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Cassie

Hey everyone, just got this beautiful snake plant, not sure when it was last watered or potted. Would it be ok to repot in a different soil and water? Also any tips on how to maintain want to see her thrive. Thank you 😊

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  1. Waspinator

    The soil looks dry enough that I'd water it. The pot size seems fine but you might repot just to check for anything weird like store packing materials

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  2. Zack

    I’d recommend checking the roots—sometimes you can catch early signs of root rot or other issues. It’s also a good idea to keep new plants separate from your others for a while in case they have pests. I’ve got a little 2 weeks quarantine corner. I usually wait a few weeks before repotting to let the plant adjust to its new environment. My snake plant has never seemed stressed from repotting, but it’s still a good habit to wait. Snake plants are usually very easy going! Hope that helps :)

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  3. 9s

    Snakes are prob one of the hardiest plants. You can definitely repot whenever you want (I do it lol). Keep it fairly dry but when you water, imagine a desert - it’s drought then it torrentially pours, so just make sure you thoroughly wet the soil when you water it

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  4. Adrian

    I’ve recently rescued 3 snake plants from box stores and repotted them, and none of them went through shock from the repot. Here’s what I did: 1 . I removed all of the old soil by running it under my sink with room temperature water. Now, this was because they were all in mixed succulent planters and left outside, and I rescued them from the clearance section of a Lowe’s Garden Center, so it was sitting in a lot of excess, not well-draining soil and I wanted to remove any old soil and see how the roots looked. You don’t have to do this if you got yours from a nice nursery or found it was in good soil beforehand. 2. I gently patted the roots and bottom of the leaves dry, and they looked healthy, but I sprayed some hydrogen peroxide on the roots to kill any lingering bacteria from the soil it was in, cause one of the plants in the container I rescued it from did have rot. If the peroxide starts making a sizzling sound, that’s because there is something lingering ln the plant to kill. This is also optional. 3. This might be your first step for your case. I patted the roots dry after the peroxide treatment, then sprinkled some Bonide’s rooting hormone powder on the roots. This helps with root development and transplant/repot shock. I do this anytime I’m doing serious repots where I had to remove all of the previous rescues, repotting plants more prone to shock, find a plant doesn’t have much of an established root system, or I’m propagating cuttings from a plant and want to speed up the root development process. 4. Repot it in something around 1-2 inches larger than the diameter/width of the plant’s root ball. Make sure the pot has drainage holes and isn’t a glazed ceramic pot that will retain extra moisture that this plant doesn’t need. I’d opt for something plastic with lots of drainage holes, or a terra cotta pot with at least one large drainage hole.

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    • Adrian

      5. I’m noticing the very large white pieces in your current mix of soil in the photo, and would like to ask if those are styrofoam packing peanuts, or some type of rock. If they are packing peanuts, I would personally remove them from the mix and replace them with perlite, orchid bark, or another well-draining additive. I used Espoma’s Organic Cactus and Succulent soil for my snake plants, and didn’t need to add anything extra to the mix. Any other well-draining cactus mix (anything other than Miracle Grow brand) should do just fine. 6. When repotting, make sure you’re only filling it up to the point that it covers all the roots, but you’re not getting a bunch of soil between the leaves of the plant. The leaves and crown of this plant doesn’t like getting wet, and can quickly rot if they do. I clean anything up with a paint brush to get between the leaves gently without risk of damaging the leaves to get any excess soil out after repotting. 7. Last thing. Watering: I used a bamboo/barbecue skewer to test when the soil is dry enough to water. The fun thing about snake plants is that they thrive on neglect. For a snake plant your size, I would wait at least 30 days, then stick a skewer all the way to the bottom of the skewer, and pull it out. If the skewer comes out clean and dry, without nothing sticking to it, it should be safe to water. If the soil sticks to it, wait at least 2 days, then test again. Don’t be scared to neglect this plant. Some snake plants can wait 60-90 days before watering, especially once they mature. 8. The easiest way to water it without risk of getting the leaves or crown wet is the bottom-water it. By that, I mean to place it in a bowl/container with water for 10-20 minutes, then take it out to drain in a sink or over a terra cotta saucer. This will allow the plant to get water directly to the roots, and it’s kinda fun to watch how fast the water goes down with a thirsty plant. 9. Last thing; I promise. While these are touted as low-light plants, they enjoy at least 6-8 hours of sunlight too, so if you have a nice bright spot to sit it, put it there. It will grow a lot faster in brighter light. If you don’t have somewhere too bright to put it, say somewhere that only gets 4-6 hours of sun, that works just fine for this plant too.

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    • Cassie

      Thank you so much for your help 🫶🏽

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    • Adrian

      No problem! Good luck with the snake plant! 🌱

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  5. Cassie

    Would you guys say these roots are good?

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