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Mar 2, 2024 1:07 PM CST
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Berlin
Hello,
I've been just repoting my plants. When it came to Draceana, I planned to remove the (as I thought) dead part. However, after removing the old soil, I noticed a baby coming out of it! I'm absolutely thrilled about it, but on the other hand I'm not sure how should I procced with it to save it. Shall I detache it carefully from its "mother" and put it in the water? Or is it safer to keep them together and put them back in the soil?
Would be grateful for any Tips!
Best,
R.
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Mar 2, 2024 1:23 PM CST
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You have to leave it attached - it has no chance of surviving without those roots. Is there anything green on the plant? Cut off the dead parts and repot then Crossing Fingers!
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Mar 2, 2024 5:43 PM CST
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Berlin
Hi lucy, thank u! No, here is no green part. Its Just the dead trunk and i found this baby coverd under the soil. Also, the trunk is really dead. Even half of the part which was under the soil is rotten. But the the part where the baby is attached on seems okay and also, only there u have some roots left which seems alive.

Do ypu think i shoult put it into water or soil? Also, do i need to cut off the dead trunk above the baby?
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Mar 2, 2024 5:47 PM CST
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Berlin
And this is how it looks from the other side.
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Mar 2, 2024 5:51 PM CST
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I'd cut off the dead trunk level with the old soil line and repot the root part with the attached baby in soil.
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Mar 2, 2024 5:51 PM CST
San Francisco Bay area (Zone 9a)
Yeah, just cut it free from the entire dead trunk above and plant it.
Sorry to warn you, but the same rot that killed the trunk may yet kill the sprout.
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Mar 2, 2024 6:42 PM CST
Name: PotterK
Seattle, WA
Dracena is in the Asparagus family, same as Cordyline.
My Cordyline sometimes freezes to ground level (ourdoors) in winter. And it always comes back with a sprout, like yours.
I bet if you cut off the rotten part about an inch about the sprout and replant it in sterile potting mix, it will come back no problem. Don't let it freeze.
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