tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post3840593954314624283..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Damsel in Distress (Dracaena fragrans 'Massangeana')mr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-26510874594099815392017-06-13T08:43:57.256-07:002017-06-13T08:43:57.256-07:00Aww, thanks for responding 😃Aww, thanks for responding 😃Shameaka 'Sha' Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02742046455883625028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-36322806842537095002017-06-07T11:03:59.699-07:002017-06-07T11:03:59.699-07:00Shameaka 'Sha' Trent:
No idea. That comme...Shameaka 'Sha' Trent:<br /><br />No idea. That comment is from 2012. The commenter did e-mail photos, but there doesn't appear to have been a resolution to the conversation.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-9607953867983481012017-06-07T03:49:09.250-07:002017-06-07T03:49:09.250-07:00Just wondering how Planty turned out.Just wondering how Planty turned out.Shameaka 'Sha' Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02742046455883625028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-24870351064065051082017-04-24T16:03:30.051-07:002017-04-24T16:03:30.051-07:00Denise D:
The original plant is almost certainly ...Denise D:<br /><br />The original plant is almost certainly well beyond saving, but you may be able to stick some of the heads of foliage in water and pot them up once they have roots. Depends on how far the rot has progressed. mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-18724359645031729242017-04-24T15:31:45.231-07:002017-04-24T15:31:45.231-07:00YUCK! The bark is coming off the plant and under i...YUCK! The bark is coming off the plant and under it, there are tiny black bugs. Please advise! How do I treat this beautiful Corn Plant and save it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18195078776569675227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-56068629456272421772017-01-08T21:58:02.874-08:002017-01-08T21:58:02.874-08:00Awesome that is all great stuff and I will apply i...Awesome that is all great stuff and I will apply it!! Nope "Hibby" isn't dormant still blooming! Nothing better than flowers in the cold winters!! <br /><br />Thanks so much 😊Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05857729587152117785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-42238460526119495272017-01-08T21:30:05.629-08:002017-01-08T21:30:05.629-08:00Dustin Baerg:
That's probably about as good a...Dustin Baerg:<br /><br />That's probably about as good as you're going to get. You can stuff some newspaper into the top of the pot, between the soil and the pot rim, and hold it in with some packing tape. (Some of the potting soil will get out anyway, because that is the nature of potting soil, but it'll help to minimize the mess.)<br /><br />Warm the vehicle up before you put the mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-39745497665548949672017-01-08T21:11:44.637-08:002017-01-08T21:11:44.637-08:00Sounds like a good plan. I bet you can buy some of...Sounds like a good plan. I bet you can buy some of those Christmas Tree disposal bags for that. abeal49https://www.blogger.com/profile/14995698137614240764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-7812638897532622242017-01-08T19:32:22.202-08:002017-01-08T19:32:22.202-08:00Hi there this is a great forum with tons of info! ...Hi there this is a great forum with tons of info! I have a dracaena fragrans massangeana that recently bloomed and it is amazing as they say. It is very healthy and we'll cared for. <br /><br />My question is. I'm having to move from my place to another in January in central Canada where it has been - 20 to - 30 Celsius for the past two weeks. It is suppose to warm up to about - 5 Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05857729587152117785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-79652959422819041202017-01-04T18:50:00.861-08:002017-01-04T18:50:00.861-08:00Hi,
I have a mass cane that flowered and after tha...Hi,<br />I have a mass cane that flowered and after that the leaves started to dies... I thought it was because of overwatering or water retention in the pot so I transplanted it. Unfortunately, I just discovered your blog after the transplantation and learned that it was normal for that part of the plant to die after flowering! I really hope that my mass cane will survive the transplantation, asMarc & Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812378450158745751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-69427427718055430222016-07-10T16:04:11.535-07:002016-07-10T16:04:11.535-07:00Kaylee Dowd:
1) No. I mean, you can, but there...Kaylee Dowd:<br /><br />1) No. I mean, you <i>can</i>, but there's no benefit to the plant if you do.<br />2) Most likely, only the branches will grow. (Branches may get a little thicker over time, but unless the plant's growing outside, they're not likely to get noticeably thicker.)<br />3) Branch cuttings will sometimes work, though my experience has been that <i>Dracaena</i> mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-70053556019468008912016-07-09T07:24:10.775-07:002016-07-09T07:24:10.775-07:00Good morning,
Yesterday I purchased a Corn Plant, ...Good morning,<br />Yesterday I purchased a Corn Plant, I repoted it into a beautiful ceramic pot, the roots were quite small making it quite difficult. I hope I did not damage them. I have a couple of questions:<br />1. They came with a wax top. Should I remove that? <br />2. Will that main stalk continue to grow taller and thicker? Or will that stay the same size and only the branches will grow?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03132634829706358768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-91239137991893733272016-01-02T08:33:32.774-08:002016-01-02T08:33:32.774-08:00It is dracaena fragrans massangeana blooming time...It is dracaena fragrans massangeana blooming time here in South Florida.. the scent is intoxicating! For the last 5 days the scent has been getting stronger and stronger thought town. Last evening it was at its most so far! 1000 times stronger then honeysuckle every evening around 8:30 pm it arrives.... and the scent carries throughout the evening... I love when it blooms here! These are Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156510743146713921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-78345448162841730842015-10-15T22:32:25.564-07:002015-10-15T22:32:25.564-07:00Will:
