![]() You’ll get a feel for where the roots are growing, and you can slip your fingers around the roots. Work around the roots using your fingers and gently massage the roots. Keeping the roots intact will ensure a much higher success rate when dividing a plant. Remember that the least amount of root damage is ideal. The goal is to remove as much of the soil as you can to get a feel for what the roots are doing. Start by removing the plant from the pot and massaging the roots. Remove the plant from its pot and massage If the plant is getting too big for its pot, dividing is a great way to bring it back to a reasonable size while still getting more plants in the process. ![]() Propagate snake plants using divisionĭividing a snake plant is the quickest way to get multiple plants. Use cactus soil mixed with standard soil to be sure it drains well. When the new baby roots are about 2 inches long, it’s time to move them into their own home. Be careful and cautious when checking the roots. Putting out the cuttings and planting them again can risk breaking off those new baby roots. With soil propagation, it’s harder to check on the roots than it is with water propagation. Create a little tent with a plastic bag to help keep the moisture in the pot and help that spake plant to hold water until the roots begin to grow. Either way, now the cuttings are in soil and ready to grow. You can allow the cuttings to callous for three to four days, or you can place them in dry soil and wait to water them for three to four days. Allow the cuttings to callous over and plant Put the sections bottom down into a shallow pot. Whole leaf or sections?įrom there, you can cut the leaf into 2-inch sections or leave it as a whole and pot it in the soil. Cut the leaf at its baseĪgain, starting with clean shears, cut the leaf as close to the base as you can get. They also have a high success rate due to the cuttings already being used to soil when they are eventually ready to be potted up. Soil propagation is another easy way to create lots of little snake plant babies. Once the roots of the cuttings are about 2 inches long, it’s now time to plant them in soil so they can grow out their lives and become big and beautiful snake plants. These are tiny roots and are a good sign that your cuttings are healthy and will eventually grow baby plants. Watch and waitĪfter about 21 days or three weeks, you should see small white nubs at the base of the cutting. Roots can take up to three or four months to grow, and sometimes longer, to be ready for soil. Create a little tent with a plastic bag to help keep moisture in the pot and help that spake plant to hold water until the roots begin to grow. Change this water every week to ensure the cuttings have fresh nutrients. When the cuttings have calloused, it’s time to place them into a case or jar of clean water. If this step is skipped, there is a much higher probability that the cutting will simply rot. You need to allow the cuttings to callous over for three to four days before placing them in the water. If they aren’t, they will not grow roots. Just be sure that the bottoms of the leaf sections are going into the water. This is also a great option to ensure you’ll have a successful propagation. You can take the whole leaf and propagate it in the water, or you can chop the leaf into 2- to 3-inch sections to try and grow multiples. Whole leaf or sections?įrom here, there are two options. Now find the leaf you want to cut, follow it down to its base, and cut as close to the soil as you can with cleaned scissors or shears. Snake plants are prone to bacterial rot, so it’s vital to sanitize your scissors or shears. Cut the leaf at its baseīefore you begin, start by cleaning your tools. The plant will get used to being in the water, and then when it has to move to soil, it has a higher probability of failing than a cutting rooted in soil. ![]() However, water propagation can make it harder for the plant to switch back to soil. Water propagation is a fun and easy way to grow your snake plant population. ![]()
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