The snake plant is one of these plants I didn't get at first. I didn't understand what people see in it compared to a calathea. But once I discovered there are so many beautiful varieties I found myself in a room full of snake plants and there are many to come.
Here's my Sansevieria Collection that includes a Masoniana, Diamond Flame, Laurenti (+compacta), and a Zeylanica, and what are my care tips for those.
How do I care for my Snake Plant collection?
- I water them every other watering day but not overwatering them. Just to make sure the soil is not wet. In my case, the Snake Plants do better and the leaves look healthier when watering the plants more often even in winter
- I give them lots of indirect sunlight. Yes, you have heard it right. During summer my Laurenti stayed outside and it thrived, the new growths became yellowish and the plant itself looked much happier there
- I fertilize my Snake plants about once in two weeks even during winter tho I cut the dose twice in winter
I know most plant parents claim a Snake Plant has to be watered once a month or so but mine do better when I water them more often. The same with sunlight. Yes, a Sansevieria is a low-light tolerate plant but it would not grow as fast if you don't give it enough sunlight + the leaves would look sad and wrinkled.
I have two Zeylanica pots and you can see the bigger one looks different because I believe it stayed under low-light conditions and the second plant had more lighting. I'll probably repot the two in one pot to have a big plant. I got the big one with wrinkled leaves and after watering it a bit more often I see how better the leaves become.
The Cylindrica was a bit challenging to put together. I repotted it three times (the last after this video) and only after the last try it looks the cutest.
The Masoniana and Diamond Flame were bought with no roots and I just potted them into the soil 6 months back, no change so far but also didn't die which is good for both of them.
You can also see a little Layrenti Compacta that looks like a mini-version of the big Laurenti, it's really cute, and I love it.
Occasionally I also make them into a shower, I think they like it too.
So this is it about my care tips. Not much but to me, plants take it much better when doing what I described before.