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Easy snake plant care for beginners. Snake plants are also known as Mother In Law tongue and Sansevieria. Learn a few tips and tricks to keep your Snake plant happy and healthy!
Snake flora caution is pretty straightforward . All sansevieria miscellany are succulents and perfect as a beginner houseplant . They even flourish in experimental condition too harsh for other plants .
Some spell out it sanseveria so if you see that spelling throughout this berth then it is for those searching that way , not because I do n’t know how to import it .
Sansevieria are native to tropic and sub - tropical area and do not like too much water or freezing cold . In some area of the US , snake plants can be grown outside year - rhythm but only in regions where the temps stay around 50 degrees for a low .
Snake plant is one of the plant list in myClear the Air article about the benefit of house plants .
Planting Sanseveria
When repotting snake plants choose a well - enfeeble pot . I prefer terra cotta spate since they allow the soil to dry out easier than plastic .
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The best grime for planting sanseveria is a free - draining soil mix , one point for cactus and succulents is a practiced choice . Many mass love their houseplants to death with too much water which leads to root rot . If the snake flora soil is well - draining soil it will help reduce the prospect of this .
Fill your pot about 2/3 full with the snake works soil . get rid of the bowstring hemp from its nursery pot and relax the stem . If the roots are knot and circling the pot , use garden snippet , your fingerbreadth , or a trowel to tease the growth . Set the snake industrial plant on the potting soil and fill in around the rootage . entreat it in the stain firmly to drop anchor it .
( optional ) Create a well with your fingers for the new plant life to go into before placing the industrial plant into the gage . It helps if the potting land is moist .
When potting snake plant do not plant deeply . Keep them about the same depth as it was in the previous container . If the plant is a bit top - heavy then you may need to stand it .
Grow Snake plant indoors
Snake plants prefer bright , indirect light . They will raise in good order in dark , depressed light areas too , just more slow . Keep out of cold drafts and in temperature at 50 degree or above .
Basic Snake Plant Care
Wipe the wide , flat pass on occasionally to remove detritus , this helps it to assimilate sunlight better . If your flora gets optimum charge it can grow so well it becomes root - stick to .
Did you lie with that Snake River plants flower ? Yes , and they usually flower when they are root - bound .
How to Water
As note before one of the most common problems people have with sansevieria is overwatering . These flora do not like soggy sloshed soil . Sansevieria can go a calendar month or even two without being watered , specially in the winter .
The right way to gauge if your Snake River plant need watering is to get amoisture meter . This is the one I have . insure the soil once a week and when the plant life meter record DRY you may irrigate .
check that you have a tray or beauty beneath the pot to catch water . Water your Snake River plant until water runs out the bottom . Let it sit and plunge all it can for half an time of day . Then stream off any water entrust in the water tray after that time .
Divide and Propagate
If it looks like your plant is struggle and has take the pot it is in then it may be time to separate it . It is n’t hard to do and I have an entire clause here you could register with a TV that will help you to do that .
The plus is you’re able to propagate the Snake plant divisions to make more . Go here to read all about dividing and propagate snake in the grass plant – sansevieria .
Varieties of Snake Plants
There are so many ophidian plant varieties available that there is sure to be one you really relish . Sansevieria trifasciata is the more common .
Some other interesting specimen are : Sansevieria CylindricaSansevieria ZeylanicaSansevieria Moonshine ( this one is on my list to get)Sansevieria Masoniana
