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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…

_Geplaatst door Briianna op 2025-04-12_

💭🤔 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?

![Bijlage 1 van 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/9mCJnp19adAOPew2GN3axVVpNUtvxxOe80ritN-s3ZM/d8emrJRJTVuuVYbVABz8SA.webp?size=large)

![Bijlage 2 van 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/9mCJnp19adAOPew2GN3axVVpNUtvxxOe80ritN-s3ZM/PSInNF2NQEiTTQ2maxsesg.webp?size=large)

![Bijlage 3 van 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/9mCJnp19adAOPew2GN3axVVpNUtvxxOe80ritN-s3ZM/_3xw4dPtTMuo81j2R2y_2Q.webp?size=large)

## 11 reacties

### Yolanda reageerde op 2025-04-12

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

### Prissy reageerde op 2025-04-12

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

#### Briianna antwoordde op 2025-04-12

Yeah, I'm thinking I might stake him.

### Nina’s Garden reageerde op 2025-04-12

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

#### Briianna antwoordde op 2025-04-12

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 Garden antwoordde op 2025-04-12

Ok awesome

#### Lynda antwoordde op 2025-04-12

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

### Lynda reageerde op 2025-04-12

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!

![Bijlage 1 van 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ogsS0GJIvWBzx7CvItnCsicGb0YTD2umkWf-CRAbvzU/HEpJtvDtS6-9w3Tqv2huDQ.webp?size=large)

#### Briianna antwoordde op 2025-04-12

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.

#### Lynda antwoordde op 2025-04-12

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.

### DanishGramma reageerde op 2025-04-15

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

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