Calling BS on snake plants growing slowly
When I found her a year ago she had three very sad floppy leaves left, about 7" each. This is her after rehab in the kitchen window, the new spot is already too small and there was a good 2 inches to the top a month ago! The three sad leaves are still short and sad, but I'm still wondering if they put steroids in my latest box of plant food 🤔 #snakeplant #newgrowth #backfromthedead #happyplants #succulentsquad #rescueplants
0ft to light, direct
8” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 week ago
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@CactusAdjacent 😂😂😂 that’s awesome and hilarious!! I have read that snake plants don’t necessarily “thrive” in lower light, they just die slowly. So it makes me happy your plant is doing so well!!
@CactusAdjacent She must really LOVE it there!! I've had mine for about a month. I can't wait until she's as big as yours is! ❤️
@SvelteKingfern It's so weird, one (1) leaf has the distinctive yellow stripe but it's shaped all strange. The others just keep shooting up but are all very thick and strong, idek what she's doing 😂
@Azplantchic I cannot describe my anger when I got out of a 10 day hospital stay to find my mother in law had snipped off every. Single. Tip. For absolutely no reason. Like you said, they stopped growing 🙃 and I'm still bitter about it almost 7 months later 🙄
@CactusAdjacent wow, she’s awesome and such a grower!! I’ve had mine for about 10 months now and they aren’t even close to that size! To be fair, mine was a 4 inch when I got it in April. I repotted it in July and split it into 2 plants. Fernie (the larger one of the two) has grown outward but not taller and Fannie the smaller one has grown upward but not filled in. Ihavent seen anything like the growth you have experienced. You have the magic touch I guess! 😊What kind of plant food are you using if you don’t mind me asking? I’ve been looking for a good one but I’m afraid to try anything others don’t recommend because I’ve had some pretty bad outcomes with maming or killing plants when I go in blindly!
@Shells_Garden I use miracle grow flower food at half strength, because I'm a broke B and got a big box of it for free 😭 it's 15-30-15 and my plants seem to love it, despite none of them actually flowering. But I think the biggest factor is light. Once I moved her into 4-6 hrs direct sunlight is when she really exploded, 2 pups that are already much bigger than the parent and that doubled in size as well.
@SvelteKingfern I didn’t know that! I love snake plants that have thicker leaves, but I have one that I would like to remain thin, so I’ll move that one to less light. 💡
@CactusAdjacent holy cow! That’s great! Everyone says snake plants are slow growing, but they grow very quickly when they want to!
@CactusAdjacent I love your answer! Anyone who has a plant addition is a broke B including me! 🤣 thank you. I’ve actually also been using the Miracle grow. I buy the single packets 24-8-16 and add one to a gallon of filtered water and then dilute again to half strength. I know that most people don’t recommend miracle grow products. I myself am not a fan of their soil so I don’t use any of their other products. Having said that, their plant food seems to be the only one so far that hasn’t killed or damaged any of my plants. I guess I will stick to what I’m doing for now and I’ll move my snake plants into more sunlight! Thanks again for sharing and answering my question. Can’t wait to see what your girl is going to look like when the growing season comes around again in a few months! She’ll be enormous!!!
@cereal If I'm being totally honest, she's just super well suited to my locale and all I really have to do is remember to water her regularly. I CAN say that they want all the sun you can give them, don't like the cold, do like humidity (in moderation- I live in the desert so my normal humidity is 5-30% and all my plants appreciate not being constantly parched), mine also gets a light (half strength) feeding every other water. Some people swear against fertilizer for succulents and that may very well be true, but my personal experience has been good. All I know for sure is, find the sunniest spot you can and you'll have a happy snake plant 🥰
@CactusAdjacent Thank you for the advice! I just got my snake plant a few months ago and it started to look a little unhappy (seemingly not enough light,) so hopefully it’ll thrive in its new sunny spot i moved it to thanks to you! I’ll look into fertilizer aswell, I saw Miracle Grow mentioned here so I’ll keep that name in mind 😁
@CactusAdjacent OMG. 😳 that would upset me too. If my kids did that I would be frustrated but I would explain to them why not to do it. They have taken scissors to my plants before. It’s been minor stuff. I think they have learned. But it’s surprising for an adult….. I can only imagine the reasoning. 😵💫 probably someone who doesn’t know much about plants? Thought they were helping?
Thank you @nellz4estfairyz 🤗 That photo was taken some time back. Those Snake Plant flowers have turned into fruit now.
@TheOddAsity you got that right. Any plant that doesn’t receive some light will slowly die. There really is no such thing as low light plants. Especially when we stick them in a dark corner and they are unable to undergo photosynthesis.“no light plants =S-l-o-w death”.😢
Okay this is awesome! I have so many questions. How often do you feed your snake plant. I have had mine for over a year now and it hasn’t really grown that much. I put it in a smaller pot and it seemed to like that but now it’s just growing slow again. What’s plant food do you use? I also tried putting it outside during the summer and it burnt if of the leaves. 😅
@CactusAdjacent I was always under the impression that they are low light tolerant but thrive under indirect light/sunlight.
@BelovedSourwood I think it's mostly my locale tbh, I live in the Arizona desert and have an awesome picture window that lets in a LOT of light even in the winter. I use MiracleGro flower food for all my plants because I'm poor and got it for free 🥲 Ke$ha really took off with 4-6 hours direct sunlight in the kitchen window, so I'm speculating it's part light, part humidity but honestly I'm not sure what I'm doing to make her so happy 😅
@Ms.Persnickety Yes and no, as long as the indirect light is really bright they'll do Ok but really enjoy a few hours of full sun. Putting them in low light is basically killing them VERY slowly.
@Ms.Persnickety Yes and no, as long as the indirect light is really bright they'll do Ok but really enjoy a few hours of full sun. Putting them in low light is basically killing them VERY slowly.