I have this plant and it’s older than me and Im 38! It was my mother’s plant. It’s about 7 to 8 ft tall. Now I know why my plant is leaning away from the window 😂 Thanks for the info
I recently found a Dracaena next to the garage dump. I've never been good with plants, but now that I am retired and have time I love gardening. The dracena was in bad shape. Leaves brown and torn, old dry dirt. I have fully nursed it back to health. It has new foliage growing out of it. Now I need to know how to care for it. I had no idea it was an inside plant but it was thriving on my porch 🤷 I have since brought her in. Your video was the first one to come up. I know this is an older video, but the plant has not changed. Thank you so much 😊👍
I'm so glad that I found your video! I recently brought a large draecena Janet plant and I've watered it only once. After two weeks of watering it I noticed 3 bottom leaves were yellow and most of the leaves now had noticable large brown tips, heartbreaking. I've cut off the yellow leaves along with the brown tips. The next few waterings will be done with distilled water, afterwards I'll move over to rain water. I have the plant under a florescent grow light since my room barely gets natural light. Thank you so much for providing talk details, out of 6 other videos yours is the only one that stated facts!!!!!!!
What a fantastic video. Great information. I’m a keen gardener and I’d never heard of Fluoride toxicity before today. My Draceana has been lacklustre for several years and the symptoms are exactly as you explained. Thank you so much. I’ll try another water source. Happy Gardening.
This has been a plant on my dream list for a year. I finally purchased it today and really looking forward to connecting with it. Your tips are very precious concerning this. Thank you 🖤🧡
Hi! Thanks for the great info! I just wanted to share some awesome info with you! I keep 2 large show Aquariums with African Cichlids fish. You absolutely cannot find better and nutrient rich water than aquarium water! So I do 80% water changes every week, and the out going water is not only extremely safe for plants, but it is super rich in the minerals that plants need, (Nitrates), and has Zero trace of any harmful minerals, (because it’s also harmful for the fish!), so zero ammonia, fluoride or anything on tap water, because the tap water is conditioned before pouring into the aquarium. So the old aquarium water acts as a very safe light (fish poop) fertilizer and is super rich in Nitrates. All indoor and out door plants THRIVE with aquarium water! I have a few people that come over every week or two, just to collect my old aquarium water for their plants. Hope that helps
Thank you for sharing the information about the watering I've never had this kind of plant ever before in my life and that's the information about the watering cuz I believe I overwatered it and starting to die so now it's too dry so I'm cutting off the Dead leaves and watering it not as much as I have been I will continue to touch base with this video as I go and as it grows thank you so much
Checking your tap levels is good to know though. My dracaena has been fine & growing big and strong with tap water. It's also not that easy to get rain water in California always being in a drought :/
Live in Ohio and same thing. My dracaenas are way bigger and taller than hers and doing well with tap water. Bought new house and same thing. So tap water is not the key obviously.
@@angelikasinkevich894 I agree i live in Croatia and water it with tap water. My dracenea is over 15 years old and over 10 ft tall ,2 years ago i even got a new shoot from the soil that grew on its own in my pot. i would say that tap water is fine to use , only in case of noticing some damage you should try to get better water.
Very informative. My mom has had a Dracaena Fragrans since 2015. She left it in my house since June of this year. I guess it loves the bright indirect light in my house because it went from being 5 ft to being almost as tall as my boyfriend who is 6ft. Thank you for this video. Since it has gotten so tall we are afraid to move it so, now it's my plant lol
Our Dracena is about 16 feet tall and about 20 years old. They can get huuuge. But we were able to move it up a steep flight of stairs after repotting it, with 2 people and supporting it carefully.
I can't tell you how many videos I've watched regarding my dracaena fragrans, it has these big beautiful leaves and they are exactly as you described, brown and yellow tips and edges. All this false/misleading info I've received led me to believe I had leaf spot disease but in actual fact its just the water. Thank you so so much honestly!! I will for sure be using a ZeroWater filter just for this plant. :)
if you want a tip on safe fertilizer I found a great video that taught me all about worm castings. If you use those as a top filler once a month it will do wonders for salt senstive plants. I do this with my peace lily, marantas, and mccolley's finale and so to be dracena as well.
