Hello Friends, Today will look into a common ornamental house plant � the SAnsevieria
or the Snake plant. We will learn on the How to care Sansevieria plant and finally show
you How to propagate Sansevieria from leaf cuttings and also Rhizome Divisions. That�s
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Sansevieria is a succulent plant with about 70 species and often included in the Dracaena
family. Common names of sanseveria include mother-in-law's tongue, devil's tongue, jinn's
tongue, bow string hemp, snake plant and snake tongue. This is perhaps because of its shape
like a long tongue or snake like long leaves and might also be because it�s a poisonous
plant like mother in laws tongue. The most attractive part of the snake plant
is its foliage, that is leaves. And based on the leaf morphology they are classified
into different species. Sansevieria trifasciata and its variant 'Laurentii'
is the commonly grown ornamental plant in home gardens and indoors. This is a NASA recommended
air purifying plant and purifies air by removing some toxins such as formaldehyde, xylene,
and others and one more thing to remember is its leaves are poisonous on oral ingestion.
So keep it away from your kids. Now will look into Care Tips for Sansaveria
plant and then Propagation of sansevieria plant: Sansevierias thrive with minimal care
and live for many years, and they are almost indestructible and drought tolerant plants.
Sansevierias are suitable for planting outdoors as well as indoors in bright light and warmth.
1. Sunlight: They need moderately bright and indirect sunlight. They can tolerate low light,
but for best results indoors keep it near a window.
2. Watering: Allow the soil to dry completely before watering, and then water deeply until
water drips through the drainage hole. Its roughly once or twice a week depending on
your zone and season. 3. Temperature: They tolerate wide range of
temperatures from 15 to 45 degree centigrade, but die below 10 degrees.
4. Fertilizer: Donot over fertilize this plant. You can use general purpose NPK 20 20 20 or
some cowdung powder on the top soil once a month. You can also dissolve some 5 - 6 crystals
of NPK in 500 ml of water and offer to the plant once a month in a 10 inch pot.
5. Repotting: This is usually done only when the roots are bound or when you see the roots
coming out of the drainage holes. Now Will look into Propagation of Snake Plant:
Sansevieria can be propagated by seeds, leaf cutting, and division of the root ball and
rhizome. Seeds are rarely used because they are slow to grow plants and can be grown faster
from cuttings and rhizome divisions. 1. If you want the exact replica of the plant
without variations, rhizome division is the best method to multiply snake plants. It happens
by nature and it gives rise to small pups from the base. You can separate these and
grow as independent plants. 2. You can also grow Sansevieria from Leaf
Cuttings. It�s not as easy to do this, but one hack or tip here in this method, can make
you successful. THREE THINGS YOUR SHOULD CAREFULLY DO HERE ARE:
3. First make sure your knife or cutting tool is very clean and sharp, you can use spirit
or hydrogen peroxide or even an antiseptic like Dettol from your home first aid kit to
wipe the cutting tool. 4. Then secondly Make multiple pieces of about
1 to 2 inches and make sure you note the direction of the leaf upwards by making a mark on the
cuttings, otherwise your cuttings will fail to root.
5. Thirdly important tip here is, you leave the cuttings to dry and heal, that is form
a scab or callous for about 1 to 2 days and then insert them into a well draining soil.
This way you can increase your changes of rooting. No need of any rooting hormone for
this.
6. But this may not give 100 percent results, but actually its fun to do this. Do try this
and let me know your results in the comments section below this video. Also you can try
experimenting with Aspirin solution, Aloe vera gel, cinnamon, etc and please share your
results with us. I will update you on this at my Instagram page. You can also watch a
very nice video on this propagation method with results by Dr.Suraj Prakash Agarwals
channel. You can check the link from the card on top right corner of this video.
So, there we have it folks. That was our video on snake plant and its care plus propagation.
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