Corn plant soil
Start with a commercial indoor potting mix for Dracaena fragrans. Use a container with drainage holes and do not treat the production pH range as a required home recipe.
Check how the mix holds water and air
Best soil mix
Start with a commercial indoor potting soil for a household Dracaena fragrans container. Professional Dracaena media may combine peat, pine bark, vermiculite, or perlite, but that is not a required home ratio.
Use a container with drainage holes and a medium that stays aerated after watering. Avoid poorly aerated or persistently wet media, and do not use a cachepot as the drainage system.
Separate indoor and outdoor advice
Match the mix to the pot and setting
This guidance covers Dracaena fragrans in an indoor container. Outdoor use in tropical climates differs from ordinary temperate houseplant care.
Use an exact target only when one is known
Soil pH
Production guidance gives Dracaena media a pH range of 6.0–6.5. Treat this as a commercial reference, not a reason to adjust every home pot without a measured need.
Check the pot, watering and roots too
When soil alone is not the problem
Sources
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Plants of the World OnlineSpecies record
- North Carolina State University Extension Gardener Plant ToolboxDescription and cultural conditions
- University of Florida IFAS ExtensionProduction media section
- Royal Horticultural SocietyCultivation and potting guidance