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Posted 3w ago by @TheKitKatLady

What’s up with my #Dracaena ? Can he be saved? Second pic...

What’s up with my #Dracaena ? Can he be saved? Second pic is him back in March (lower right). He’s about 3 yrs old. Always loved that spot. Suddenly he’s droopy and losing lower leaves for about 3 months now. First pic is him in a new spot closer to a sunny window after a repot, and some fertilizer.
I'm not quite sure. To me, the most likely reasoning is overwatering or something to do with the soil. It also may need a repot since it looks bigger.
I would say it’s the sunny window. @TheKitKatLady Dracaena do not like sun. They especially don’t like to be touched by it. It also looks like overwatering or underwatering. See if the soil is mostly dry and if so, give a good drench and make sure the excess drains out. If too wet, get rid of any rotted roots and replenish with dry soil and then water sparingly and only when the soil is mostly dry. Let us know what happens. Welcome to Greg!
@AC73LoveCats And of course, get him away from the sun. His old spot would be good.
@AC73LoveCats thanks! Yes I’ve done all that. He was doing fabulous in his old spot for three years! I repotted about 2 weeks ago. It’s a quite large pot! I soak him well every couple weeks and make sure sure the soil is dry before watering.
@AC73LoveCats that’s what I thought too! Other people kept telling me it needed MORE Sun!
Make sure the new pot is only an inch bigger than the old one. Not a lot bigger.
No, always less sun for these guys.
@Riverleafwing it got repottes into a larger pot with well draining soil and still no improvement.
@AC73LoveCats yeah it was only a bit bigger.
@AC73LoveCats I swear, I have a dracaena, and he absolutely LOVES the sun, lol
@Riverleafwing go figure huh?
He’s getting worse, y’all!! 😭
Sorry he is getting worse but he going through shock you have to give time to all these things it’s done been through with the repotting and moving around it hasn’t have time to accumulate to all this so give yourself some grace and have patience yes it’s going through something and it’s okay because it’s apart of the process of getting healthy again πŸ™πŸ½
@SuavePuriri it’s just so strange! He’s always been so tough!
@TheKitKatLady He still is tough just you watch and see how tuff he is still the Man!!πŸ˜‚πŸ’šπŸ™πŸ½