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Dragon Tree - root rot symptoms?
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How do i tell if my Dragon Tree has root rot? Background: This is my first house tree - i've had it 9 months, the top 3 shoots (4 ft originally) have grown about 8 inches each, it has been in a sunny room, in a corner farthest from the porch doors about 10 ft away) so i would say it gets diffused bright light - we live in Hawaii, so it's moderately humid and i water on average every 10 days, after checking the top 1" of soil. The plant is in it's original potted soil, in a pot about 10" in diameter, 14" deep. A few weeks ago, the smalllest/newest 2 shoots lost all their leaves, then started sprouting new baby leaves at the top. I noticed the 2 stems, the top 3 inches, had a healthy looking bright green, with bright green baby leaves. Now these two stems are very soft to the touch, and the outer 'bark' is very papery and thin - I could almost slide it off like a glove?? The baby leaves, which got to about an inch long only, turned yellow/brown and fell off. What is going on?? I checked the leaves on the other healthy shoots and noticed no spider mites or anything bad in the soil. Did i overwater somehow? Is the pot not draining? Do i need to change the soil and put the plant in brighter light? Thanks in advance for your replies -T |
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Dragon Tree - root rot symptoms?
Check out this website. The info applies to Dracaena also.
http://www.plantfinder.com/Services/ARChase/yucca.asp TanQ10 wrote in message om... Hello-- How do i tell if my Dragon Tree has root rot? Background: This is my first house tree - i've had it 9 months, the top 3 shoots (4 ft originally) have grown about 8 inches each, it has been in a sunny room, in a corner farthest from the porch doors about 10 ft away) so i would say it gets diffused bright light - we live in Hawaii, so it's moderately humid and i water on average every 10 days, after checking the top 1" of soil. The plant is in it's original potted soil, in a pot about 10" in diameter, 14" deep. A few weeks ago, the smalllest/newest 2 shoots lost all their leaves, then started sprouting new baby leaves at the top. I noticed the 2 stems, the top 3 inches, had a healthy looking bright green, with bright green baby leaves. Now these two stems are very soft to the touch, and the outer 'bark' is very papery and thin - I could almost slide it off like a glove?? The baby leaves, which got to about an inch long only, turned yellow/brown and fell off. What is going on?? I checked the leaves on the other healthy shoots and noticed no spider mites or anything bad in the soil. Did i overwater somehow? Is the pot not draining? Do i need to change the soil and put the plant in brighter light? Thanks in advance for your replies -T |
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