Snake Plant Rooting
Hey #Greggers ! Hope y’all had a great start of the week! I need your advice on a family member’s Snake Plant that needs some extra care. It barely has any roots left (not sure what happened) but as I only have one snake plant myself, I’m not sure what the best way to go about this. When we took it out of it’s pot on Friday, it looked pretty sad. There’s nothing mushy on it at all and no evidence of pests. I decided to just put it in a bud vase in a small amount of water to try to get more roots going. Today I can see one new white root starting to come out. Yay! But still wanted opinions and suggestions as to if there’s a better way to go about this. I’m wondering if I should add a VERY diluted fertilizer to the water now or wait a bit? That is working well with my Money Tree, but of course that’s a different plant. TIA
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I’d definitely do a hydroponic fertilizer. I’ve had to cut all of the roots off of a plant before and try to grow new ones hydroponically and was very successful with using diluted fertilizer constantly. Every time you change the water, give it fresh diluted fertilizer and it should give you great results! I use a 20-20-20 NPK fertilizer and it works beautifully! It’s 1/4 teaspoon to 1 gallon of water.
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@PlantSuccer I do! One of the plants I grew like this I saved from root rot by cutting off all roots, using a rooting hormone and then I placed them in a hydroponic solution of water+diluted fertilizer. They now have new roots and are about to be transferred to soil!
@PlantSuccer I use this cheap one! It isn’t meant for water props, but I’ve had amazing success with it using it that way. I mix the rooting hormone with cinnamon, dip the tip of the cutting or plant stem in it, and put it in water with fertilizer. The water will look chalky but that’s okay, I change it after 2-3 days.
@ComicSoftbrome Hi! This is such a bad pic on my part. 🤦🏼♀️ The water is barely touching the bottom of the stem. I’d update it except I’m not a their house anymore. 😂 I laugh now, but at that moment I was very stressed out about stuff life throws at us. 🙄 Glad that’s over… for the moment at least! 😂
@FenHaven_J cinnamon has antibacterial qualities and can prevent the cuttings from getting mold or mildew. It is also a natural rooting hormone in that it stimulates root growth. You can even sprinkle it on top of your plants soil before you water so it can get into the soil. It can help keep pests away and is very beneficial to plants! I use it on all of my plants’ roots during a repot, as well as a soil topper.
I am also trying to rescue a snake plant in water. I got similar advice, but also a reminder that snake plants GROW SLOW. So be patient with your plant. My has been in water for a month and has some very believable nubs coming in, but nothing I would call a root ball yet. Good luck!