Thank you for this video, I’ve had my beautiful large dracaena for years. But seeing this I must apologize I’ve been giving her tap water😭 at least I did notice I don’t need to water her often. One time she almost died because my mom was watering her without me knowing so I had to tell her to stop. She looks much better now. But I’ll definitely catch some rainwater next time.
I need HELP !!! :( Thank you so much for your video!! It really helped. I work in an office, and they bought a Dracaena! They put it near my desk and I felt like I had to step up and take care of this because it is so beautiful. It has been close to a year and for some reason I just came across this video after watching others. Yours helped the most!! I now realize its Flouride toxicity that's making it look this way. Also the soil is starting to grow like white spots on top of it. Kinda like webs. People were saying its mold and i have to repot the plant. Can i just re-pot the plant, start using Reverse osmosis/Rain water and start like brand new? I really want to keep her alive!! Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, I tried not to elongate it lol
My plants are 8ft tall!I always use plain tap water. I live in Ohio. I also have it situated right next to my French doors leading outside. They thrive!
ok indirect light, distilled, super dry before watering. . . so treat it like my snake plants? i have a corn plant and a song of india coming soon. SO EXCITED! they are so pretty!
I have my Dracaena near the window, and she likes to be watered almost every 6 days. I think i'm going to move her a few feet away.However I live in Arizona and it's March right now so it's pretty dry here.
Hello I just found your video, I’m starting to buy some plants I have a dracaeca Lisa, I’ve had it for 11/2 weeks and they develop dark spots. I’m listening to your video know I live in Phoenix Az. we don’t have rain water it doesn’t rain much at all. Is bottle water good for the plant? I took a pic of it and the person at Home Depot said I may need to repot it. I did repot and sprayed it with need spray. Seems like I’m still getting brown spots. Not on top only on the bottom. Do you have any suggestions. Thank you.
This was a great video. But I’m still unsure what to do for my Dracaena. I recently bought a huge one with multiple. A few weeks later I noticed yellow leaves then leaves browning at the base. I removed from the pot and didn’t see any rotting roots however the stems at the tops are browning with also a white substance… I’m thinking some type of fungus. Do I cut the top of the stems? Or is too late for my plant?
Hi Danielle, this was really informative. I have three questions about my draceana. 1. You spoke about browning and yellowing of the leaves, what about spotting? 2. I live in Portland Oregon and just moved, the light is not bright by the windows where I am now, but this will be first summer here, can I pull the curtains to block direct light? 3. I have a cat who loves to eat the dirt, all 3 draceana’s pots are covered with foil to keep Godzilla out, is this okay for the plants? Thank you very much!!
Our Dracaena has grown so big that I was investigating how to cut (that is what brought me here). I use tap water and instead of watering I water from the bowl below the planter. It drinks the water up quite quickly. I do water weekly and fertilize perhaps once a month (lightly).
Agree you should use the best water you can, but I’ve been watering my 20-year old, 16-ft tall Dracena with tap water its entire life. I think it depends on your local tap water. Our tap water is not fluoridated, but is chlorinated (it’s chlorine that off gasses over time, not fluoride). Your plants look great.
Thanks for explaining about your Dracaena. We have had ours for 30 years and it bloomed for the first time this week. We have had to cut it twice. If we pieced it back together, it would be or 30 feet in height. Is it true the plant has reached the end of its life?
I have had trouble with my house plants getting burned by the chemicals in our tap water. I have found that is I use the water that our dehumidifier produces they seem to do just fine. I just have a gallon plastic jug that I refill with the water from the dehumidifier so I always have "safe" water to water my plants with.
