Repotting Dracaena Marginata

Hello everyone, for today I will be doing some repotting sessions with my Dracaena Marginata plant:

I did purchase this plant a little over a month ago and it has made a lot of progress. I did buy this plant for only $2 because it was barely alive and it also had a lot of dead foliage. The plant did gradually bounce back to great health and I'm very happy. I am going to repot this plant into this really nice orange planter:

With this pot, my dracaena will have more space to thrive compared to its current pot. To start off this process, I took the plant out of the old pot to examine the root system:

The roots are in good condition which I am really pleased about! Next, a layer of soil is added at the bottom of the new pot to give space for future new growth of the root system to grow:

After this step, the plant as a whole is placed in the container:

In the last step in this repotting procedure, I added a top layer above the root system. If the plant is in need of some water, give a moderate amount of water to the plant. Here's how the plant looks after its repotting:

It's enjoying the afternoon sunlight and I'm excited to see how my plant will do in the following months. I will post updates. I hope that all of you will have a great afternoon! Thank you for reading.

Reviving the Corn Plant

Good afternoon everyone! I would like to share my new growing space for my indoor garden: 

I really like the windows and the high ceilings in this space. These windows face west which gets evening sunlight but there are tons of trees outside of my windows which filters out some of the sunlight. I am planning to fill the space with new indoor plants. Last week at my local Walmart, I did find a new plant and here it is:

This is a corn plant (dracaena fragans) which is a beautiful houseplant. I did receive a 50% discount because the plant has some structural damage as well as lots of dead leaves at the base of each stalk. In the process of reviving this plant, I took the plant out of its pot to examine the roots:

 The roots were in OK condition but they also had some signs of root rot. I did trim the roots of the dead and decaying material. 

Next, I did place the plant into a new pot and set it in front of the west facing window to help it to acclimate to the new growing conditions:

I am going to let this plant rest for while and let it get used to its new home. Since the soil was very wet, I did not add any additional water to the soil mix to ensure that the problem of root rot will not happen again. This is my first ever corn plant and I am very excited to see the results of this plant in the future. Thanks for reading! :)

New Beginningings 2014!

Hello everyone! It's been a really long time since I have made my last post but I'm back! A lot has changed in my life over this past year and a half. I no longer live in Texas, I moved halfway across the country to North Carolina and I'm adjusting here very well! Before I left Texas, I've found new homes for all of my plants. I am starting over on my indoor garden. I would like to have some new plants featured on this blog that I have never grown as a houseplant. I am planning to start some citrus seeds as well. There will be more frequent posts for now on and continue to read this blog and watch my new journey of gardening! Happy 2014!