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Dieffenbachia droopin

9 years ago

Hey folks,

First time poster here. Thanks for having me!

I'm looking for advice on how to care for my Dieffenbachia. She has really happy in my home for the past year. When I got her, she was about 1ft high and her leaves were all yellow and drooping. Now she's almost 3ft and mostly very healthy. Just look at her!

Anyhoo, about two months ago I came home and she was totally keeled over. It was like she lost all the strength in her main 'stock' (stem?). I threw a stake in the pot and that helps but it's been a little while now and I was kinda hoping she would be able to stand on her own by now if I kept up on watering and rotating (she grows towards where the sun comes in so I try and rotate her every two weeks so she grows evenly/vertically).

It seems like she's basically too top heavy. Perhaps the main stalk is under-developed?


Any suggestions would be really appreciated!

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  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Worked just fine for me.

    Huge difference between your plant and the OP's plant.

    Yours is huge, consists of multiple canes, and likely has many roots in the pot. The danger of water staying in the media for too long is lessened because of all the roots in the media taking up water.

    However the OP's plant consists of only one cane. Because of this it likely has a lot less roots than your plant does and therefore cannot take up the same amount of water that your plant can. Potting the single cane in large pot like yours would definitely raise the risk of root rot (unless the OP decides to use 5:1:1 or gritty mix).

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