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  • Answered by
    Heather on
    January 14, 2011
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    Go ahead and cut the brown leaves off. Dracaena fragrans is one of those plants that is often killed by overcare. In other words, you could be killing it with kindness. Water the plant only when the soil is dry about an inch down into the potting soil. The plant should recover on its own if you water it as it needs.

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    Heather on
    February 16, 2011
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    These plants are normally killed by too much care. I suspect that they have root rot from overwatering. This article will help you check for that:
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/disease/treating-root-rot-gardening-tips-for-housplants.htm

    Allow the soil to become a little dry between watering to help prevent root rot on this plant.

    It might also be fluoride in the water causing this. You may want to try switching to distilled water for watering.

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    Nikki on
    March 14, 2011
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    You will need to remove the yellow and brown fronds this spring but only those as they will not come back. Do not remove green fronds. Other than this, I would leave it be and let it regrow. These articles will help you as well:
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/environmental/how-to-tell-if-a-plant-is-dead-and-how-to-recover-an-almost-dead-plant.htm
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/environmental/tips-for-saving-cold-damaged-plants.htm

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    Nikki on
    March 16, 2011
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    If you want it to look more stalk like, you can strip the lower leaves. It will not hurt the plant. As long as you nip the top in some way, how much you cut the top is up to you.

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    Nikki on
    April 13, 2011
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    You can simply cut the yellow leaves off of the stem. Leave the green ones intact.

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    Nikki on
    May 8, 2011
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    It sounds like the plant has root rot and what you smell is the roots decomposing. There is not much that can be done to help the plant, but this article may help:
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/disease/treating-root-rot-gardening-tips-for-housplants.htm

    If it smelled like that when you bought it, I would return it to the store. They over watered it and this is what caused the root rot.

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    Nikki on
    June 27, 2011
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    I believe it may be a gold dust plant. This is related to the polka dot plant but has yellow spots.

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  • Answered by
    sjgranny on
    August 4, 2011
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    If the leaf is somewhat long and firmer than a polka dot plant then it sounds like you have "godseffinana", a dracaena.

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