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Sansevieria
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Sansevieria trifasciata?

12 years ago

I bought this plant at Wal-Mart and the tag only says that it is Sansevieria trifasciata. I seen another one at Lowes that had the same tag, but did not have the margin and had more variegation. Could they be the same variety and one just be more mature than the other? Also, would it be better to repot this in a wider and more shallow pot using the 5:1:1 gritty mix, if I wanted to help it produce more offspring?

Devon

This post was edited by smithstudios71 on Mon, Nov 25, 13 at 15:13

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  • 11 years ago

    Because Sans love heat- lots of it. As an experiment, I tried heating the roots of just one of my plants and it immediately began growing like mad (in the fall). I have since tried warming multiple plants, and the result is the same with all of them. Hot Sans grow and pup like crazy all winter long. Heat is more important than photoperiod in determining Sans growing seasons. I haven't determined just how much heat is optimal, but keeping most of the root ball around 90-100 degrees produces rapid growth in mine, even when leaves are only about 55-70 degrees or even.cooler. At that temperature, the potting medium dries very fast, so I also have to water them regularly all winter. That's very different from the growing techniques most people on GardenWeb use. Most people here will advise you to stop watering in the winter because the plant is dormant and will rot. I think that's good advice for people whose whose plants are kept cool all winter, but warming the roots changes everything.

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