Poorly Spider Plant

Can anyone tell me what is the matter with my plant

 

that looks pathetic sunshine :D :D you can get some nice ones half price in wilkinsons

 

i know thats why i need advice you cheeky cow :D :D

 

just aswell i know you a stranger wouldnt of got away with that remark :D :D :D :D

 

Sunshine P, it doesn't look like a Spider Plant to me at all ... certainly not like mine! It looks like a very sad Dracaema martinata (Madagascar Dragon Tree) or the like. I've never seen a Spider Plant on a stalk! :eek:

Guess I'm as helpful as rosa! :rolleyes:

But here is a Spider Plant ...

http://www.flowers.org.uk/plants/plantfacts/spider-plant.htm

... and here is t'other ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracaena_marginata

 

LoL the second one is what mine looked like, you know when i when away my neighbour was supposed to look after my plants well this is what i came home to dead plants and this is there anyway i can bring it back to life because i loved it and now as Rosa says it pathetic

any advice will help

thank you

 

Hi, Sunshine!

I don't know really. I would say, put it near a bit of your sunshine, cut back on watering, maybe even cut it back down halfway ?????? Let it sprout out and start again?

I'm bringing this back up because maybe someone with a bit of houseplant knowledge will come to the rescue.

I can't have houseplants here because I have an old dark house with no indoor windowsills (because of the heat the windowsills are on the outside).

Good luck ... keep us informed.

 

Yep, thats not a spider plant. If it's in sun put in shade and vice versa then I would give it a dose of seawead food using a spray bottle so that the leaves get soaked as well as the soil.

Pls note this is not an expert opinion by any means!!!

I also have a wood burning stove and a while ago put the ash on all my houseplants. My dracona has thrived ever since.

Good luck! At least you don't have to stop a cat from trying to eat it.

TO

 

http://www.houseofplants.co.uk/Dracaena_marginata_Dragon_Tree.htm

 

Thanks everyone I will try anything to get it back to normal maybe should put it on the window sill for a while see if that helps it, and tiggs&oscar i will put some ash in it and see if that helps aswell. Gogs and LoL, tiggs&oscar thank you for telling me what it is called I have always called it a spider plant dont know why cos i have a spider plant aswell and that is doing fine.

Thanks once again and hopefully in a coulple of weeks or longer i will be posting a pic of my lovely plant and not the pathetic looking thing i have now

 

I think i should give up on this plant now it has snapped but dont know whether my boys had something to do with it or not. I am uploading pics at the mo so will post them shall i give up or replant the snapped bit and see what happens

pics on the way

 

as promised





It seems to be very green where the leaves come out is it worth replanting it or shall i give up on it :( :(

 

It's a Dracaena, I'd go and get a new one they are very cheep in B&Q, you can get the green leaved or the variegated. :confused:

 

I know i could go out and buy another one but had to have ago, replanted it new compost everything just wanted to see if it will come back never give up is my moto, will see and let you know what happens.

 

I nearly sent you a post saying try again with your's but the other's made sense saying it is cheap to replace.

However, I'm like you, I have a knackered monstera that received too much attention from a cat and was traumatised when a "merry" friend fell on it!

It's staying for now so finger's crossed.

TO