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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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# Anyone have any tips on how to improve care for this Dracaena? She…

_Pubblicato da RosaR il 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 commenti

### jass ha commentato il 2025-05-23

How do they get root rot ?

#### RosaR ha risposto il 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 ha risposto il 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 ha commentato il 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 ha risposto il 2025-05-23

I’ll look into that, thank you!

### S.R ha commentato il 2025-05-23

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

#### RosaR ha risposto il 2025-05-23

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

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