@@PlantYes ❤️ also they takr years to respond 🤣 i hope my dracena will live i tried putt3a small cutting into soil and checked it a week later and i found tiny worms going around its not yet existent roots..... I took the whole mama plant now and madr cuttings and am going to put it in new soil I'm pretty new at plants so not sure if these worms were hatmful or were those spring tails eho supposingly are not harmful. I got one question. If I let the soil dry out (empty pot) so all the worms die. Is it good to use again? Cuz this was actually new soil. Or should i throw it away 😅
@@hanumamaofficial Maybe it can be interesting to try to root it in water first, worked for me :) What kind of worms where inside the soil? Because there are also benificial ones (like nematodes), but if they were plant-parasitic nematodes than you better throw it away.
@@PlantYes yes i put two of the cuttings in water and the rest in soil. It was two very very tiny worms just white and very thin and short. No idea but the soil was new and supposedly good quality is it even possible that bad worms developed in a week since it has been in. Also the stem of this dracena had like vertical lines looked like it was drying out. 🙄 And the roots were funny. I hope it doesn't die all together 😅 the mother plant that was with it in a pot seems to be doing fine its own pot maybe the little one just wasn't lucky.
I love that you have a follow-up in your video! So many others just let you wonder how it worked out. (I'm also kinda nerdy , so like the discussion of apical dominance.)
Yes, I find that very important (both the follow-up as well as explanation). It's also just random if 1, 2 or 3 branches come out. The down-side is that sometimes it takes months before finishing a video, because I want to show the results, haha.
Thank you for showing the large dracaena that had been pruned previously!!! I have read about pruning them, but no one showed a picture of the new growth pattern after pruning. I’m looking forward to trying this as mine are very leggy!
"Where is my top? I need a new top.." LOL that's great. I'm gonna try to lop off the top of my plant soon, hopefully, as you said, it goes well. Nice video, thanks!
I've had a dracaena for about 15+ years and since moving house 4 years ago, it's been really sad looking. Your video has given me the confidence to give my plant a good pruning and I hope to see some positive results and new shoots next spring. I've also decided to give it more water as I think that I have been keeping it too dry.
Hi! Hopefully your plant will do fine. Make sure to check if the stem is still sturdy, and not wrotten from the inside. But if it is still alive after 4 years, that is probably not the case. Let me know if it worked, maybe it is good to wait until the growth season starts before pruning.
Very helpful, thank you and it's great that you included follow up video footage after several months of growth. How did the original 'top' grow in the soil - did it take okay? I seem to get conflicting information online - whether to propagate this in water or directly in soil x
Yes, it took okay and it has grown out as bigger plant as well. I think it is best to try propagating it in water first, since that has (in my opinion) a higher chance for succes!
@@PlantYes I'm glad the other one took okay. We've put the cuttings into water - I just hope it takes okay because it was one of a few gifts from my late Grandma when I bought my house x
Thank you for this. It never occurred to me that I could branch my dracaena. I am going to try this for spring and put it in a bright place. I would love to see branching and fullness!
You convinced me to cut the tops of a way too tall dragon tree that is two plants in the pot. Learning about the hormones was helpful. I cut them down about half and am stoked to say I have two new on one plant and three new tops on the other stalk. Five is perfect, and I'm so glad I did it. Of course, I potted the cut off tops, too.
I have a 10 year old dracaena bonsai - just repotted today, it has such a funny growth shape - like dr suess very silly plant. now I know how to shape it! thank you very much
Yeah, logically a lot of factors are involved in making it a succes or not. I did cut it in August, but here our springs can be still very cold and almost no sun. But will see soon if cutting it in spring will make a difference, thanks!
Hi. I have this type of Dracaena growing in my outdoor garden. It's two years old and the base is now becoming a thick stalk. I want to take it back to its first year look. Can I do that by cutting the stalk at the surface? Thanks
@PlantYes The plant is 30-36 inches in all directions. The leaves still begin at soil surface but is developing a 1 to 1.5 inch stalk. 18 to 24 months ago it was 12-14 inches in all direction. Hoping there's a pruning technique that brings it back to a smaller posture. I wasn't sure what would result if I cut it at or 1 inch above the soil surface. Thank you for helping me.
@@EUCme I think what is most probable to happen if you cut it 1 inc above the soil is that you will get more branching of the plant. But since it needs to divert the energy, it will indeed start of small again.
