Viewing post #982559 by plantladylin

Hi downtownnyc, from me too!

I agree with Dutchlady (Hetty), the Corn Plant (Dracaena fragrans) is a tough plant and will withstand quite a bit of abuse.

I have a tall corn plant (an older photo below) that's now looking really, really ratty because it had been sitting in a corner of my back deck without much care this year. A couple of weeks ago I moved it from the deck and I've been trying to decide whether I want to keep it or put it out on the curb for yard trash pick up. The plastic pot is split all the way down the side and and even though the plant looks really awful, I know that with a little TLC it can look good again. I've been out of town for a few days and I'm trying to recuperate from my trip but I might take the time next week to give it a new container with fresh soil and trim it up a bit and removing some of the sad looking leaves. My plant has three stalks in the pot and I'm thinking about chopping them back to make the plant shorter and rooting the cut pieces. I pruned it back a couple of years ago because it was hitting the eaves of the roof and I saved one piece and stuck the cut end back into the same pot where it formed roots within a couple of weeks.