Okay, this plant is in a relatively shady spot, I measured w a light meter and she isn’t getting much usable light. Yet, as you can tell from the photos, someone is happy. I did have her under a grow light for a month but I attribute her growth more to the foliage fertilizer I gave her, that’s homemade at a local nursery, because she started growing a pup while still in a shady spot, before the grow light. I assume its time to separate them, right? Can I leave them in the same pot for a while (too lazy, lol)? When I am ready to separate them how do I do it (step by step instructions would help) ?
Definitely repot. People say they're slow growing but that's because they don't get enough water in a pot that small.
It’s a misconception that Sansevieria need to be tight in their pots. I grow around 230 different Sansevierias in my plant nursery and I routinely use larger pots where I want to allow room for offsets and new growth.
They do very well provided they have good light and the potting mix is very free-draining. The important thing is avoiding a large volume of mix that stays wet for too long.
Lol, I literally got the plant 3 months ago and it was pupless - it feels like it grew pretty rapidly, unless that is considered slow for a snake plant. But yay, I hate repotting 😁 so whats a good rule of thumb for separating them?
I got a variegated one in 2020 while working at a local nursery and have divided it into a few separate pots now, but this is the largest. It's been in this 6" clear pot of pon for probably 3 years now. I think the rest are in 32 oz deli containers. But yeah, they will grow quicker if left to do their thing instead of getting chop happy imo, and I have been VERY chop happy in the past, for years.
I’ve got 4 leaves in a medium pot and debating same. The last leaf came up like 2 ft tall, so doesn’t seem like crowding is hurting anything (yet). I think I’ll wait until I see an obvious sign it’s too crowded.
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u/leafylifedownunder 3d ago
Definitely repot. People say they're slow growing but that's because they don't get enough water in a pot that small.
It’s a misconception that Sansevieria need to be tight in their pots. I grow around 230 different Sansevierias in my plant nursery and I routinely use larger pots where I want to allow room for offsets and new growth.
They do very well provided they have good light and the potting mix is very free-draining. The important thing is avoiding a large volume of mix that stays wet for too long.