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x50 wrote:
Pistil - Thank you again for the advice and the book recommendation. The community here is really great and helpful!

As for the dracaena, things took a quick turn for the worst. Over the weekend, two
stalks/stems broke off and possibly rotted (?). I'm not entirely sure what went wrong here on the second try (something clearly did). The leaves are yellow/brown and falling off in masses. Few are remaining. Two stalks broke off at the top.But the stems were turning dark, dried and very weak. Two were trimmed back after losing all leaves. Maybe I went too far in the opposite direction and did not provide enough water?

The potting mix was slightly moist but I haven't really watered since immediately following the re-potting and it was just slightly.

I'm debating whether this is still salvageable but I don't think its going to make it much longer.


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