You’ve probably figured it out already lol but I use regular indoor plant miracle grow soil and my dracaena has been thriving for more than three years now. I’m looking up videos because it’s starting to get so tall that it’s leaning. Lol
Great informative video! You really know your stuff :) would using distilled water bought at a grocery store avoid the fluoride issue? Also, what type of medium should they be planted in? Would a standard peat moss potting mix work? Thanks!
Living in Ohio. My dracaenas are way bigger and taller than hers and doing well with tap water. Bought new house and same thing. So tap water is not the key obviously
Hi I have the dracaena corn plant do I cut the entire leave off when it gets brown tips almost towards the middle or cut the brown piece please and thanks 😊
I bought a dracaena 5 years ago and now it is about 4 feet tall, but very top heavy. The new leaves at the top are double the length of the ones at the bottom and its starting to lean. Would giving in a trim fix this?
Blooming flowers? Yay however I recommend cutting them now if not in a couple days because the flowers require a lot of energy and nutrients, meaning they can take that from the rest of the plant. They are beautiful but just consider that before leaving them on for too long
I have a Dracaena for 40 years in the same pot and the same soil By now it has 4 major trunks and it grows about 2 feet every year. Anyway, for the first time it is blooming. I have never seen that before! Is that normal??
Blooming is not abnormal after so many years. However I have heard and read tons of comments where it is suggested that the blooms on indoor Dracenas be removed since they are unnecessary to indoor plants and drain their energy.
Hi, guest i am from Indonesia, i have many many this Dracaena Fragrans, in my vilage SUKABUMI this plant used as land border or fans (it is very easy to grow and very cheap) how to export to your country?
Yeah i have fragrans and i cant find any video that has this type. Her leafs are starting to bend down and curl so can u help me. Is it just growing and is normal or i did smtng wrong?
I've had my corn plants for 10 yrs and I water mine with water from the tap that I let set out and they are perfect so maybe you need to stop saying that because it's not true I have big beautiful corn plants !!!!
I have this plant and it’s older than me and Im 38! It was my mother’s plant. It’s about 7 to 8 ft tall. Now I know why my plant is leaning away from the window 😂 Thanks for the info
I recently found a Dracaena next to the garage dump. I've never been good with plants, but now that I am retired and have time I love gardening. The dracena was in bad shape. Leaves brown and torn, old dry dirt. I have fully nursed it back to health. It has new foliage growing out of it. Now I need to know how to care for it. I had no idea it was an inside plant but it was thriving on my porch 🤷 I have since brought her in. Your video was the first one to come up. I know this is an older video, but the plant has not changed. Thank you so much 😊👍
I'm so glad that I found your video! I recently brought a large draecena Janet plant and I've watered it only once. After two weeks of watering it I noticed 3 bottom leaves were yellow and most of the leaves now had noticable large brown tips, heartbreaking. I've cut off the yellow leaves along with the brown tips. The next few waterings will be done with distilled water, afterwards I'll move over to rain water. I have the plant under a florescent grow light since my room barely gets natural light. Thank you so much for providing talk details, out of 6 other videos yours is the only one that stated facts!!!!!!!
What a fantastic video. Great information. I’m a keen gardener and I’d never heard of Fluoride toxicity before today. My Draceana has been lacklustre for several years and the symptoms are exactly as you explained. Thank you so much. I’ll try another water source. Happy Gardening.
This has been a plant on my dream list for a year. I finally purchased it today and really looking forward to connecting with it.
Your tips are very precious concerning this. Thank you 🖤🧡
Very clear and seemingly reliable information. Thank you.
Hi! Thanks for the great info! I just wanted to share some awesome info with you! I keep 2 large show Aquariums with African Cichlids fish. You absolutely cannot find better and nutrient rich water than aquarium water! So I do 80% water changes every week, and the out going water is not only extremely safe for plants, but it is super rich in the minerals that plants need, (Nitrates), and has Zero trace of any harmful minerals, (because it’s also harmful for the fish!), so zero ammonia, fluoride or anything on tap water, because the tap water is conditioned before pouring into the aquarium. So the old aquarium water acts as a very safe light (fish poop) fertilizer and is super rich in Nitrates. All indoor and out door plants THRIVE with aquarium water! I have a few people that come over every week or two, just to collect my old aquarium water for their plants. Hope that helps
This was a great video learned a lot and many questions answered.
