How To Grow And Care Snake Plant

 

Growing Snake Plant in your Home garden is very easy. In this Blog you will learn how to care and propagate.  Propagating snake plants is a wonderful way to grow as many new plants as you like. Another reason to grow snake plants is that they are easy to keep alive for longer time. And the last reason to propagate snake plants is to share them with friends and family. This is belongs to succulent family need less water. This succulent plant is very forgiving and perfect for beginners to learn. 

To know end to end how to Grow and Care Snake plant, watch the below video

Where to Keep your plant?
Keep your Snake plants preferable in bright, indirect sun light and can even tolerate some direct sunlight. However, they also grow well in shady corners and other low-light areas of the home.

When to Water Snake Plant?
Snake Plant grow in the heat and are very drought-tolerant. If you wish to boost the life span of the Snake Plant, make sure not to overwater it. In fact, let the soil dry before watering it again. Moreover, water the plant less frequently in the rainy season.

When to feed Fertilizer
For Snake Plant has moderate fertilization needs. apply bio organic compost once a month for better growth

Temperature
Keep the plant in a warm place with the temperatures of above 50°F (10°C). In the winter, be sure to protect it from drafty windows.

Soil and Pot
To grow Snake Plant soil mixture is very important, you have to use Gardening soil of 50%, River sand 25% and Organic compost. Mix all these soils and having Effective Drainage is important for Snake Plant.

Effective Drainage
An excellent soil drainage is crucial to grow Snake Plant. Take a pot make a small hole and fill with a small stone for the effective drainage. Fill the pot with the soil mixture of garden soil, river sand and organic compost. 

How to Grow and propagate Snake Plant

Growing snake plant in your Home garden is very easy, Snake plants can be propagated in soil and water as well. through propagation in water, propagation in soil, propagation by division and propagation from rhizome.

Propagation of Snake plant in soil by Just cut 2 to 3-inch pieces of a leaves. Make sure to plant cuttings facing up, the same direction they were growing

Fill the pot with soil mixture and spay water to keep the soil moisture before planting. Make a small hole and push the bottom part of the stem cutting into the soil. Lightly. spray water to keep moisture after planting.

After three months, you can see Snake Plant cuttings started growing. Add the water before digging out of the stem cuttings from the soil. You can see we have gently started digging out the Leave cutting to see the development of the roots. You can see some small growths or shoots starting from the roots, as well.

You can repot all the well-developed Snake Plant in a new pot to grow an individually.

Another way is Snake plant can also propagate from rhizome. Underground stems can grow into new snake plants with the right conditions.

Snake plant propagation in water. You can cut off healthy leaves and regrow them in water.

Benefits
Snake plant act as air purifiers to improve your home’s air quality. This succulent plant is very forgiving and perfect for beginners.

Diseases
One of the common problem is Root rot due to overwatering. If your found this, remove any dying leaves, and allow the plant to dry out by keeping the plant in Direct sunlight for few days.

When to Re-pot Snake Plant?
Divide and repot in the spring. Cut out a section containing both leaves and roots and place in a pot with well-draining potting mix to grow individual plant

Other Names:
Snake Plant also known as the Dracaena trifasciata, Sansevieria,Dracaena angolensis, Dracaena masoniana, Sansevieria zeylanica, Dracaena pethera,

To know end to end how to Grow and Care Snake plant, watch the below video

How To Care For Your Snake Plant

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