Snake plant inside my room dying
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Dracaena plant dying.. Stem is mushy, rotted from inside out
Comments (1)That's not cool, so sorry! Do you find anything relevant here? Would you be able to add a pic?...See MoreHELP!!! My snake plant is dying
Comments (26)MRJoss, Mine is doing something similar. I brought it home from Calloways about a month ago and left it in a similar light setting to what they had (low) to acclamate to the house. It started as a small brown spot that expanded quickly. The same thing is starting to happen to multiple leaves. I haven't overwatered it or fertilized it. It is very ugly now and too many leaves are effected to remove them and have a substantial plant left. I'm going to try to return it. This bottom of this article refers to the problem: http://www.ourhouseplants.com/plants/sansevieria . All of the other plants purchased at the time are doing great - multiple succulents and cactus, a dracaenas, a pothos, and several ferns....See Moresnake plant keeps dying
Comments (4)I responded to your post over in the Houseplants forum, but then I followed you over here and posted it here as well... Underwatering can be just as detrimental as overwatering. Underwatering and not watering are two different things. I have barely watered mine since bringing it back indoors for the winter, and it hasn't phased it one bit. But when you underwater a plant, then you run the risk of the minute traces of minerals in the water slowly building in the soil up over time, making it more difficult for any plant to efficiently absorb water. Instead of just spraying your plant, I would follow LazyGardens suggestion and thoroughly water your plant and then let it dry out before watering it again. And it's not necessary to water the leaves either, given their somewhat waxy texture. They don't really absorb water water that way. This may be why you're having leaf problems. I don't think that it's from too little light either. To give you an example, I had a leaf that had broken off of my main plant. To test its ability to survive (out of curiosity), I placed it in a drawer and gave it no water or sunlight. To see how long it would live for. It took it roughly eight months before finally showing signs of withering up and dying. For the majority of that time, it looked like a normal, healthy leaf....See MoreCan I save my dying snake plant?
Comments (2)It looks like it rotted from too much water. It's a small plant in a big pot, and it's mid winter and this is a succulent. I don't think this one will make it. My snake plants spend the season outside and may be watered every day, but in the house (in the Winter), I hardy water them at all....See Moreapachekumaran
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