Thank you for sharing the information about the watering I've never had this kind of plant ever before in my life and that's the information about the watering cuz I believe I overwatered it and starting to die so now it's too dry so I'm cutting off the Dead leaves and watering it not as much as I have been I will continue to touch base with this video as I go and as it grows thank you so much
So helpful. My dracaena is experiencing the flouride toxicity. Rain water, it is!! Thank you
Checking your tap levels is good to know though. My dracaena has been fine & growing big and strong with tap water. It's also not that easy to get rain water in California always being in a drought :/
I agree, I also live in California.
Live in Ohio and same thing. My dracaenas are way bigger and taller than hers and doing well with tap water. Bought new house and same thing. So tap water is not the key obviously.
I was thinking this as well... I wish I watched this Yesterday to get that Rain Water.. Ugh.! 😹. Been trying to get better Filters anyways...
@@angelikasinkevich894 I agree i live in Croatia and water it with tap water. My dracenea is over 15 years old and over 10 ft tall ,2 years ago i even got a new shoot from the soil that grew on its own in my pot. i would say that tap water is fine to use , only in case of noticing some damage you should try to get better water.
@@angelikasinkevich894 Tap water varies. Sometimes it is an issue.
Great information thank you. I’m a new plant mom and this is helpfuy🙏
Very informative. My mom has had a Dracaena Fragrans since 2015. She left it in my house since June of this year. I guess it loves the bright indirect light in my house because it went from being 5 ft to being almost as tall as my boyfriend who is 6ft. Thank you for this video. Since it has gotten so tall we are afraid to move it so, now it's my plant lol
Our Dracena is about 16 feet tall and about 20 years old. They can get huuuge. But we were able to move it up a steep flight of stairs after repotting it, with 2 people and supporting it carefully.
I can't tell you how many videos I've watched regarding my dracaena fragrans, it has these big beautiful leaves and they are exactly as you described, brown and yellow tips and edges. All this false/misleading info I've received led me to believe I had leaf spot disease but in actual fact its just the water. Thank you so so much honestly!! I will for sure be using a ZeroWater filter just for this plant. :)
Not water but humidity/ Please people think for yourself. Buy a humidifier.
@@angelikasinkevich894 Tap water varies. Sometimes it is the issue.
Thank you for those great tips and happy gardening. Lovely and luscious plants you have. Hope mines gel like that one day.
if you want a tip on safe fertilizer I found a great video that taught me all about worm castings. If you use those as a top filler once a month it will do wonders for salt senstive plants. I do this with my peace lily, marantas, and mccolley's finale and so to be dracena as well.
Thanks this really helped. I have killed my dracaena 🥲🥲 but am trying to propagate and have purchased another
Thank you for this video, I’ve had my beautiful large dracaena for years. But seeing this I must apologize I’ve been giving her tap water😭 at least I did notice I don’t need to water her often. One time she almost died because my mom was watering her without me knowing so I had to tell her to stop. She looks much better now. But I’ll definitely catch some rainwater next time.
I need HELP !!! :(
Thank you so much for your video!! It really helped.
I work in an office, and they bought a Dracaena! They put it near my desk and I felt like I had to step up and take care of this because it is so beautiful. It has been close to a year and for some reason I just came across this video after watching others. Yours helped the most!!
I now realize its Flouride toxicity that's making it look this way. Also the soil is starting to grow like white spots on top of it. Kinda like webs. People were saying its mold and i have to repot the plant.
Can i just re-pot the plant, start using Reverse osmosis/Rain water and start like brand new? I really want to keep her alive!! Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, I tried not to elongate it lol
I just got s Draceana White Aspen and I was looking for some care tips. Thank you
Great video! Thank you!
My plants are 8ft tall!I always use plain tap water. I live in Ohio. I also have it situated right next to my French doors leading outside. They thrive!
