Help me revive corn plant

18 years ago

I was over at a friends house tonight and I saw their destroyed corn plant. The stalks with leaves were broken off at the main trunk and unrepairable. There were two main stalks.

I proceeded to take it home and I checked both main stalks for viable roots. One of the main stalks was rotted and had only one rotted root; the other stalk had a ton of roots and was hard and firm. I proceeded to repot it with only the one firm stalk and then cut the stalk down a bit to where it looked more alive. I watered it slightly and put it over by a window. Here are a few pictures:

Anything else I can do to give this plant the best chance of survival?

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Comments (3)

johnh_or
18 years ago
Patience.....do not water again until you see some new growth. Chances are great the plant will send out a couple shoots of new growth. Too much water is one way to quickly kill a Corn Plant.
mr_subjunctive
18 years ago
What johnh_or said, plus:

Bright light (even two or three hours of sun a day) will speed things along, too.
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aldwinDXB2011
15 years ago
I am happy to find a site such as this one and finally give me an answerÃ¯Â¿Â½
I have a corn plant and it looks miserable, but I am hopeful that I can still revive itÃ¯Â¿Â½
As you can see we have to canes, a taller one which have few leaves and a smaller one that has noneÃ¯Â¿Â½
The taller one has leaves/ shoots near the end of cane from the previous cutting, and another shoot located halfway of its length.
I am planning to split the taller plant into 2, just above the leaves in the middle (CUTTING LINE) so as to make two new separate plants.
But I am scared that instead of reviving the plant, I might totally destroy it. Is my idea possible?