HOW I propagate & shape my Dracaena Marginata 

Have you ever successfully propagated one of your plants?

Very helpful for my new rescued Dragon Plant and my propagating obsession. Thanks so much!

Thanks for the information. I was looking to just trim mine as some of the branches had gone really thin and long and the weight of the heads were making it spread in a weird shape and starting to take up too much space. Looks great now and I have two bonus plants sat in water that I can place elsewhere in the house. I didn’t even consider that! Thanks 🙏

Love dracenas. Yours is beautiful. I cut my dracena's with secateurs beacuse it is quick, easy and you get a very clean cut.

It's Medusa Greek mythology. I was just watching your video because I was searching for information about my plan as well. And I was led towards your video and it's fantastic. And I am getting ready to order high quality plant snips and new pots and plums and all kinds of stuff to start cutting my plant down. I can't believe you can actually take sections and then the bottom roots and the top starts to grow up as amazing I never knew this until today and you can see the date I just sent this and I've had this plan for 20 some years it was for my grandfather that my mom said that he gave snippings to people and I never understood that until actually this evening watching videos because I need her out my plan. Anyways great video I subscribed and keep up the good work You're doing great

My wife got a dracaena on her daughter’s birthday, over 30 years ago. It’s 8 feet tall one stalk in our split level entry. I decided it needed a repot, and a trim with propagation. I got three propagations, with leaves from it, and accidentally broke it in half. So ended up just cutting it in half with no leaves. It was way too tall anyway. I’m hoping I’ll get at least one cutting to root, but really not thinking my stick in a pot will survive. I’ve seen some videos where the stick doesn’t survive. A follow up video on your success would be great. I really like the multiple stalk idea, thanks, hopefully I get all my cuttings to root.

Christina! How did I miss this video? I just pulled your channel and realized you had posted July 20. Interesting! I didn't know they can be trained to grow in different shapes. I have never propagated anything big. Good project. Keep us posted in a few weeks.

Well done. Thank you so much for your video!

Would love to see an update on your Dracaena!

I used my watermelon knife to cut mine. In two, smooth swipes . . . it was done. The cut was smooth too. Just sharing what I did.

this is awesome, Do you have a follow up video or information? was it successful and what happened to the main stem that you cut? did it die or grow more?

Thank you. Is it ok to leave 2 cuttings in a cup? Also do they prefer outdoor sun or indoor shade?

Can you give us an update on how this worked for you?

I have a hard enough time keeping my plants alive!

You had me at foofadoos! 😂 ☠️

It's the hydra that grows more heads rather than Medusa....sorry I couldn't help but to point that out. Great video though, very helpful.

Hey I have a small one I bought a couple a months ago the top tips are staring to die but the tree itself is still alive. I was wanting to know if I should cut the dead branches near the top? Also it’s starting to grow branches or leaves on the side of the base and side of the branches is that normal ?

Would love an update with pictures!

I’ve had one of these plants for a few years now and it’s just a single stem. It’s bushy but doesn’t branch out into separate stems like yours does. How can I encourage this?

@christinanelson Can you show us an update of the result and how that process went for you?

Does it continue to grow leaves where you cut it on mother plant?

Any updates on this video? How did it go?

lol mine is a single stalk grown from cuttings , dont even know how to propagate it , did yours branch out or dead ?

Will leaves grow back on the branch that I cut?

Hola, es de sombra o de sol. Gracias.

I put my cuttings in water and it got Rotted So I think In the Soil is Better.

The start of a root at the top.

You were referring to Medusa , the goddess with the snakes for hair.

Your lucky! Never put these in water to grow roots! This plant actually doesn’t like a lot of water!! I’m not sure who told u to do it that way, and it’s easier, simply place cutting in soil in a WELL DRAINED POT! The soil needs to dry out before watering again. I live in Florida, these plants, of different variations, are all over. When u prune, your not going to get a ‘bunch’ of new ‘branches’. ‘You’d get maybe 2 or 3. You can control them unlike what u said, simply by removing them and u can use to stop growth. All u need to do to start a new is… just pot and soil! You need to cut on 45 degree angel, not straight across, and it can be as little as two inches. When starting a new plant from a short cutting, it’s a beautiful houseplant for a table, dresser, kitchen top etc! These plants grow kinda slowly. So the foliage is perfect on a short clipping before it gets tall. Simply place the cutting into soil in a well drained pot!! They don’t like much water. DRY IT OUT before hand! These r totally full of water, like a cactus. This is why these plants r so easy to grow. One of mine outside has beautiful wide leaves with yellow around the edges, it’s not like urs with thin leaves, mines a different species. 6 to 8 inches in a year is slow growing.to braid them, isn’t really about light etc… you can train this plant by using nylon and it tied to rocks to pull it where u want. Desert roses r done this way. Braiding a plant takes a LONG TIME!! A reason why braided plants in nurseries or stores are so expensive.

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It's about 6 to 8 weeks for this plant...I WISH it was 2 lol. Is there an update on this?

Also… I see you commented to another persons comment… you typed, “mines dead”. You simply start new plant by putting directly into soil in a WELL DRAINED POT, can put rocks in bottom. These plants do NOT like much water!

Update?

So no update :,)

the hydra.. greek myth, cut a head off two grow back, the labors of hercules :D, he cut them off and burn it with a torch :D

Can you sing opera?

hmmm, a lot of talk and no follow up. too bad. I was excited to see the results...

I think you cut dracena in breasthight ❤