Very helpful, thanks a lot.
Fluoride toxicity is very real. My stunning 7' tall Dracaena Janet Craig has suffered tremendously from the effects of chlorine.
Thanks for the tips
ok indirect light, distilled, super dry before watering. . . so treat it like my snake plants? i have a corn plant and a song of india coming soon. SO EXCITED! they are so pretty!
I have my Dracaena near the window, and she likes to be watered almost every 6 days. I think i'm going to move her a few feet away.However I live in Arizona and it's March right now so it's pretty dry here.
Informative video however you didn't mention distilled or spring water I was having the same problem using tap water
Very helpful ❤️
Hello I just found your video, I’m starting to buy some plants I have a dracaeca Lisa, I’ve had it for 11/2 weeks and they develop dark spots. I’m listening to your video know I live in Phoenix Az. we don’t have rain water it doesn’t rain much at all. Is bottle water good for the plant? I took a pic of it and the person at Home Depot said I may need to repot it. I did repot and sprayed it with need spray. Seems like I’m still getting brown spots. Not on top only on the bottom. Do you have any suggestions. Thank you.
Great info thanks
This was a great video. But I’m still unsure what to do for my Dracaena. I recently bought a huge one with multiple. A few weeks later I noticed yellow leaves then leaves browning at the base. I removed from the pot and didn’t see any rotting roots however the stems at the tops are browning with also a white substance… I’m thinking some type of fungus. Do I cut the top of the stems? Or is too late for my plant?
Hi Danielle, this was really informative. I have three questions about my draceana.
1. You spoke about browning and yellowing of the leaves, what about spotting?
2. I live in Portland Oregon and just moved, the light is not bright by the windows where I am now, but this will be first summer here, can I pull the curtains to block direct light?
3. I have a cat who loves to eat the dirt, all 3 draceana’s pots are covered with foil to keep Godzilla out, is this okay for the plants?
Thank you very much!!
Great information
Our Dracaena has grown so big that I was investigating how to cut (that is what brought me here). I use tap water and instead of watering I water from the bowl below the planter. It drinks the water up quite quickly. I do water weekly and fertilize perhaps once a month (lightly).
Agree you should use the best water you can, but I’ve been watering my 20-year old, 16-ft tall Dracena with tap water its entire life. I think it depends on your local tap water. Our tap water is not fluoridated, but is chlorinated (it’s chlorine that off gasses over time, not fluoride). Your plants look great.
I have one that hasn't produced any new growth for 3 years now. It isn't dying just dormant, what can I do to help it?
Thanks for explaining about your Dracaena. We have had ours for 30 years and it bloomed for the first time this week. We have had to cut it twice. If we pieced it back together, it would be or 30 feet in height. Is it true the plant has reached the end of its life?
What type of medium are you using?
Any nutes? What NPK ratio do you follow?
Is spring water ok? Also the leaves in my plant are not yellow or brown but they look like they're shriveled a little what could be the cause?
I have film on my windows. I believe it keeps uv rays out. Would this work for plants inside?
Can i use perlite with dracaena plants??? because there are reports that perlite contains fluoride.
Thank you 😊
I have had trouble with my house plants getting burned by the chemicals in our tap water. I have found that is I use the water that our dehumidifier produces they seem to do just fine. I just have a gallon plastic jug that I refill with the water from the dehumidifier so I always have "safe" water to water my plants with.
Thanks so much for sharing this helpful information! What a great idea!
I didn’t even think of that! So much to learn, thanks for the great tip!
I was given a draceana. Thanks for the video. Very informative. You didn’t mention soil. What kind of soil do they like?
You’ve probably figured it out already lol but I use regular indoor plant miracle grow soil and my dracaena has been thriving for more than three years now. I’m looking up videos because it’s starting to get so tall that it’s leaning. Lol
Is distilled water ok?
What about brown circle spots in the middle of the leaves? And what about filtered tap water or bottled water?
