretty small pot. I give about 1 glass of water (250ml) every 2-3 days. |
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Koper
Slovenia
January 6, 2013 6:40 AM Post #9376982
| And no, it hasn't been repotted. The flower looks like this and it come's out only about every 3-4 years: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dracaena_002.jpg |
sallyg
Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a)
January 6, 2013 6:47 AM Post #9376988
| A huge plant in a small pot is probably better than a small plant in a big pot.
Having bloomed is a good sign, it was pretty happy then.
Soil changes over time, so any plant in the same pot for many years may suffer eventually.
Dracaena can have its tops cut off and rooted and the bottom taken out, roots looked at, potted back in fresh good potting mix. |
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Koper
Slovenia
January 6, 2013 6:55 AM Post #9377000
| On wiki it says it can grow to 1.5m but mine is over 2m tall while the top of the plant is bent. If it would be outside the house it would probably be around 3-4m without all the bends.
This is the pic of the pot (which I'm really ashamed of, didn't know it's THAT dirty as the pot is in the dark corner of the room behind the doors and usually no light gets there..):
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sallyg
Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a)
January 6, 2013 7:31 AM Post #9377033
| that's ok , we've all got our dirty pots! well not all of us, some of us have resolved to do better...
Anyway--it looks like it still wants to grow, look at those green shoots. I stick with my ID. It needs to be taken out and overhauled. The soil is worn out and loaded with salts. Take the plant out, take old dirt off and discard the dirt. Clean the pot. Vinegar might loosen the crust. Buy some new potting mix.
If you cut off some tops you can induce new shoots lower on the stem, just below the cut. The cut tops can be rooted.
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kittriana
Magnolia, TX (Zone 8b)
January 6, 2013 4:01 PM Post #9377530
| You think since it reached such a height it was self pruning? |
KayJones
Panama City Beach, FL (Zone 8b)
January 7, 2013 11:38 AM Post #9378211
| Post your pictures here )Pests and Diseases forum) and see if anyone can figure out what's going on:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/pad/all/ |
purpleinopp
Opp, AL (Zone 8b)
January 7, 2013 5:14 PM Post #9378594
| Possibly fluoride toxicity. New soil and allowing the pot to drip in the sink before placing it back in its' drip tray should help a LOT. Trim any mushy, circling, or really huge woody roots when you repot.
http://extension.psu.edu/plant-disease-factsheets/all-fact-s... |
