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title: "💭🤔 Thoughts? - My snake plant, Shoeshine, is getting so big, so…"
description: "💭🤔 Thoughts? - My snake plant, Shoeshine, is getting so big, so fast! Should I let him grow wild or use some stakes to straighten him out?"
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# 💭🤔 Thoughts? - My snake plant, Shoeshine, is getting so big, so…

_Briianna님이 2025-04-12에 게시함_

💭🤔 Thoughts? - My snake plant, Shoeshine, is getting so big, so fast! Should I let him grow wild or use some stakes to straighten him out?

![3개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/9mCJnp19adAOPew2GN3axVVpNUtvxxOe80ritN-s3ZM/d8emrJRJTVuuVYbVABz8SA.webp?size=large)

![3개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/9mCJnp19adAOPew2GN3axVVpNUtvxxOe80ritN-s3ZM/PSInNF2NQEiTTQ2maxsesg.webp?size=large)

![3개 중 3번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/9mCJnp19adAOPew2GN3axVVpNUtvxxOe80ritN-s3ZM/_3xw4dPtTMuo81j2R2y_2Q.webp?size=large)

## 11개의 댓글

### Yolanda님이 2025-04-12에 댓글을 남겼어요.

It’s really your preference on how you want it to look. I personally would stake mine just to keep the straight up look

### Prissy님이 2025-04-12에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Personally, I would stake it just because it takes up less space like that and it makes it look more tidy.

#### Briianna님이 2025-04-12에 답변했습니다.

Yeah, I'm thinking I might stake him.

### Nina’s Garden님이 2025-04-12에 댓글을 남겼어요.

How do you get yours to grow! Mine is still so small

#### Briianna님이 2025-04-12에 답변했습니다.

I honestly don't know 😂 Believe it or not, I bought him at a Mexican grocery store a while back 😮 I just make sure to water him when Planta says to and talk to him everyday 🥰 about a month ago I moved him from one part of the house to another and I think he likes it better 🥳

#### Nina’s Garden님이 2025-04-12에 답변했습니다.

Ok awesome

#### Lynda님이 2025-04-12에 답변했습니다.

What kind of light is it in, and what kind of fertilizer do you use? TIA!

### Lynda님이 2025-04-12에 댓글을 남겼어요.

My snake plant was growing some really wonky looking leaves; they were sticking out at odd angles, and I didn’t like the look of it. So I took some clear plastic stakes, and sort of remodeled it. I’m much happier with this look, rather than the wonky look from before, but this is just my opinion. Good luck!

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ogsS0GJIvWBzx7CvItnCsicGb0YTD2umkWf-CRAbvzU/HEpJtvDtS6-9w3Tqv2huDQ.webp?size=large)

#### Briianna님이 2025-04-12에 답변했습니다.

Ooo I like the clear stake idea! I think I'll try that! And to answer your other comment, I haven't fertilized him yet. The spot he's in is a part shade area of the house.

#### Lynda님이 2025-04-12에 답변했습니다.

Definitely go for the fertilizer! I’ve had this plant for years, and had never fertilized it in the past. However, with the help of Planta, I started fertilizing it and, you wouldn’t believe it, all of the pretty variagation starting showing up instead of full green leaves… so pretty! I never realized that fertilizing could make such a difference to my plain Jane snake plant.

### DanishGramma님이 2025-04-15에 댓글을 남겼어요.

It needs more light than it’s getting. That’s the sign of a problem ☹️

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