The corn plant ( Dracaena fragrans ' Massangeana ' ) is a low - maintenance houseplant that grow in a tree - like form . Corn plant have duncical , woody , cane - like fore and large , dark - green leaves . The leaves have a broad yellowish - ointment colored stripe down the middle and can get up to 24 inches foresighted and 4 inches wide . Native to tropical East Africa , the Zea mays plant life is exceedingly easy to produce and give care for , fly high in normal indoor temperatures and stipulation . Due to its druthers for depressed illumination and only circumscribed water and fertilization needs , the corn plant makes for an ideal houseplant .
Step 1
Pot your edible corn plant in a heavy container with drainage muddle in the bottom that is only 2 or 3 in big than the diam of the root . The corn flora likes to be slenderly root - bound in its pot .
Step 2
Grow your corn industrial plant in a well - draining , all - purpose potting mix . place the edible corn plant in low light or undimmed , indirect sunlight .
Step 3
asseverate normal indoor air temperatures around the corn flora , about 60 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit but no cool than 55 degrees . Keep the plant away from selective service , heating or air - conditioning vents and unmediated sun .
Step 4
Water your corn plants two or three times each week from spring until fall to keep the grime equally moist . If you have several cane develop in a unmarried pot , check the stain around each cane because they ’ll each have different rates of water usage .
Step 5
feast your Indian corn plant once each calendar month from spring until fall with a limpid 10 - 10 - 10 NPK ( Nitrogen - Phosphorus - Potassium ) fertiliser at half the regular dosage rate . Apply the plant food when watering the corn plants .
Step 6
Repot the corn whiskey plant once every three years in the spring . Repot the plant only when the beginning have replete the container .
Step 7
rationalize out the new outgrowth in the nerve centre of the corn plants to maintain their elevation and shape . you’re able to also reduce back the cane in spring or early summer to maintain any desire altitude .
Tip
trim back on watering your corn whiskey plant during the winter . Allow the top 2 inches of pot soil to dry out before watering .
Warning
Do n’t overwater your corn plants , because this will cause the tips of the leaves to turn yellow-bellied , the new emergence to develop spots and the roots to rot .
