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Possible dracena problems

10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago

I hope i'm posting in the right place this time... I inherited a small-ish dracena tree from a friend whose moved out of province. About 2-3 weeks ago I repotted the plant as it was extremely root bound. The pot has drainage holes of sorts... It's one of those bottom watering pots, which I'm now thinking was a mistake. Since repotting i've only watered it once which was about a week ago and the soil is still pretty damp, not soggy but it's definitely too wet for having been watered a week ago. The lower leaves have been turning yellow and dropping, at I think is too quick of a rate. It's probably losing 3-5 leaves a day. The top portion with the new growth looks fine. I'm terrified that the yellowing, dropping leaves are a sign of root rot. It's in a West facing basement window (I live in a basement apartment) and I supplement the lack of light with a plant light I keep on 12hrs a day. I have a warm humidifier going as well during days that I turn off at night. Should I leave the plant alone and stop worrying or should I repot the plant into a pot with real drainage holes before it's too late?? The below image is after removing what yellow leaves were present so the yellow you see is from the plant light. Thank you so much!!

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