How To Care For Sansevierias | Houseplant Tips & Tricks

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Plants in today’s display (from left to right):
Sansevieria hahlii
S. kirkii “Coppertone”
S. trifasciata “Black Gold”
S. trifasciata “Hahnii Gold”
S. pinguicula
S. cylindrical “Boncel”
S. ehrenbergii “Samurai”
Sanseveria species (was sold to me as kirkii – I’m not convinced. Let me know if you know!)
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Hi friends welcome to house plant tips and tricks my name is Nick and today we’re going to talk about caring for Saras this series is sponsored by repotme.com get all of your indoor gardening supplies delivered to your door from one place repotme.com has practically everything you need for your

Orchids succulents and house plants including handmade potting mixes Planters fertilizers and much more Saras technically belong to the Dr genus as of recently but for the sake of ease we’re going to refer to them as their former scientific name sansia or by their common name snake plant throughout this

Video they’re pretty easy to care for and are often recommended to beginner indoor gardeners because they tolerate poor care neglect very well but there is so much more to these plants than just that you can see with the plants that I have on display on the table today just

How diverse the Saria group is of course there are more similarities and differences when it comes to this particular genus of plants however those Nuance differences between species are what keeps things so exciting at least for me first and foremost most let’s discuss the lighting requirements for

Saras as in my opinion this is the most misunderstood element of their care if you go online and you look up a list of low light house plants there is no doubt that snake plants are going to be at the top of that list and that’s because they tolerate low light conditions extremely

Well the key word here is tolerate they will survive in low light but that’s about it they won’t grow they won’t Thrive but they will survive if you want to see Vivid growth in your snake plants you’re going to have to place them somewhere where light is ample like a

Bright window still or directly underneath the grow light bright light will ensure that these succulent leaves grow in adequately if a snake plant puts off a leaf in too low of light that leaf is going to be wimpy and stick thin in comparison to the rest of the plant that

Had grown in the correct light conditions back in the nursery where it was grown this is actually something that took me a long time to learn whenever I would bring a snake plant home I would just place it wherever I wanted in my home wherever I thought it

Looked good because I knew that it’s going to survive wherever I put it and look the same at the very least it wasn’t until last year when I moved some of the varieties that I had dancing around the dark corners of my home into a bright window sill and that’s when I

Started to see these plants grow like exponentially which is something I didn’t think snake plants could actually do some of my snake plants were Pencil Thin in those situations this sansia variety that I have over here in particular was one of those but then once I moved into the window sill they

Started Plumping up like no other and these leaves became very very succulent and the plant just looks completely different than it did prior to me putting in the window sill so a very big Learning lesson for me S very is requ so much more light than I originally

Thought and ever since learning that I always try to push my sanses as close to the window as possible unlike most house plants snake plants are going to love being subject to the bright light of like an east or west or possibly even a south facing window even a North facing

Window is going to prove to be much better than the dead center of the room or a dark corner just do be mindful if you are moving a Sansa areia from a lower lay area of the home over to a brightly lit window or underneath the

Grow light you might want to ease it into that situation a quick change in into light that is way too bright could possibly Scorch or burn the leaves if it happens very quickly but if it’s eased in that situation it’s probably going to handle that light very very well so if

You are making a transition like that perhaps put a sheer curtain in front of the window to keep your plant out of the direct sun at first or just put it like 2 or 3 feet away from that bright window to kind of ease it into that lighting

Situation always better safe than sorry all that being said these are still very architectural plants in their appearance and they will have a very large effect on your home aesthetically when styled in the home so if you do have a dark corner in your space and you really want

To put a plant in there a snake plant is still a perfect plant to put there will it grow beautifully absolutely not but it should look basically exactly the same as it did when you purchase it at the nursery possibly even a year down the line and that’s hopefully good

Enough let’s discuss the watering requirements for sanaria next as very succulent house plants you could surmise that these plants are storing a lot of water particularly in their leaves so this translates as a plant that is going to be very drought Toler and would probably prefer its soil to be on the

Drier side and that is true to an extent snake plants in Darker situations just like the large plant that I have on the floor behind me are going to be watered minimally since they won’t be actively growing due to the lack of light we can be decently hands off with these

Particular plants they still need to be watered though I say that because I can’t tell you how many friends I have that looked up plants online and saw that snake plants are low light and drought tolerant house plants so they brought them home and haven’t done anything to them and in

My opinion these plants are garbage perhaps my friend’s Hearts when it comes to plants are a little bit larger than mine so they still hold on to them but some people just take the phrase drought tolerant a little too seriously in my opinion so yes even in the darkest of

Conditions snake plants are still going to want a good drink like at least every 2 or 3 weeks minimum in bright or light conditions however they can be quite thirsty I’ve been shocked sometimes to have to water my Saras like every 3 or 4 days during the growing season

Specifically when they are growing actively in bright light conditions and they’re absorbing the water just so fast like way quicker than I can comprehend of course there are other factors beyond just the amount of light that’s going to affect how quickly your plant processes water so for example a huge one is the

Planter material so unglazed ceramic or terracotta Planters are porous so they’re going to pull moisture out from the soil inside the planter versus glazed ceramic or plastic or metal these are nonporous materials so that moisture is going to stay put so these are going to dry out much faster than these also