@@EUCme If TH-cam had the option to have pictures in the comments, that would be helpfull. But it can't. You can find my email on my page, if you want to send me a picture there I could have a look at it :)
Hallo Deniece, Allereerst heel erg bedankt voor deze geweldige video. Ik vind het heel leerzaam en duidelijk , ik heb er veel van geleerd :) ik heb een klein vraagje :) Heb je Dracaena-vermeerdering in water (in plaats van aarde) geprobeerd ? Heb je al een andere video waarin de vermeerdering in water wordt uitgelegd?
Hoi! Ja, water werkt prima voor het bewortelen van de dracaena, eigenlijk zelfs beter dan meteen in de aarde. Het duurt wel echt best lang voor er wat gebeurt (in tegenstelling tot stekjes bij andere planten bijv).
Zolang er enkele groeipunten (op de plek waar eerst de bladeren vastzaten aan de stengel) aan zitten, moet het goed komen. Daar kan de plant namelijk wortels maken!
Ik hoor dat je Nederlands bent kan je me helpen ik heb ook een draceana maar niet dezelfde wie jij hebt deze heb ik helemaal tot stam afgesnoeid maar wel aan een tak uitloper laten zitten
Hey! Ik kan je denk ik wel helpen; kan je mij een bericht sturen op Instagram? Dan kan je ook een foto sturen van je plant. Mijn instagram is te zien op mijn kanaalpagina, anders kan je ook zoeken op plantyesyt binnen Instagram.
Yes :) On the places where the leaves attach to the stem, there are growthpoints (nodes) where roots can also grow from. Waterpropagation works best for me with this plant.
@@PlantYes thank you! I'm going to cut up an older dying dracena corn plant today into three- remove the top then cut the stem and keep the stem with roots to see if we can bring this guy back to life!
I have 3 dragon trees with 3 stems each. Anyone know if I was to cut a single stem will that sprout more or will it just encourage the other existing 2 instead?
@@PlantYes so your saying I can just cut the top off my dracaena I'm starting some water in a route up and I can put in the pot and that's how I get new branches on the old dracaena eh. I'm super scared though I feel like I'm committing a crime lol
Both of mine has died too and Today I took the top( the only remaining of them and it was down to 3 leaves) off & put it in water. Im praying that it sprouts roots.. I believe I over watered & caused root rot in all. My question now is ,what about the 4 empty canes that's left over?? They're dry &feel hollow . Idk what to do. Ive been binge watching videos like crazy for days. I'm wanting to cut them down a little & repot them in the AM... I even had their kind of soil shipped here mths ago...I'm a 1st timer + I stupidly spent a fortune on a lot of plants when I moved into my new home , assuming I could do this ,but I believe I caused root rot & it spread or something...I feel horrible Abt this!! I'm much smarter now. I've learned my lesson & I've been propagating like crazy trying to save any I can!! So ,Can I bring the Canes back to life some how?? I can't seem to get that answered... Like I said ,it feels dead , completely. Anything i can do? There's 2long canes and 2small canes..Thank u...
Hm, not sure how to interpret this reaction. But if I understand you correctly: I think you are in a climate that is very helpfull for this plant, probably a lot warmer and a lot more humidity than we normally have in the Netherlands.
The dracaena that lives with me is named Barry, he has a son now, named Barry, Son of Barry One day Barry, Son of Barry will have a son himself; Barry, Son of Barry, Son of Barry
Subscribed because u actually included an after 15weeks result. 🌸
Thanks a lot! I also don't like other channels not doing that ;)
@@PlantYes ❤️ also they takr years to respond 🤣 i hope my dracena will live i tried putt3a small cutting into soil and checked it a week later and i found tiny worms going around its not yet existent roots..... I took the whole mama plant now and madr cuttings and am going to put it in new soil I'm pretty new at plants so not sure if these worms were hatmful or were those spring tails eho supposingly are not harmful.
I got one question. If I let the soil dry out (empty pot) so all the worms die. Is it good to use again? Cuz this was actually new soil. Or should i throw it away 😅
@@hanumamaofficial Maybe it can be interesting to try to root it in water first, worked for me :) What kind of worms where inside the soil? Because there are also benificial ones (like nematodes), but if they were plant-parasitic nematodes than you better throw it away.
@@PlantYes yes i put two of the cuttings in water and the rest in soil.
It was two very very tiny worms just white and very thin and short. No idea but the soil was new and supposedly good quality is it even possible that bad worms developed in a week since it has been in. Also the stem of this dracena had like vertical lines looked like it was drying out. 🙄 And the roots were funny. I hope it doesn't die all together 😅 the mother plant that was with it in a pot seems to be doing fine its own pot maybe the little one just wasn't lucky.
@@hanumamaofficial Hm; I can't really say which type of worm it was exactly. And I hope for the rest of your propagation all goes well!
