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Date Posted: 01:45:24 11/06/01 Tue
Author: No name
Subject: Re: Draceana Marginata leaf drop
In reply to: talon5 's message, "Draceana Marginata leaf drop" on 14:58:32 11/03/01 Sat

Well, the unknown author, and Maggie hit it right on! I took the dracaenas out of their pot, as suggested, and WOW did they need repotting!!! There were roots right against the plastic pot wall, which I'm sure were drying out very quickly....so yes, you too were right Denny....drought=leaf drop. The bag of potting soil I bought had repotting tips, and one of their clues, as to when it's time to repot, is yellowing or wilting leaves. The leaves were looking kind of droopy, compared to how they used to be.
I had given them some water, before leaving for work this morning and before repotting, and they already looked better, by the time I got home.
Now they're all repotted....from a 9"(22.8cm)pot, into a 14"(35.5cm)pot. An interesting pot......1/8" plastic, with a built-in liner which has slots in the bottom, and the bottom of the liner is 5" above the bottom of the outer pot, to allow excess water to drain, but not come in contact with the bottom of the planting area. There are also cutouts in the outer pot, to drain the collected water out of the catch basin, if need be. It's "supposedly" over-waterring proof. It seems a good design, to me. I put some pea stone in the bottom, to keep the soil from clogging or being lost through the slots. Hopefully, my dracaenas are all set, for awhile, now?!

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[> Re: Draceana Marginata leaf drop -- Liz, 16:10:19 11/06/01 Tue [1]

Impresive. Definitely an improvement over the self-watering type pots. Glad you determined the problem and corrected it.

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