Well I'm very, very new to plants and had not found a site like this!! I have more or less been approaching landscaping/gardens with a trial/error approach since I got my first house this year. This is a palm of sorts (sorry I'm clueless on species!), that I figured I'd just take a large section out of - thought it was fine to just cut it and spread it like that, was later told it's a no-no! Anyways, I had already cut it and set it up to root, basically just: - cut the bottom ~6" to a spike, like with flowers from the grocer :) - tore off the bottom 2/3 of leaves/foliage - secured it to a chainlink fence with rope - kept its bottom in a little bottle of water with fertilizer (maybe a 2-5-2? A 'root stimulating' fertilizer) So over time it looked worse and worse, losing more leaves, I just figured it was dead. I completely stopped misting its leaves (did that until it looked like it was a lost cause, then stopped), just ignored the thing. I went to take it away from the fence to chop up for the trash, took its base out of that slimy green bottle, and bam - all these thick roots coming out from the bark! I've gotta say I'm surprised it's alive, but now that it is I realized I have zero clue what to do next!

I have a corn plant that I received from my grandfather's funeral and my brown thumb is working against me :o I see everywhere that these "require no care" yet leave it to me to have problems. I repotted the plant into a larger pot, as the one it came in was pretty darn small for two decent size plants. I used some kind of Miracle Grow potting soil that the local Walmart carried. The issue I'm having is parts of the green leaves/foliage is dying and turning brown. Not the entire leaf and not necessarily starting at the stalk or at the tip. Mostly occurring at the middle of the leaf. It also isn't the entire width of the leaf. I'll try to get some pics later hopefully. Haven't really got a "schedule" down for watering, just whenever the soil feels dry at fingertip deep. Do these plants prefer dry conditions or fairly frequent watering? Thanks for the help and great forum! :thumbup: