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Rhona

My husband and I got some snake plants a couple months ago. I honestly didn’t have it in good lighting. I kept watering them and did not think about the lack of sun. We noticed that some of the leaves were soggy and bent over. So we knew right away to get them into some sunlight and stop watering them. we did separate them into terra-cotta pots and let them dry out. We have put them into some sun and it seems like there are now white sections on the leaves. How can we recover the plants, are they already gone, should we cut off the white,or just let them be? Thank you for your help and responses to this.

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  1. Lindsay in PA

    I have one and it’s new but I know these can pretty much be forgotten about an thrive. Mine is in my office at work and there are zero windows. They do well without natural light. I’d say stop watering at often and let the soil dry out.

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  2. Saarah Aamilah

    What kind of lighting is it in right now? If it’s in direct light it may be getting burnt and dealing with shock from going to no light to direct and new pots. But I do think that putting them into terracotta was a good move. I haven’t owned any snake plants so I can’t be certain this is the issue, and I’m sure someone with more experience might have a better idea! But that’s the one thing that comes to mind!

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    • William

      Yeah I have a few snake plants and I agree it’s probably shock from being put directly into direct sun and just know some snake plants can’t be in direct sunlight (from experience/mistakes) but this one looks like one I have that gets 30 mins to an hour of direct sunlight a day and is thriving so depending on how long it’s been in direct sunlight you can move it out so it doesn’t get burnt any more or leave it if it’s been a few days and it’ll recover

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  3. Veronica

    I have a snake plant and I’ve never had this issue but I’ve never heard of plants regaining their color once they change like this. The good news is that you can just cut off the bad looking parts and let the plant do it’s thing. What you have on the leaves right now is probably a combination of overwatering and a lot of direct sunlight (lots of water in the leaves makes it more sensitive to sunburn). I’d put the plant somewhere where it still gets light but (maybe not so close to a window) and cut the bad parts off, then see how it reacts. When I got my snake plant I was told to only water it once a month but even if you miss a watering, you’ll be able to tell it needs water when the leaves really start to twist. I’ve gone months without watering mine before simply because it’s so easy to overwater them; it’s better to let these ones tell you when they need a drink. I’ve got mine sitting about 5 feet from an east facing window and it is doing great, so maybe if you have a spot like that in your home you could try that. Hope this helps a bit!

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  4. Rhona

    Thank you guys all for the information. I have moved them out of myself facing window, I have cut off some of the bad parts, and I will water them when I see them being twisted.

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  5. Nicole

    You can cut off the bad leaves and u can propagate them again. Creating new plants . Check out how to propagate snake plants and you can save some of the leaves before you throw them out.

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