Great informative video! You really know your stuff :) would using distilled water bought at a grocery store avoid the fluoride issue? Also, what type of medium should they be planted in? Would a standard peat moss potting mix work? Thanks!
Living in Ohio. My dracaenas are way bigger and taller than hers and doing well with tap water. Bought new house and same thing. So tap water is not the key obviously
@@angelikasinkevich894Tap water varies. Sometimes it is the issue.
Can I use mineral water that is sold bottled?
Hi! How many ounces of water does a 4 ft Dracaena need?
I water mine once a month and theyre thriving. I also give them hudrogen peroxide twice a year
Nothing about the flowers? Did I miss it? Mine just had flowers appear and the smell is engulfing the whole house! wow!
Mine is bald from the bottom, it’s 12-15 feet already it’s my boyfriends. Is that normal?
OK, what do you do if you don’t have reverse osmosis or rainwater? I live in the desert. 😮
Hi I have the dracaena corn plant do I cut the entire leave off when it gets brown tips almost towards the middle or cut the brown piece please and thanks 😊
You do not need to cut the whole leaf.
I bought a dracaena 5 years ago and now it is about 4 feet tall, but very top heavy. The new leaves at the top are double the length of the ones at the bottom and its starting to lean. Would giving in a trim fix this?
Hi Hayley! If it was me I would repot it and stake if needed.
can you use purified water to water the dracaena?
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Completely dry? The whole container? How would I know if "it" is completely dry?
What about bottled water?
Should I not fertilize at all?
What is necessary to keep in house, what purpose for it?
I use tap water all the time on mine. It’s blooming now and healthy.
Blooming flowers? Yay however I recommend cutting them now if not in a couple days because the flowers require a lot of energy and nutrients, meaning they can take that from the rest of the plant. They are beautiful but just consider that before leaving them on for too long
I use fish tank water and Dracaena and all other plants do well with it
I never thought to recycle my fish 🐟tank water and use it on my plants 🪴but now I think it's an excellent idea 💡... thanks
I need to know about the casino dracaena fra
Good idea
What about the dracaena fragrant that has flowers on top
I have a Dracaena for 40 years in the same pot and the same soil By now it has 4 major trunks and it grows about 2 feet every year. Anyway, for the first time it is blooming. I have never seen that before! Is that normal??
Blooming is not abnormal after so many years. However I have heard and read tons of comments where it is suggested that the blooms on indoor Dracenas be removed since they are unnecessary to indoor plants and drain their energy.
Wow that is impressive!!!👏👏👏 How often do you water the plant?
If it's winter, can I take clean snow, wait for it to melt and get room temp, and use that to water them?
Yes
how can I make my plant get big?
Lucky bamboo has small leaves and this plant has large size of leaves??
What I get benefit from it?
Hi, guest i am from Indonesia, i have many many this Dracaena Fragrans, in my vilage SUKABUMI this plant used as land border or fans (it is very easy to grow and very cheap) how to export to your country?
What about bottled water
What about distill water
Fish tank water?
What about bottle water
Letting tap water sit out only gets rid of the chlorine.
What about Bottle water
What is reverse osmosis water? Where do I get that? Is that the same as distilled water?
Its a filtering method. Lots of bottled water is made with reverse osmosis and it should be on the label.
I just brought one and I’m nervous
Arrgghhhhh theres no rain in Vegas😭😩
Yep, it is chlorine that will evaporate, not flouride
This is not fragrans.. Its the janet Craig variety. Fragrans have a really thick stem.
Yeah i have fragrans and i cant find any video that has this type. Her leafs are starting to bend down and curl so can u help me. Is it just growing and is normal or i did smtng wrong?
What about fertilize
Yep! I used tap water, it turned brown and died.. 🤷🏾♀️
I've had my corn plants for 10 yrs and I water mine with water from the tap that I let set out and they are perfect so maybe you need to stop saying that because it's not true I have big beautiful corn plants !!!!
I been watering mine with tap water for 6 years now they look fantastic better than your 😆 😅