Omg finally a video that says how to make the plant grow more branches. I learnt something new today thank you for that!!
You are welcome :)
I love that you have a follow-up in your video! So many others just let you wonder how it worked out.
(I'm also kinda nerdy , so like the discussion of apical dominance.)
Yes, I find that very important (both the follow-up as well as explanation). It's also just random if 1, 2 or 3 branches come out. The down-side is that sometimes it takes months before finishing a video, because I want to show the results, haha.
Thank you for showing the large dracaena that had been pruned previously!!! I have read about pruning them, but no one showed a picture of the new growth pattern after pruning. I’m looking forward to trying this as mine are very leggy!
Let me know if it went well when you pruned your dracaena :)
Thanks for giving a clear demonstration… very helpful!
Thank you for your comment :)
Thanks, it is the best video for explaining the cutting of dracena plant
You are welcome :)
"Where is my top? I need a new top.." LOL that's great. I'm gonna try to lop off the top of my plant soon, hopefully, as you said, it goes well. Nice video, thanks!
Haha, it was really scare to do that :P
I've had a dracaena for about 15+ years and since moving house 4 years ago, it's been really sad looking. Your video has given me the confidence to give my plant a good pruning and I hope to see some positive results and new shoots next spring. I've also decided to give it more water as I think that I have been keeping it too dry.
Hi! Hopefully your plant will do fine. Make sure to check if the stem is still sturdy, and not wrotten from the inside. But if it is still alive after 4 years, that is probably not the case. Let me know if it worked, maybe it is good to wait until the growth season starts before pruning.
It’s been a year or so. How did it go for your plant? I’m thinking of doing mine tpo
Very helpful, thank you and it's great that you included follow up video footage after several months of growth. How did the original 'top' grow in the soil - did it take okay? I seem to get conflicting information online - whether to propagate this in water or directly in soil x
Yes, it took okay and it has grown out as bigger plant as well. I think it is best to try propagating it in water first, since that has (in my opinion) a higher chance for succes!
@@PlantYes I'm glad the other one took okay. We've put the cuttings into water - I just hope it takes okay because it was one of a few gifts from my late Grandma when I bought my house x
Thank you for this. It never occurred to me that I could branch my dracaena. I am going to try this for spring and put it in a bright place. I would love to see branching and fullness!
Nice! Pruning actually works with a lot of different plants. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions.
You convinced me to cut the tops of a way too tall dragon tree that is two plants in the pot. Learning about the hormones was helpful. I cut them down about half and am stoked to say I have two new on one plant and three new tops on the other stalk. Five is perfect, and I'm so glad I did it. Of course, I potted the cut off tops, too.
Wow! That is so good to hear :) Thank you so much for this comment!
Omg, dit is echt een hele leerzame video. Ik kon het niet laten en heb mij geabonneerd. Je hebt sws meer subscribers nodig. Keep up the good work!
Superbedankt!
I agree!
I have a 10 year old dracaena bonsai - just repotted today, it has such a funny growth shape - like dr suess very silly plant. now I know how to shape it! thank you very much
You are welcome! Bonsai plants are great :)
What time of year did you cut the plant? It's most likely to grow several new shoots instead of just one if you cut it in the spring.
Yeah, logically a lot of factors are involved in making it a succes or not. I did cut it in August, but here our springs can be still very cold and almost no sun. But will see soon if cutting it in spring will make a difference, thanks!
Please suggest the pruning procedure of Rose plants
Hi! I currently don't have a rose plant in my garden, but when I do I will defintely look into it!
Very helpful and super cute too.
Aww thanks!
Hi. I have this type of Dracaena growing in my outdoor garden. It's two years old and the base is now becoming a thick stalk. I want to take it back to its first year look. Can I do that by cutting the stalk at the surface? Thanks
What do you mean by surface? You mean where the stalk comes out of the soil?
@PlantYes The plant is 30-36 inches in all directions. The leaves still begin at soil surface but is developing a 1 to 1.5 inch stalk. 18 to 24 months ago it was 12-14 inches in all direction. Hoping there's a pruning technique that brings it back to a smaller posture. I wasn't sure what would result if I cut it at or 1 inch above the soil surface. Thank you for helping me.
@@EUCme I think what is most probable to happen if you cut it 1 inc above the soil is that you will get more branching of the plant. But since it needs to divert the energy, it will indeed start of small again.
@@EUCme If TH-cam had the option to have pictures in the comments, that would be helpfull. But it can't. You can find my email on my page, if you want to send me a picture there I could have a look at it :)
does the cutting has roots now? and can those side branches create new little side branches if i prune them again?
Yes, they definitely can make new side branches. If you cut away the top, side branches will form :)
@@PlantYes thanks for answering!
@@furkandemirel2416 You are welcome :)
Hallo Deniece, Allereerst heel erg bedankt voor deze geweldige video. Ik vind het heel leerzaam en duidelijk , ik heb er veel van geleerd :)
ik heb een klein vraagje :) Heb je Dracaena-vermeerdering in water (in plaats van aarde) geprobeerd ? Heb je al een andere video waarin de vermeerdering in water wordt uitgelegd?
Hoi! Ja, water werkt prima voor het bewortelen van de dracaena, eigenlijk zelfs beter dan meteen in de aarde. Het duurt wel echt best lang voor er wat gebeurt (in tegenstelling tot stekjes bij andere planten bijv).
Hoe groot moet de stam ongeveer zijn voor de stek? Is 5 centimeter genoeg?
Zolang er enkele groeipunten (op de plek waar eerst de bladeren vastzaten aan de stengel) aan zitten, moet het goed komen. Daar kan de plant namelijk wortels maken!
Love it
Thanks!
Can u cut the tips when leaves has fallen off reply
Have all leaves fallen off or just a few?
How does the stem of the plant feel? Is it still hard and feels healthy? Or can you squeeze it?
Ik hoor dat je Nederlands bent kan je me helpen ik heb ook een draceana maar niet dezelfde wie jij hebt deze heb ik helemaal tot stam afgesnoeid maar wel aan een tak uitloper laten zitten
Hey! Ik kan je denk ik wel helpen; kan je mij een bericht sturen op Instagram? Dan kan je ook een foto sturen van je plant. Mijn instagram is te zien op mijn kanaalpagina, anders kan je ook zoeken op plantyesyt binnen Instagram.
did the top survive and root?
Yes :) On the places where the leaves attach to the stem, there are growthpoints (nodes) where roots can also grow from. Waterpropagation works best for me with this plant.
@@PlantYes thank you! I'm going to cut up an older dying dracena corn plant today into three- remove the top then cut the stem and keep the stem with roots to see if we can bring this guy back to life!
@@DylanKendall Good luck!
I have 3 dragon trees with 3 stems each. Anyone know if I was to cut a single stem will that sprout more or will it just encourage the other existing 2 instead?
It depends which stem you want to cut. If it is already the "dominant" one, than it will definitely develop sidebranches.
But it doesn't show what happened to the new dracaena
That one rooted in the water, and then I put it in a pot. The plant from the video also came from just one "branch".
@@PlantYes so your saying I can just cut the top off my dracaena I'm starting some water in a route up and I can put in the pot and that's how I get new branches on the old dracaena eh. I'm super scared though I feel like I'm committing a crime lol
@@DDJCrazy Yes, you can do that. In the video you can see how I have done that. Done it many times as well.
I'm trying to save my draceanea plant, it's dying 😢😢 what type of soil does it need?
Is it drying from the inside? Have you checked for root rot? I use my standard mixture for it (a mix of potting soil, coco peat and perlite).
Both of mine has died too and Today I took the top( the only remaining of them and it was down to 3 leaves) off & put it in water. Im praying that it sprouts roots.. I believe I over watered & caused root rot in all. My question now is ,what about the 4 empty canes that's left over?? They're dry &feel hollow . Idk what to do. Ive been binge watching videos like crazy for days. I'm wanting to cut them down a little & repot them in the AM... I even had their kind of soil shipped here mths ago...I'm a 1st timer + I stupidly spent a fortune on a lot of plants when I moved into my new home , assuming I could do this ,but I believe I caused root rot & it spread or something...I feel horrible Abt this!! I'm much smarter now. I've learned my lesson & I've been propagating like crazy trying to save any I can!! So ,Can I bring the Canes back to life some how?? I can't seem to get that answered... Like I said ,it feels dead , completely. Anything i can do? There's 2long canes and 2small canes..Thank u...
Have you pruned your Dracaena yet?
No am to scared 😱
@@abrahamarias2521 Just do it :)
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Thanks :)
I get that in the first two weeks not fifteeen, and I dont even know what I am doing.
Hm, not sure how to interpret this reaction.
But if I understand you correctly: I think you are in a climate that is very helpfull for this plant, probably a lot warmer and a lot more humidity than we normally have in the Netherlands.
The dracaena that lives with me is named Barry, he has a son now, named Barry, Son of Barry
One day Barry, Son of Barry will have a son himself; Barry, Son of Barry, Son of Barry
Haha ;) Barry Senior, Barry Junior, and Barry Junior Junior! Great name for this plant