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I have three that are looking bad and I don’t know how to help them, and they are all in the same spot!
I have had it in shade inside my house and moved it to an east facing window just a couple of weeks ago that gets great morning sun and light all day but no change.
It is like the second one, but looks much better. It also does not flower. It has growth/grown as well, but looks bad! It is not a Bromeliad. ( I don’t think I spelt that right!) And yes I know it has fallen to the side, but before I staked it I wanted to make sure I did not need to repot it!
What is it?
Should it be in a smaller pot?
Should it be wet/moist all the time? Letting it dry out has not helped!
Should I feet it a lot of Miracle Grow?
hi txflower, just a guess, could it be some sort of ginger, anyway, from the pic, your plant has been scorched by too much strong sun and lack of water, especialy as it is in a pot, the pots dont hold a lot of soil therefore it dries out really quick, the pot gets warm so the roots start to shrivel also, the sun shinning through a window will act like a magnifying glass and it has burned the leaves, give it a good soak, like sit it in a bucket of water overnight so it can draw up as much water as it can and then let it drain, while it is under stress, dont feed it, but once it starts to look healthier, give it some liquide feed, maybe half strength 1st, then every month there after, you can stick your finger in the soil when you think it needs water, if dry, water, if still damp, leave it a day or so, if you have not re potted it for over a year, this would also help to get some air around the roots from new compost. sorry cant help with the plant name, but someone else should come in to the forum and give the name, good luck, WeeNel.
Thank nyou for your help! There are only two or three leaves that are brown or have brown tips. I thought that is what it did when the leaves started to dry.
The leaves are naturely verigated, but the other one that is simular that I showed a pic of in a different post do not verigate.
I will try the things to talked about. I have never heard of soaking a plant in water over night before! LOL
See I am just learning a ton of stuff here! Thanks!
I think it's a Dracaena, possibly this one: http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/54287/index.html Or maybe another Dracaena fragrans cultivar, there are a couple that have different variegation patterns.
Well it does look kind of like that one! Thanks for the help! I thought maybe it was some kind of Bromiliad, or at lest I had hoped! LOL I will look more into differnt types of Dracaena.
Hi look for a photo of Dracaena warneckei. All the dracaenas like to dry out about 2/3s of the way before they need to be watered. Then give them a good watering you can let the water stand in the saucer for about an hour then use a turkey baster to remove the remainder of the water. If you think the plant is too dry go ahead and let it soak over night like WeeNel said. You can tell if a plant needs this soaking by looking at the soil if it has pulled away from the edge of the pot or if when you water it the water just runs out you need to soak the plant as she suggested. I have found the two best things to have when growing house plants is to put the plant in a pot with drainage and buy a water meter. The better water meters also have a light meter on them. As for the brown leaves if the leaf was black then turned brown or stays black that would be a sign of over watering. To pretty up the plant without losing the whole leaf using a sharp pair of sissors trim the leaf. The best book I have found for indoor gardeners is The Facts of Light about indoor gardening. It is an Ortho book published in 1975.
HUMMM!!! Well Thank you all!!!! At least know I know what this one is, and what to do with it!!! How if I can just figure out that the other ones are! LOL
