The best water for dracaenas
Growers have known for decades that dracaenas burn on fluoridated water. It is in the textbooks. The brown tips on your corn plant or dragon tree are the same reaction, in your living room.
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Filtered, rain or distilled water, and nothing softened. Fluoride is the cause of brown tips on dracaenas, and it stays in water that is boiled or left to sit. Filtered and remineralized water removes it.
What dracaenas react to
Fluoride, above all.
Chlorine and chloramine.
Perlite dust and superphosphate fertilizer, both fluoride sources.
Softener salt.
Which water to use
| Water | What it does for this plant | Catch |
|---|---|---|
| Tap water | Carries chlorine, chloramine and fluoride straight to the roots | The usual cause of fluoride burn |
| Tap water left out overnight | Loses chlorine only | Chloramine and fluoride remain |
| Distilled water | Clean, nothing harmful | No minerals at all; you carry and store jugs |
| Rain water | Excellent | Only when you have it |
| Filtered and remineralized | Removes chlorine, chloramine and fluoride and keeps minerals | Needs a filter |
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Filters chlorine, chloramine, fluoride and lead as you pour, then adds back 20+ minerals
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How to switch
Use filtered water from now on.
Flush the pot thoroughly once.
Trim brown tips at an angle and watch the new growth.
Watering Can With Filter and Remineralizer for House Plants
Filters chlorine, chloramine, fluoride and lead as you pour, then adds back 20+ minerals
$69 · Free shipping · 30-day money-back guarantee
plus sales tax where applicable
Less than a season of distilled water jugs, and nothing to carry.
The Tap Water Plant Guide
Which 12 houseplants react to tap water, how to tell water damage from overwatering, and four ways to fix it — including the free ones.
Frequently asked questions.
Better water, tonight's watering.
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