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Plants in north facing room

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  • 10-07-2020 7:57pm
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    VonLuck
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    I did some (limited) research on plants for a north facing room so I bought a Yukka Plant and a Dragon Tree. I've started to notice some of the leaves turning brown - random locations on the Yukka and on the tips of the Dragon Tree. I think I'm watering them both correctly, so I can only put it down to the lack of direct sunlight. Am I right?

    My house has a north facing living room, where they are, and have indirect sunlight. I can't move them out to the back of the house every day as that would defeat the point of having them in the living room! Plus they're in heavy pots.

    Is there anything I can do to put life back into them, or are they just not suitable for my room?


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    looksee
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    I have a Dragon Tree (Dracena Marginata) which sits in a quite light but not direct sunlight corner. It has the odd leaf with a brown tip, and the occasional dead leaf (just pull them off when they are completely dead). I probably tend to under-water it, as I do with most of my house plants. I did check it out and apparently floride in the water can affect them. I am on a private well so no floride, so its not that. If its just an odd leaf I wouldn't worry about it. You could even cut off the brown bit with scissors if you wish.

    I prefer not to move most plants around, if you find a spot where they are happy then moving them doesn't seem to be helpful.

    If you could attach a pic of the two plants it might help with a diagnosis.


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    VonLuck
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    Sorry, never got round to taking photos, but here you go. First one is the Dragon Tree, second one Yukka plant. Hopefully I can figure out what's going wrong!

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    https://imgur.com/iN6eMr6

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    Thanks in advance.


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    Ruth211
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    a winter cactus could do nice in a north facing room and it flowers, but the flowers do fall off and you'd have to pick them up


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    looksee
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    VonLuck wrote: »
    Sorry, never got round to taking photos, but here you go. First one is the Dragon Tree, second one Yukka plant. Hopefully I can figure out what's going wrong!

    iN6eMr6
    https://imgur.com/iN6eMr6

    umqRZvu
    https://imgur.com/umqRZvu

    Thanks in advance.

    I would not be concerned about either of those. I have a dragon tree with similar dry bits on the ends of some leaves and it is fine, not getting any worse. I could be a bit more methodical with watering. Apparently low humidity can cause this, I am full of good intentions to give it a pebble tray, but haven't got round to it yet. The yukka is also not a problem if that is the extent of the damage - cut off the damaged leave at the stem and dispose of it if you wish, in case it is a virus infection, but more likely its just a bit of damage from moving it.


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