My Dracaena Coloradan looks terrible! I don’t know what ...
2ft to light, indirect
4” pot with drainage
Last watered 5 months ago
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@PreciseCorkelm It doesn’t look like it has drainage holes ? Do you fertilize it ? Also important let it dry out before watering again. I bottom water mine so it takes what it needs. Be sure it’s not in direct sunlight. Just some thing that could help your plant.
More info about what you’ve been doing would help here.
Dracaena are very sensitive to excess minerals, so they hate tap water and can only tolerate a little diluted fertilizer once or twice a year in the warm growth season… so DO NOT fertilize that plant (I don’t think it can handle it), and get a jug of distilled water for when you do water it.
Your plant needs drought conditions, so wait to water it until the bottom of the soil is totally dry, and then give it like a half cup ish of distilled water and monitor the plant and soil moisture over the next week or few (mine are in self-watering pots so I don’t have recommendations on watering cadence beyond keep them drought-like).
I have two dracaena maraginatas that thrive on extreme water neglect, very pure/clean water, and very indirect / lower light. I think coloramas need a bit more light than marginatas like since they have lighter leaves, so your plant is either lacking coloration because it needs a tiny bit more light OR it just isn’t producing coloration because it desperately needs 100% of the few leaves it has to be producing energy to help it grow.
Dracaena are very sensitive to excess minerals, so they hate tap water and can only tolerate a little diluted fertilizer once or twice a year in the warm growth season… so DO NOT fertilize that plant (I don’t think it can handle it), and get a jug of distilled water for when you do water it.
Your plant needs drought conditions, so wait to water it until the bottom of the soil is totally dry, and then give it like a half cup ish of distilled water and monitor the plant and soil moisture over the next week or few (mine are in self-watering pots so I don’t have recommendations on watering cadence beyond keep them drought-like).
I have two dracaena maraginatas that thrive on extreme water neglect, very pure/clean water, and very indirect / lower light. I think coloramas need a bit more light than marginatas like since they have lighter leaves, so your plant is either lacking coloration because it needs a tiny bit more light OR it just isn’t producing coloration because it desperately needs 100% of the few leaves it has to be producing energy to help it grow.
