How I saved a Dracaena Marginata + plant care tips 

I have a very dramatic peace lily 😂🥰

I have saved many dying plants. Peace lily is one of my favourite. It is crazy how it wilts and grows back with watering 😍

Yeah, mother nature has an amazing power of regeneration 💚

I have a oak IV that is now bigger than me that when I got it it was dying from some grocery store that wasn't taking care of it. Someone was throwing away their chain of hearts not knowing that it grows from succulent bulbs that are under the dirt and even after explaining that she still didn't want it so I got it. Spider plants but those are so obscenely easy to take care of and keep growing that if I'm ever blessed to have a kid I know that if they ever become interested in plants as well I would start them off with a spider plant. They really are one of the most hearty plants that I know. If they are successful with that then I'd probably move on to a golden pothos and then maybe to a philodendron. After that then a peace lily because then that helps instill the knowledge that plants can be incredibly temperamental and even the slightest changes can make a big difference and so as soon as they master that I would probably give them a holiday cactus. Probably a Thanksgiving cactus. After that, I would then let them research the plants that they would want to try to take care of next. Then that means we can Branch off to so many other different plants!

Did it work ? I have been told u should have removed ALL dirt and cut the rotting plants. U planted it back with rotting plants i think it died :/

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I will, I promise, right now because of the lockdown I can't go to the other house. I saw it on camera though, nothing changed yet (the weather was not helping) but it still alive. Definitely will be included in my future garden tours 💚

It’s dead

Yeah I can't wait for the updates 😍😍🌱

Keep an eye on Monthly plants updates section on my channel, you'll see it there 💚

Don't beat yourself up, Dracaena is used with hot weather, if the roots were affected by overwatering was already damaged , the fact that you kept it in the car it just accelerated the situation. Mine also is not going very well considering I had to leave it to spend the winter outdoors and the weather was not exactly what you would expect from a typical Greek winter + the lockdown (I couldn't go there for several months to chech on it). But I have an idea for mine that could work for yours as well: cut some healthy parts of it and put its in the soil, in this way not only that you'll get new plants but might induce new leafs to the mother plant. Worths a try! 💚

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I'm really glad that it helps, thank you so much for watching! 💚

It’s dead

I hope it will be fine. Please keep me updated! Thank you for watching and plant with love! 💚

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Thank you so much! 💚

Thank you so much for watching, I'll post an update soon 💚

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching! 💚

I am so happy that I could help! 💚

Mine it didn't survived, unfortunately. But the reason was that we left it in the yard with that one leaf (it was too big to take it with us) and we left the house to spend the winter in our downtown apartment. We couldn't come back for few months because of the lockdown and that was the coldest winter in Greece in the last 60 years. I have another one now that grows spectacularly. Maybe a solution for your dilemma would be to cut a branch and try to propagate and leave the rest of the plant to see if it will recover. Because if the plant is dying, even the propagation might not be successful, unfortunately. I saved many plants during the years, but I also failed to save few that were too damaged. I really hope you'll save your plant, please keep me updated and good luck!

Hopefully by the end of the month the lockdown restrictions will be lifted and I can make an update for you guys. Fingers crossed! 💚

You want to use distilled water actually. Spring water has a high amount of fluoride in it actually

Yes, you did, I hope it recovers. Mine is not doing so well, I'm preparing an update, also I'm thinking to cut a bit from it and try to propagate it. I'll post the whole thing 💚

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In my experience Dracaena is not a plant that likes moist soil, I only water mine when the top soil is comply dry and even then not too much water. 1st check your new pot drainage, maybe it doesn't have a proper one. 2nd replace the moist soil with a dry one, at least half of it if you can not replace all. If the drainage is ok, put some kitchen paper under the pot and replece it when gets wet (will absorb the water excess). Place it in a spot with light, if possible toward east, the morning sun is not damaging the leaves. Water once per week. Good luck! 💚

@@iedenchannel Thank you for the reply. The drainage should be ok as always make an extra holes in the pot. I don't want to change the soil as it will disturb the roots even more. When repotting in the past I never removed the old soil from the roots only was going for the bigger pot, this time I removed all old soil. The plant is over 2 mt tall. I can say the tallest branches are more affected than the lower ones. It seems that plant is not able to deliver the water up high. I also thought that perlite could affect it. I always used general potting soil and the plant thrived well. All branches are affected but no new shoots, however this seems to stop growing. I misted the leaves for some time but no improvement. I hope it will recover. Could it be a transplant shock?

I am not sure if the damage is only from repotting, I think it might have something to do with the new conditions: pot, soil, water, light.

Sorry guys, I promised an update, is been a bit crazy moving 93 plants from a house to another, I'll post an update as soon as possible 💚

Not as good as I expected unfortunately, I'm preparing an update 💚

If all the leaves were already dead there is not much hope. Sorry! Try to cut a piece and see if you can propagate

@@iedenchannel okay thank you 🙏🏾