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Dracaena looking sick
bpow
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I bought a beautiful looking Dracaena plant at the weekend but already it’s looking super sad, leaves dropping and browning on the smaller of the trunks and brown spots appearing on the bigger one. Anyone got any ideas what could be wrong? The soil was already wet to touch when I bought it on Sunday and it looked very perky and green.
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bpow
I don't know where you bought the plant from , but it looks to me like it has been exposed to cold and damp somewhere . Minimum 15-20C is optimum .
On numerous occasions tender plants are seen standing outdoors on markets , or near draughty doors at garden centres . A lot are doomed from the start .
You could try removing all damaged leaves and refrain from watering for a while ; keep somewhere fairly warm and bright .
If the main stems still feel firm and turgid , it may well recover .
A more drastic solution is to cut off all affected growth and let it form new branches .
Thank you Paul B3! This doesn’t surprise me as it was purchased from an outdoor market.
Do you have any advice about the best way to remove the affected growth/particular way of pruning?
I don't think there's a particular way of pruning ; sounds drastic I know , but just cut off the offending stems in the hope it will re-grow .