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The trunk of Brazil, also called dracena, Brazil stick, happiness stick, water stick or by its scientific name, Dracaena fragransIt is a plant of tropical origin that is extremely popular as an indoor plant, since its appearance is as characteristic as it is beautiful and its care is not too demanding, in addition to being shown that it is a plant that helps purify the air. This plant, which has its origin in the country that its common name indicates, is a shrub that can reach heights of more than 6 meters in its natural environment, but whose growth is much more limited in a pot. In fact, the water sticks that we can usually buy in nurseries or specialized stores are often segments cut from a larger plant, which roots without problems.
This plant can be very resistant, and even when it seems that we have lost it, it is possible to recover a trunk from Brazil. If you want to learn how to revive a stick from Brazil, keep reading us in this Green Ecologist article.
How to revive a rotten Brazilian log
Despite being a tropical plant that requires relative humidity, it is possible to overdo it with the irrigation of the Brazilian trunk. In fact, despite its name, it is not possible to have a Brazilian wood in water and that is well healthy, and a Brazilian wood that is drowned or whose soil is always too wet will end up getting sick and rotting.
If you notice Brazilian trunk with soft stem or the trunk in bad condition, you will have to intervene urgently to save the plant. Follow these directions on how to retrieve a rotten stick of happiness:
- Carefully feel the stems for those that are not dry and tough, and prune those that are not well.
- Remember that it is very important that pruning tools are as sharp as possible and properly disinfected. This is always vital, but it is even more so when we carry out a pruning to recover a plant whose health is in danger. Use pruning shears or a non-serrated knife and make a clean cut at a slight incline to prevent debris from building up in the wound.
- Apply healing paste on it. If you don't have it, you can make it yourself with melted candle wax and fungicidal powder, which you should apply while it is still liquid and let it dry on the wound to seal it.
- Remove any rotting or spoiled leaves from the plant and carefully remove them from the pot. Lightly shake the wetter soil from the roots and wrap the root ball in absorbent paper. Wear multiple layers so that you can remove all excess moisture from the plant. Leave it like this for at least 24 hours, somewhere dry and out of direct sun.
- If the next day the soil is still damp, renew the paper and repeat. If it already seems dry, transplant the Brazilwood into a container with holes and a light, well-draining mix. A mixture of peat with vermicompost, coconut fiber and perlite is a very good option.
- Apply fungicide to the plant to protect it from Brazilwood diseases while it is still weak.
We recommend you read this other simple guide about How to prune a Brazilian trunk.
How to revive a dried Brazil stick
Another possibility of a sick Brazil trunk is that it has dried for too long a time without watering or due to insufficient humidity. For revive a dry Brazilian log follow these steps:
- Remove the plant from areas where there are drafts, which cause the plant to lose moisture.
- After this, and once you have verified that the substrate is dry but absorbs water adequately, put the pot in a container with water and leave it there, submerged, for a maximum of half an hour.
- Take it out and let the drainage holes drain excess water, still keeping the plant out of drafts.
- During the following days, increase the frequency of watering and, if the weather is very dry in your area, spray water on the leaves of the Brazilwood about two or three times a week. A transplant into a new container with fresh substrate will also help. Here we tell you how to transplant a plant.
How to revive a Brazilian trunk with yellow leaves
There are different reasons why Brazilwood leaves turn yellow. If they are yellow but drooping, excessively soft, it is due to excessive watering or humidity in the soil. In this case, simply reduce the risks or change the substrate for one with better drainage. Remember that this plant needs a pot with drainage holes. If what happens is that the tips of the leaves are dry and brown, and the edges are yellow, the plant needs the opposite: more watering and humidity or less exposure to the sun.
In either case, if your plant is weak nothing better than to help it with a contribution of natural organic fertilizer like vermicompost or compost, which you can add to the soil in spring and summer. In fact, doing it even if you don't have a problem is always a good idea.
We recommend you read more about the problem of yellow leaves on plants: why they come out and solutions in this other post. Also, now that you've learned how to recover a log from Brazil Depending on the problem you have, we advise you to read this guide on Trunk Care in Brazil to learn even more.
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