A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The House Plant Forum HELP ! Repotted Dracaena Marginata plant (incorrectly I think)

Yesterday I repotted my Dracaena Marginata from a 10" pot into 12.5". Being a newbie to plants , I perhaps haven't done things the right way- its a plant I love so want to make sure I've done things correctly
The leaves had become droopy, the soil constantly dry even after I watered it , plus roots were coming out of the bottom so it was definitely needing a new pot ( I think)

So when I took it out of its old pot and into the new , I put about 3 inches worth of soil underneath but what I didn't do was loosen the roots , I just put it into the new pot and put soil around the sides and on the top.

Really worried it's going to die now because I didn't loosen its roots. I did this yesterday , my question is do I take it out of the pot again and re-do it properly and loosen the roots?

Your advice is much appreciated.

The answer to this is how tightly wound were the roots? Rootbound plants sometimes tend not to grow into new soil available. They continue to grow in a circle and not take advantage of the new food and nutrients available to them. It is certainly not too late to fix the possible problem.

I agree with Tina. So you could re-pot your plant--and loosen the roots a bit and I think possibly wash them off so as to get a good look at them, to make sure they are all healthy.

Bottom line though I think one day is not a good measuerment as that IMO the plant has not had time to settle in to it's new home.

I did read where one should be careful to not disturb the roots too much, and that they prefer to be "slightly" root bound. I do not repot them frequently.
I have one myself & have only repotted it once in about 30-35 years, which I admit might be overdoing the " do not repot too frequently" thing a bit.

Mine does drop some bottom leaves every once in awhile. And they prefer bright but indirect light.