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Bare root sans, help please

8 years ago

I have some bare root sans that are going to be delivered today. Everything I need to pot them up will not be here until Friday.

I can either temporarily plant them into potting mix or keep the root area wrapped with damp paper towels, or follow other suggestions from y'all. What should I do?

Comments (14)

  • 8 years ago

    Manuel is correct. They can wait two days. I don't suggest temporarily potting them and then REPOTTING them. That's a lot of stress for a plant. You might want to use a little rooting hormone when you do pot. They should be fine.

    lucillle thanked robinswfl
  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Thank you, I did not do anything, just left them unwrapped and everything has arrived so they will get planted tomorrow morning. I'm excited. I have the pots set up with stakes as some of the plants are almost 3 feet tall. The stakes are only two feet but still it will help to have them tied to something vertical while they are growing new roots.

    I have rooting hormone and Superthrive, will use both to get them off to a good start.

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Rooting hormone is simply not necessary (sorry Robin). I tried Superthrive years ago & found it did nothing for me other than waste my money.


    These plants are almost indestructible. Unless one overwaters them, they'll grow in almost any mix & in most circumstances, they are extremely rugged.

    Just wait a couple of days after potting up to water, it helps protect the roots while they get established. Have fun.

    lucillle thanked Karen S. (7b, NYC)
  • 8 years ago

    I appreciate everyone's input, I am going ahead and using the rooting hormone and Superthrive. Superthrive is one of those products where people have strong opinions but where few have actually done experiments complete with controls, so my take on it is that if one has it it is fine to go ahead and use it.

  • 8 years ago

    I don't even know what Superthrive is. I buy a powdered root hormone at my local nursery for $5.00, a name I have never heard of before -- and a jar lasts a loooooong time because I just dust it on lightly. It has worked well for me. I grow weary sometimes of the arrogance and snottiness of people here -- QUICK to say that what other people suggest and offer is useless and a waste. Planting and growing is an individual hobby, not a group project. What works for me may not work for someone else. I wish you good luck and success in repotting your new Sans, whatever methods you use. Like everyone, you will develop your own methodologies that work best.

    lucillle thanked robinswfl
  • 8 years ago

    Robin I lightly dusted the roots with my powdered root hormone just before planting. I did appreciate the suggestion.

    I put 2 plants per pot, so I have 11 pots of sans. Waiting on the rest of the cachepots (they are not really cachepots since there is one drain hole but that is what I'm using them as.)

  • 8 years ago

    I think I killed more plants by over caring for them. Root hormone is okay to use to prevent rot and fungus. If dried roots planted they can do well with out. But safer then sorry. I would watch other fertilizers. More harm than good. In a well growing plant, a little is good. Newly planted plants don't need food right now. It needs to develop it's root system. I never heard of Superthrive, so it may be great but unknown to me. Let us know how it works out for you. Before pictures and later pictures. That's how we learn from each other.

    lucillle thanked Stush2049 Pitts. PA, zone 6
  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago



    Here is the 'before' of the newly potted sans. 'After' to be posted in maybe 6 months.

  • 8 years ago

    From what I see, Your plant came from a large well growing clump. Cut up and separated. Your new growth will not get close to the size of those leaves. In time with good care they will get that tall again. So don't be disappointed with smaller new growth. Looks to be Sansevieria trifasciata Laurentii. My first snake plant 50 or more years ago.

    lucillle thanked Stush2049 Pitts. PA, zone 6
  • 8 years ago

    Why do some of the leaves have yellow stripes and others do not?

  • 8 years ago

    It looked like one didn't have the yellow markings. If that's the case, it will not get them. It is the basic San. trifasciata. This is what you get from rooted stem cuttings.

    lucillle thanked Stush2049 Pitts. PA, zone 6
  • 8 years ago

    In each of the pots I tried to plant one striped one and one non striped one. If they do well and have pups the pups will look like the parent since these are all rooted plants and not cuttings?

  • 8 years ago

    You are correct.

    lucillle thanked Stush2049 Pitts. PA, zone 6
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