Move it to a bigger container. The cactus is bursting out of its too small pot also.

I don't put house plants outside because of things like the wind blowing your snake plant over. Never mind all of the guests they can come back in with.

Wow, that is about the thickest pot of sans I have ever seen. Seems like you wold be left with some ugly stumps if you chop off those leaves. Just my 2 cents worth, I would pull the whole thing out of the pot and carefully separate the part you want to get rid of and then pot up both parts separately. It will still be huge. A bigger pot would be great too.

barbmock is right about stumps- the leaves will not regenerate, new growth will appear from the base but the stump will always be a stump.

Thanks very much for the suggestions.

My plan will be to get a much bigger pot (any suggestions about where to get some plastic ones?). Then I will remove the current root ball and slice out the part that has fallen over (I consulted the thread about how to cut them into pieces and repot them).

Is there any way to include the section that has fallen over in the new pot, hoping that it might straighten up again?

As you can tell, the bigger the better in my view.

have you tried Lowes?

It depends, is the leaf kinked or just bent?

Show us a picture when you get it all repotted. I think you can straighten the bent part.

Great plant !! Like you, I love large plants, so I understand your doubts perfectly, but the leaves will not regenerate. I,m waiting for young offspring with you, they will surely appear quickly. I'm curious how repotting will succeed :)

I too love large plants and those are huge! I was just at lowes and Home Depot,I found pots (plastic and clay) up to 23 inches across if that helps. In fact I am going back to pick up one of them but just can't decide on which one to get.

The pot I've got is 2' across, so I'll have to scour the net.

Leaves are simply bent; however, it does not seem likely that they will straighten up with repotting, so perhaps the best thing to do is abandon the bent part, repot in a bigger pot, and move forward.

The interesting part is getting this beast in the house, down the stairs in the basement in the fall. A buddy and I have to essentially make a stretcher out of a tarp to move it.

Lowes sells plastic "half whiskey barrels", I don't think they're anywhere near equal to the real thing but I believe they're wider than a 24" pot.

Many, many thanks for all the comments and suggestions.

The consensus advice was to split up the sans, and repot. I did this, and then adopted the suggestion to tie up the leaves and see if it will straighten up. I'm pretty sure they will regenerate; these plants are durable.

See pics below:

Looks good. Just to remind you to not water for a while due to rot setting in the cut areas. Keep shaded to protect from dehydration. In a week or so, re-introduce them back to where you want them.

Could have used green yarn and a few more sticks. But looks good the way it is.

Remember to show us a picture next year.

How much sun does it usually get?

All day sun. It seems to like to bake.

I just repotted a big planter of sans the other day. What i did was separate all the rhizomes, raked all the old soil out, and tore off the outermost 3 leaves of each plant. That left only the newest, most vibrant leaves remailing on each plant. After repotting, there is a bit more room in the planter! I think if you disturb or prune roots, reducing the foliage accordingly keeps a good energy balance in the plant and speeds recovery. Plus the plants look better sporting only fresh growth.

Matt Barnett, They look beautiful. Great job

Wow Matt that looks great!

A lot more scientific than my effort. Looks great.

Looks good Matt. You know you will have to do it again next year or most defiantly the following year. Those leaves if rooted will loose it's variegation. The leaves you cut off looks pretty good. I couldn't bring myself to do that. You are right that it helps the plant to recover from the shock of transplanting. A cool dark place for a month will help out as well.

I know I'll have to do it again next season, and will probably have to give away a mess of pups. I was barely able to shoehorn the plants that were there back into the planter after I stripped them down. That planter started with 3 pups I rescued from a friend 2 years ago, and I think they like Florida weather and a bright spot on my lanai, because they were minutes away from splitting the planter open.