HOW TO GROW AND MAINTAIN YOUR SNAKE PLANTS

   

 WHY AND HOW TO GROW SNAKE PLANTS IN YOUR HOME GARDEN

THE SNAKE PLANT IS ONE OF THOSE PLANTS KNOWN FOR BOTH LOOKING GOOD AND IMPROVING AIR QUALITY. SANSEVIERIA (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE SNAKE PLANT) IS A VERY TOLERANT PLANT THAT IS HARD TO KILL. IT CAN SURVIVE UNDER LOW LIGHT LEVEL, DROUGHT, BRIGHT ROOM LIGHT AND  GENERALLY BEING IGNORED.

THE GENUS WAS NAMED FOR RAIMONDO-DI SANGRO, PRINCE OF SANSEVERO WAS AN ITALIAN NOBLEMAN AND A FAITHFUL PATRON OF HORTICULTURE IN 18^TH CENTURY. ITS COMMON NAME IS DERIVED FROM THE WAVY STRIPE PATTERN ON ITS LEAVES. SNAKE PLANTS ARE OFTEN USED AS HOME DECOR, AS THEY ARE PLEASING TO THE EYE, EASY TO CARE FOR AND LITTLE WATER TO SURVIVE.THE SNAKE PLANT CLEANS AIR BETTER THAN MOST OTHER INDOOR PLANTS AS IT HAS THE ABILITY TO ABSORB EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CARBON DIOXIDE.

SANSEVIERIAS ARE EVERGREEN PERENNIALS.THE LEAVES ARE STIFF, BROAD AND UPRIGHT, DARK GREEN COLOUR VARIEGATED WITH WHITE AND YELLOW STRIPING. THEIR SWORDS LIKE LEAVES ARE GROWS UP TO APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET LONG EXCEPT SOME DWARF VARIETIES. SNAKE PLANTS ARE FAMOUS FOR THEIR ABILITY TO SURVIVE UNDER MOST UNSUITABLE AND HARSH CONDITIONS. THERE ARE NEAR ABOUT 70 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF SNAKE PLANTS, NATIVE OF AFRICA, MADAGASCAR AND SOUTH ASIA

                        COMMON SPECIES OF SNAKE PLANTS MOSTLY CULTIVATED  

 Sansevieria twist (dwarf type)

Sansiveria twist ( long type)

     Sansevieria  robusta

     Sansevieria patens

Sansevieria cylindrical

 Sansevieria fischeri

   Sansevieria masoniana

                                                                        PROPAGATION

2.THE BEST PROCESS OF PROPAGATION OF SNAKE PLANTS ARE BY SEPARATING OFFSET SHOOTS GROWING BY THE SIDE OF THE MOTHER PLANT.

3. BEFORE SEPARATING, DRY YOUR POTTING MIX AND PULL THE PLANT OUT GENTLY FROM THE POT AND SEPARATE IT.

4. NOW POT THE NEW OFFSET SHOOT IN A NEW CONTAINER

PREPARATION OF POTTING MIX

5.FOR GROWING SNAKE PLANTS, YOU MAY USE CACTUS POTTING  MIX OR MAKE A PREPARATION LIKE 60%SOIL +20% COCO-PEAT+ 10% SAND.

WATERING 

5.IT IS SEMI-SUCCULENT PLANT NEEDS LOW AMOUNT OF WATER AND WELL DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN YOUR POT.

6.SNAKE  PLANTS GROW BETTER IN DRY MOIST CONDITION. 

7.YOU SHOULD WATER THEM TWICE IN A WEEK . 50-70 ML IS ENOUGH  FOR EACH PLANTS.

8. OVER WATERING OR LOGGING WATER IN CONTAINER MAY DAMAGE YOUR PLANT BY ROOT ROT .

LIGHT REQUIREMENT  \  

9.      AS PER FENG- SHUI EXPERT BEST SPOTS ARE SOUTH-EASTERN, SOUTHERN AND EAST CORNER BECAUSE IT WILL BRING PROTECTIVE AND PURIFYING ENERGY TO HOME AND OFFICES.

10.AFTER 1-2 WEEKS, NEW SEEDLINGS GROWS NEW ROOTS INTO NEW POTTING MIX .

FERTILIZER REQUIREMENT

11. AFTER ESTABLISHMENT OF PLANTS YOU SHOULD START TO FEED YOUR PLANTS .

12.FOR VIGOROUS GROWTH OF PLANTS YOU CAN USE ½ TEA SPOON BONE MEAL  ONCE IN A MONTH. 

13. USE 2 gm /lit  WATER SOL. OF  EPSOM SALT IN INTERVAL OF EVERY 6 MONTH.

14. USE NPK(19:19:19) FERTILIZER 2 gm/lit  AS A FLOIAR SPRAY. THIS SPRAY MAINTAINS GOOD TEXTURE OF PLANTS.

15.      AVOID FERTILIZER DURING WINTER SEASON.

REPOTTING 

16.       POT IS OVERCROWDING WITH NEW SEEDLINGS WHEN IT GROWS PROPERLY. 

17. NOW YOU JUST SEPARATE ALL NEW SEEDLINGS AND TRANSFER IT INTO NEW POTS.   

                                                          PEST AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT

15. SNAKE PLANTS ARE PEST FREE PLANTS.

16. LEAVES ARE DAMAGE WHEN IT BECOME  OLD JUST CUT IT WITH SHAP KNIEF.

16. CLEAR ALL DEAD AND DRY LEAF TIME TO TIME. 

17.CLEAN LEAVES WITH MILD WARM WATER AND COTTON CLOTH IN REGULAR INTERVAL.

IMPORTANCE OF SNAKE PLANTS 

               

      THE SNAKE  PLANT CLEANS AND PURIFY AIR BETTER BECAUSE IT HAS THE ABILITY TO ABSORB EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CARBON DIOXIDE  AND OTHER POLLUTANTS LIKE BENZENE  XYLENE, TRI-CHLOROETHYLENE AND FORMALDEHYDE.

      AS PER NASA EXPERIMENT SNAKE PLANTS CAN EMITS OXYGEN AND FILTER CANCER CAUSING TOXIN FROM THE NEAR BY AIR EASILY.

       SNAKE PLANTS CAN CONTROL HUMIDITY OF AIR AND ACT AS AN EFFECTIVE DEFENSE AGAINST AIR BORN ALLERGIES.

       SNAKE PLANTS ARE KEPT IN BED ROOM OR USE AS MOSTLY INDOOR PLANTS BECAUSE IT CAN ABSORB CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE NIGHT.

     AS PER FENG-SHUI EXPERT  IT MAY BRINGS PROTECTIVE AND PURIFYING ENERGY TO THE HOME AND OFFICES.