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Cordyline looking sad.

irishbulldog270irishbulldog270 Posts: 4
in Problem solving
I recently bought a pot with 3 Cordyline stalks. I immediately repotted in a larger pot and they were doing great. However, my dog decided to pull them off and destroyed 2 of them. The next day, I thought the other one was out of his reach, but I under estimated how determined he could be. He pulled it up but didn't do any damage. It lay there, possibly a couple of hours out of the dirt. Now it's starting to look wilty. I've watered and fed it, but I really think I'm gonna loose it. Any suggestions or tips for reviving it?

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Hello @irishbulldog270. I don't think your plant is a cordyline, l think it may be some type of dracena (dracena marginata perhaps). Hopefully there is a houseplant expert on here who can help. Personally l think your dog may have done a good job in wrecking it, but you never know.  Were there many roots left on that last section ?
  • irishbulldog270irishbulldog270 Posts: 4
    The tag on the plant when I bought it said it was a Cordyline, without a tag I'd never know the difference. Lol

    The dog didn't damage the 3rd one really, at least not that I could see. I swept up dirt and a couple of small pieces of root. The root ball was still in tact.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I think it’s a Cordyline fruiticosa (often sold as houseplants in the UK) rather than the more commonly seen garden type. 

    Theres lots of info online about their care ... I would point out that I see they’re described as being toxic to dogs. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • irishbulldog270irishbulldog270 Posts: 4
    Yeah, I saw that. He's ok. I think he destroyed more than ate, its been a couple of weeks and he is fine. I have it up high now where he can't reach it. I usually put all my plants up high, I had just run out of places to put them, and this one was so tall, I had sat it in the floor. 
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    edited March 2019
     Knew I was no houseplant expert !! Hopefully it will recover.  :)
  • irishbulldog270irishbulldog270 Posts: 4
    A friend suggested I try some egg shells or bone meal, and another one suggested leach the soil. I think I'm gonna try both. Thank ya.
  • angelarhuntangelarhunt Posts: 2
    I have continual problems with trying to grow cordyline fruiticosa both 'Hawaiian Ti' and 'Rumba'.  The leaves turn dry and brown and wither.  I have just about managed to save the stalks of both plants in their pots, which are sprouting new green growth, but am wondering what I can do to give them the growing conditions they want.  They are in a warm conservatory.

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