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brown cordyline, please help!

Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Hello, a neighbour was going to throw away a cordyline and we have adopted it. We love it and have had it for 6 weeks. However all the leaves are going brown and droopy, is it dying? Is there any way we can save it?




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Are all the leaves drooping and going brown? normally the leaves at the bottom eventually die off anyway, i peel them off, the top ones will continue to grow and eventually go brown and droop this will continue during it's life cycle, this forms the trunk of the cordyline

27 May, 2010

 

Thank you for responding. All the leaves are going brown, I have uploaded a photo now? What do you think? Will it revive? Is there anything I can do to save it?

27 May, 2010

 

A tree this size would need a LOT of water (I mean a LOT) if it has just been transplanted. I believe that you have had a spell of hot, dry weather and this will not have helped. Try digging a shallow trench round the tree and keep filling this with water.

27 May, 2010

 

Thank you, do you think it will recover?

27 May, 2010

 

I try not to stick my head in the noose, Dirtgirl, at least not too often ;-)

27 May, 2010

 

Hard to tell at this point. It depends on how many roots it came with, and how long it was out of the ground before planting. I would cut off the oldest half of the leaves--the ones at the bottom--and use a root stimulator, like seaweed extract, in one of the waterings. Good luck!

27 May, 2010

 

Seen photo..Still got green foiliage on, try taking bottom half of leaves off that are dead they should just strip away. water/feed see what happens. My cordyline has brown leaves had quite nasty winter. Let me know how it goes

27 May, 2010

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