It's hard to say; what I'm imaginin...Will:<br /><br />It's hard to say; what I'm imagining from your description may or may not be the reality. It'd be a lot easier to have opinions one way or the other if I could see a photo. (Feel free to e-mail one, or send me a link to one.) Nothing you're saying <i>sounds</i> unusual except for the timing: a month wouldn't normally be enough time for a <i>D. fragrans</i> to mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-10685197881409096012015-10-15T15:27:34.400-07:002015-10-15T15:27:34.400-07:00I have a dracaena fragrans massangeana i bought at...I have a dracaena fragrans massangeana i bought at home depot maybe a month ago. It seems like every day it looks worse and worse or maybe im just paranoid. The leaves are droopy and dark. It always looks kinda sad and frumpy. Yesterday my bf moved it to the bedroom to get more light (colder in the bedroom ) and today it looks slightly wrinkly the leaves feel very thin and maybe weak. It looks Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05047269590488959279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-82960213783289938032015-08-24T10:33:06.671-07:002015-08-24T10:33:06.671-07:00Thanks so much for your input! You're absolute...Thanks so much for your input! You're absolutely correct about the rooting hormone, it would just get washed away; you saved me wasted money, time, and effort! I'm afraid to move him out of the pot now because I feel like I might rip off those tiny little roots. Some roots are better than none right? I'm currently trying to find my old humidifier that was boxed up and hasnt been seen Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16543715372083854209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-37043413291427448752015-08-23T11:45:47.110-07:002015-08-23T11:45:47.110-07:00Lea:
I don't know whether rooting hormone wou...Lea:<br /><br />I don't know whether rooting hormone would help or not. (Even if it would, I imagine it'd get washed out pretty quickly when you watered, so it wouldn't <i>stay</i>.)<br /><br />I'm not sure that it's necessarily a great idea in this particular case, but -- I've successfully <a href="http://plantsarethestrangestpeople.blogspot.com/2010/05/mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-68200543419126136872015-08-22T19:37:01.350-07:002015-08-22T19:37:01.350-07:00Hi there! Thanks for all the wonderful information...Hi there! Thanks for all the wonderful information. I've read all the comments and still feel a little unsure about my guy I rescued from Lowe's. He's about 7' tall, and I bought him for a whopping $5. Someone had kicked the pot over and all his roots except for 2 very thin, scraggly bits fell off. It's a shame because the roots that were there were quite thick and nicely Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16543715372083854209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-79320130888355021372015-04-14T21:22:48.598-07:002015-04-14T21:22:48.598-07:00Thank you so much for the info on the plant. mine ...Thank you so much for the info on the plant. mine has just started to bloom and i was freaking out thinking something was wrong with the plant. i am using q-tips to clean the spa off. it is very thick and clean. also making think something was wrong. i am so happy to see a whole new side of my palm. i had no idea it even could bloom. i rescued mine from my landlord when she tried to throw it out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17804647879640072439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-5244825000960979942015-04-09T07:17:17.041-07:002015-04-09T07:17:17.041-07:00Duff:
Odds are, yes.
For what it's worth, t...Duff:<br /><br />Odds are, yes. <br /><br />For what it's worth, the nursery employee's advice is the same one I would have given -- once a head flops over like that, there's no bringing it back. The best you can hope for is to cut off a healthy piece from the top and re-root it, and a lot of the time the rot has already spread far enough up the stem that that won't work either. mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-18096184986145374632015-04-09T05:51:28.120-07:002015-04-09T05:51:28.120-07:00I have had one of these stinkers for almost 20 yea...I have had one of these stinkers for almost 20 years and it's never flowered, and worse, I think it's going belly up. It chugged along fine for the longest time and then one of its leafy heads got squishy at its connection to the stalk and flopped over 90 degrees, practically overnight. I (sadly) decapitated it at the suggestion of a nursery employee. The remaining leafy head seemed ok Duffhttp://thepragmaticpathologist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-52480417441930321272015-02-04T06:53:11.339-08:002015-02-04T06:53:11.339-08:00abeal49:
They're not self-pollinating as far ...abeal49:<br /><br />They're not self-pollinating as far as I know, but it's possible, I guess.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-75770720641157883002015-02-03T16:52:05.268-08:002015-02-03T16:52:05.268-08:00Mine just finished blooming by the way it bloomed ...Mine just finished blooming by the way it bloomed at night, 5 pm every day. Smelled so awful the three dogs insisted on sleeping outside every night ( in January) and it gave me headaches. I covered the flowers with a plastic bag to contain the odor. Possibly people who don't mind the smell have them in their offices and not their homes?<br />Anyway, now I have these funny blobby things whereabeal49https://www.blogger.com/profile/14995698137614240764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-56786432362179248212014-10-25T20:14:28.228-07:002014-10-25T20:14:28.228-07:00253I bought my foot high Dracaena f from Walmart. ...253I bought my foot high Dracaena f from Walmart. After three years it produced two bunches of flowers one on each cane last year. Then each of the canes developed new shoots and this year all the three new canes have developed flowers. I am not sure why it is flowering again. The only connection I have seen is that it first started flowering after I started using Orchid food for the plant. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-69018384121108246432014-09-25T23:06:57.113-07:002014-09-25T23:06:57.113-07:00Thanks so much for your advice. I will do just th...Thanks so much for your advice. I will do just that! Susannoreply@blogger.com