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title: "Anyone have any tips on how to improve care for this Dracaena? She…"
description: "Anyone have any tips on how to improve care for this Dracaena? She has suffered with root rot and fungus gnats in the past and is still growing strong but…"
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author: "RosaR"
published: "2025-05-23T05:12:07.806591Z"
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# Anyone have any tips on how to improve care for this Dracaena? She…

_Posted by RosaR on 2025-05-23_

Anyone have any tips on how to improve care for this Dracaena? She has suffered with root rot and fungus gnats in the past and is still growing strong but constantly gets brown tips or spots on the leaves. Current situation is just watering when the soil gets dry and having a grow light on for 12 hours

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## 7 comments

### jass commented on 2025-05-23

How do they get root rot ?

#### RosaR replied on 2025-05-23

Overwatering. In my case the pot was too big so the soil stayed wet too long for what the roots needed. It’s in a smaller pot now with a chunkier soil to help prevent that in the future.

#### RosaR replied on 2025-05-23

They can still get root rot in a good sized pot if watering is too frequent or if soil retains too much moisture

### Buffy commented on 2025-05-23

I read here on Planta to try Silica Gold ( there are other brands), which I found on Amazon. It is supposed to help with cell health… to help with brown spots and tips. I have just started using it. Worth a try maybe.

#### RosaR replied on 2025-05-23

I’ll look into that, thank you!

### S.R commented on 2025-05-23

Are you watering with tap water? Or something like distilled or rainwater?

#### RosaR replied on 2025-05-23

I have been using tap water but could start using distilled instead. Thank you!

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