I like to buy the reduced pot plants and bring them back to life. With this one, I pruned the bits I thought were dead but it's looking very serious. Do I have any hope? Should I try to cut it back or just give up? Plant is by a sunny window and I've been trying to give a little water daily. It was bone dry when I picked it up.
by Intelligent-Copy-853
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It is incredibly over watered. I’m not sure what it is, maybe a dracena.?. It looks like mush unfortunately
Next time don’t water daily, water when the soil in mostly dry.
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Instead of watering daily, I think you’d have better success with a very dried out pot by bottom watering it, let it really soak up the water from beneath, then do it again when it’s dried out to the plants preferences.
Daily watering is a surefire way to create root rot
Cant really tell what plant it used to be, but if its something like a snake plant, then you should be able to propagate it by cutting the healthy part 2 cms above the rot line, and letting it root in water. Just remember to let the cutting callous for like a day beforehand.
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Like others have said, don’t water daily, and don’t water it just a little. You need to fully water plants until water starts to drain out of the bottom. Let all the water drain and dump any water that drained into the saucer on the bottom (if you have one).
You could also bottom water, that entails letting the bottom part of your plant to soak in water for a period of time, mostly it’s around twenty minutes or so depending on your plant. Just look it up if you want to water this way, it helps with picky plants that don’t like their leaves to get wet. But, personally, I prefer to water from the top.
After you water your plant, don’t water again until it’s dry. How dry depends on the plant, and after a while you’ll be able to tell when your plant needs it by how dry the top soil is and the weight of the plant itself. I can just pick up my croton (very thirsty plant) and know if it needs water by how heavy or light he is, good luck!
Short answer maybe but would need a great deal of luck (dig it up and take pics ) . The crazy , mad scientist answer yes! lol go for direct organogenesis , in culture that would be the best bet . If you can’t find good meristematic tissue, of course could try callus with 2,4-D and the try to induce shoot formation ( but this last one requires a little luck)
