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SnakePlant
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I have been growing snake plants in my apartment since a few years. I found them very hardy, so a few months back I bought a few more. But unfortunately since about three months, I am noticing that they are having difficult time. Every month, one or two leaves become soft like jelly at the base and slowly fall apart. It is very sad to see them dying like that. I have tried changing light condition, giving excess water or keeping them without water for long. Non helped. rather I found less water was more harmful. Can any one suggest how can I help them ?
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I've been growing these plants in my home in the UK for over 50 years.
I find they need really bright light conditions but avoiding scorching sunlight. I give mine very little water in the winter ... perhaps one teacup full per 6 to 8 weeks.
In the summer I put mine outside for a few weeks and water them once a week if they've not been rained on and the compost is dry. Then they come back indoors and get much less water. I hardly ever feed them ... perhaps a little Baby Bio for foliage plants once a year.
I find they are happiest when they are very crowded in the pot. I don't divide them or pot them on until they are nearly bursting out of the pot. This is one of mine
My first thought with yours is that it has too little light and too much water.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I grow mine in a 90% granite chipping mix in full sunshine all summer ; very free draining . These plants are tolerant of prolonged dry spells . Rather than being tall , mine has multiplied into a very tough-leaved shorter form .
Plants grown 'hard' like this can tolerate more adverse conditions than a 'soft-grown' counterpart .
It sounds as if all your plants are rotting. Stop watering the Snakeplants and do not spray them. They will hate it. Keep them dry for most of the year.
What other sorts of plants are looking unhappy? If plants are dying at the bottom if sounds as if their roots are drowning and rotting.
Pothos should be kept fairly dryish.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Not my quotation !!
I know 'excess water' is a common diagnosis for plant troubles so I first did an experiment for a few weeks. I literally stopped or reduced watering to a great extent. Most of the plants started showing signs of trouble. Pothos leaves started turning yellow. Lady Palm leaves started turning dry and black, Rubber plant leaves started falling. But at the same time this rotting from the bottom also existed, especially with Pothos, snake plants etc. All these extremely contradictory symptoms are making me very confused.
Yes I know, That is what I wrote but I do not know how it shows as a part of your quote and from some where a bunch of lines cropped up !
Hmmm ... if the roots have already rotted it may be too late for remedial action. It might be time to start again.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
No, things are NOT so bad. The problem is, I am not able to figure out where the real problem is. More water or less water ? Less Light ? Some infection ?
Sometimes they grow fine but sometimes they just die off. Where is the problem, I am not able to figure out. I have a very old Spider plant. If you notice, most of the plants that I have are usually suitable for growing in an apartment. It often has tiny shoots (baby spider plants) with roots growing out. Every time, I used to grow it in water, it grew sort of well but slow. But every time I transferred it from water to soil it died off.