Beginner Gardening: Just moves and my dracena isn't coping well!!!! What to do?, 0 by nursejessi7481

nursejessi7481 wrote:
My dracena marginata looked a bit shabby to begin with but it seemed to do well in my apartment with a mid to lower light level. I believe it suffered some trauma when I first brought it home from the store and repotted it because I lost two branches right off the bat. They became severely soft and broke away. Okay, so I've read that happens occasionally but it was doing fine otherwise. I just recently moved from my apartment to a townhome with tons of room. Since moving, I talked to my "expert" plant-rearing mother and she suggested that it may need to go outside for the summer as it was looking more droopy and dry and not responding to my extra misting sessions. Well, I believe it looks worse now... The edges of the plant have turned brown and look crispy and one more branch lost all of its leaves all together. Now, I have noticed that some of the branches are getting some new growth at the top but it seems as if it has gone through a shock and I am not quite sure what else to do to help it recover. It is in a well lit area but I tried to keep it out of direct sunlight. Here are a few pictures of the plant's current condition. Suggestions, remedies, poisons....???

This message was edited Jun 29, 2010 5:01 PM

This message was edited Jun 29, 2010 5:06 PM