The planter size of course a larger planter is going to have more volume so there’s more water to process versus a smaller planter that kind of goes without saying and the soil consistency whatever the soil is made up of can also affect how quickly the plant processes

Water so there are a lot of things to keep in mind there if you’re not watering your snake plants enough they will do a decently good job at telling you with their foliage so their leaves will kind of shrivel and wrinkle up a little bit and if you notice it and you

Catch it in time go ahead and give the plants a good drink it’s going to plump right back up good as new just as it was a couple days ago however if it’s been a few weeks and you’ve really been neglecting your snake plants there is still the possibility that it’s going to

Plump back up and come back to looking as it did before but it’s just going to take a couple of waterings and probably a few weeks so just be a little bit more on top of it and water the plant right when it’s dry and within a few waterings

If it hasn’t been too far gone it should start to plump back up might take some time but it should look good as new within a matter of time and obviously you can see here on the table Saras come in so many different varieties particularly in succulents so there’s

Some really succulent varieties like the starfish one and this baseball bat one right here but there’s also some thinner varieties like the standard trios and one I don’t have on screen the sansia parva is also very thin these thinner varieties are going to want to be watered less often than the thicker

Varieties as these are storing a lot more water in their leaves so during the growing season in bright light conditions I’m probably going to be watering this variety right here like every 5 to 7 days well this one over here I would probably watering every 7

To 10 days maybe pushing like every 14 days or 2 weeks so just assess the foliage but it’s pretty obvious when you have these really absurdly thick Sans of areas versus these pretty standard ones that are just like not even an eighth of an inch thick in their foliage soil

Mixture is another really important element to consider when caring for snake plants as succulents these plants are going to prefer a well draining soil mix to help ward off any excess moisture as if these are sitting in wetness for too long from how thick they are you can probably

Tell that they would rot pretty easily and it’s not going to be pretty if they do I would recommend using a soil mix that’s geared towards cacti and succulents as of course that’s going to be designed with drought tolerant plants in mind the mix that I use is the cactus

And succulent classic mix from apot me.com I will leave this link in the description below and if you click through any of the links that I have in the description and you make any purchases I will earn commissions so you can support a Creator while also purchasing stuff that you probably

Already need and you can use code Nick to save 10% on any potting mix from aot me.com for most varieties of snake plants this soil mix is going to work perfectly right from the bag there’s a really good amount of perlite and pmus already mixed into this mixture as well

As some small stones and that’s all exactly what a sansar is looking for in its soil mixture but if we’re working with some of these thicker varieties like the starfish one or the baseball bat one over there we might consider adding some extra pmus or pay into the

Mixture as well as some Horticultural charcoal especially for working with a glazed ceramic planter as the Horticultural charcoal is going to help keep things clean which is really going to help out the succulent varieties if they’re just sitting in a tad bit of excess moisture that’s just going to

Help keep things as clean as possible and hopefully not put these guys over the edge towards rot you could even consider adding some sand into your soil mixture if that’s what you have on hand as these are often growing in some sandy soil mixtures in their natural habitat

So that would absolutely help and not hurt whatsoever but anything to keep the soil nice and gritty and coarse that is exactly what these sanaria plants are looking for and if you just have a couple of snake plants to gra your home or maybe if keeping a bunch of soil

Amendments like light pomus and charcoal isn’t really up your alley which by the way all of the soil amendments are also available on repotme.com and I will leave those Linked In My description below as well repotme.com has a snake plant Imperial potting mix all ready to go right from the bag with everything

Your Saras need to keep them as happy and healthy as can be as long as you’re using a well draining soil mix you should be in the clear but this is especially true for any snake plants you have growing in true low light conditions they’re also really easy to

Propagate there are a couple of different methods that you can do to go about it but the most tried andrue I would say is by division I have another episode of house plant tips and tricks that is all about propagating by division but essentially you are just

Separating a baby plant from the mother plant and potting that by itself and basically just starting the whole process over again I think it’s a very rewarding process and it’s also a perfect and easy way to share these incredible house plants with friends and family you can also propagate these by

Cutting up their leaves into pieces which is a method that I’ve never found success with so I’m not the one to ask just know you Technic can just to tie up a few loose ends when it comes to Saria care humidity you don’t have to worry about the humidity whatsoever these

Plants can be grown in high humidity low humidity and I don’t think they would show any signs of stress and any type of humidity whatsoever so don’t worry about that and temperature- wise these are extremely easygoing they can handle like as low as like 50° fahit so you don’t

Have to worry about any drafty windows in the winter time which is amazing and in the summertime they can also handle some pretty high heat they can handle upwards to like at least 90° Fahrenheit if not 100° so also a plant that you could consider putting outside in the

Summertime if that floats your boat but honestly this is just like the perfect indoor house plant especially if you have like a minimalist aesthetic or even a maximalist there’s tons of snake plants in existence just get one of each variety and just put them everywhere in

Your home and you know they’re going to look exactly as they did when you bought it at least for a period of time if you have a snake plant for six years in the same spot of course it’s going to try to put off some new growth at some point

And some of those older leaves might die off but within the first year they’re going to look exactly the same I can guarante gue you that truly a very easy plant to grow perfect for beginner indor gardeners it’s just mildly misunderstood at some points of its care but that’s

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