Product Description:
Dracaena is a popular, easy to grow house and landscape plant boasting approximately a hundred and twenty different species of shrubs and trees. It’s hard to go wrong with low-maintenance dracaena plants. Their spiky, tropical foliage comes in a variety of colors, shapes, and patterns, and they even help purify the air, so it’s no wonder that they’re a popular choice for homes and public spaces. There are over 40 cultivated varieties of dracaena, which are originally from forests in Africa.
Fertilizer:
Something that makes dracaena Coffee Plant care easy it these plants don’t typically need fertilizer to thrive. The dracaena Coffee Plant is a naturally slow-growing plant. However, if you’d like to fertilizer yours, you can use a water-soluble indoor plant fertilizer once or twice a year in the spring and summer.
Light:
Bright indirect sunlight. They can grow in medium or low light but will grow slower. Direct sunlight will burn the plant’s leaves.
Water:
Once A Week Watering Water once a week. Yellowing leaves of the? dracaena Coffee Plant are a clear and classic sign of overwatering, either due to excessive water or some drainage issue. Ensure that the soil is moist but not soggy.
Humidity:
Since they are native to the rainforest they’ll definitely be happy if you provide them with some extra humidity. There are many easy ways to do this including using a pebble tray.
Soil:
The container selected must have proper drainage holes. To prevent water logging, cover the drainage holes with broken pieces of earthen pots or brick pieces before putting the soil. Transplant the dracaena Coffee Plant sapling in a pot along with root-ball of the original Bio soil and Vermi compost.
Repotting:
Depending on the size of your plant it might be difficult to repot. These plants will need to be repotted around every two to three years (so you’ll only have to struggle with this once in a while!), and they may also show signs of stress from being pot bound, which will be another sign. Use a pot that’s the next size up from your current pot, and that has ample drainage, especially if you have a large tree. Water your plant about a day or so before you repot it and water again after you’ve repotted it.
Propagation:
Propagating it requires being a little bolder than just snipping a small cutting off of a vine like some other beginner plants. Despite it being a little scary, these plants propagate really easily.
Planting and care:
Make sure the soil is completely drained before watering again the top half of the soil should be completely dry. dracaena Coffee Plant require loose soil that is well-draining.
- To propagate your dracaena Coffee Plant, take a pair of strong and clean pruning shears and cut the cane to the height you want on the mother plant.
- New growth will appear on the mother plant where you made the cut, so be mindful of where you want to have the new growth.
- You can place your cuttings directly into your potting mix or you can root them in water first and then transfer them.
- Place your cuttings in bright, indirect light. If they’re in water, replace the water when it becomes grimy and top it off when you notice it evaporating.
- You’ll be able to see the new roots forming, which will sprout from the nodes on the cutting. When your roots are a few inches long, you should be able to transfer the cuttings into your potting mix.
