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Snake plant propagation help....

10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago

Last July my mom got a tiny little baby snake plant from my grandma when she passed away. It is so small that it only has one little stripe on one leaf. Anyways, after 6-7 months it started weeping and dying. I believe that my mom over watered it, she is not very good with plants so I took over. Around February it started getting worse and I had to trim some leaves off it. There was one leaf that still looked healthy but was barely connected to the plant so I cut it and put it in soil. It is still "alive" today with some brown on the tip, but otherwise it is still bright green and healthy looking with a little stripe on it but it is NOT growing roots.

The main plant did not make it, none of the leaves were barely even connected anymore and they were all laying flat so I cut them and let them callus over and then put them in a mixture of peat moss, succulent soil, and pearlite. Due to the size of the original plant and the size of the leaves I know there is not a very good chance of survival, but since I put them in the soil all but one is still green. The original one from February is still looking the healthiest but STILL not growing any roots.

Now, here are my questions....

Do I water them at all? Or do I wait for them to get roots before watering them?

They are in indirect lighting and i only spritz the soil once a week or so because I'm just not sure if I should even water them or not. I'm totally lost and this little snake plant has sentimental value because it was my grandma's plant.

For some reason I am unable to load a picture of it.

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