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title: "Hello! My Snake plant (Fred) is growing wild and now his stems are…"
description: "Hello! My Snake plant (Fred) is growing wild and now his stems are like cracking or have like splits and I dont know why. Looking for help, advice, tips ect!…"
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author: "Leah"
published: "2025-04-01T06:39:33.766191Z"
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# Hello! My Snake plant (Fred) is growing wild and now his stems are…

_Posted by Leah on 2025-04-01_

Hello! My Snake plant (Fred) is growing wild and now his stems are like cracking or have like splits and I dont know why. Looking for help, advice, tips ect! Thanks

## 4 comments

### Ivor The Alchemist 🧪 commented on 2025-04-01

I’m almost certain it’s a water/humidity issue I might be wrong though. Could you show a picture of the issue?

#### Leah replied on 2025-04-02

You can see where some of stems are splitting but then healthy new growth too

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gnochIfUoyADCKaIUOlZqN8vOB5JdiwBvAaVTrIfHII/RwxHiEuSQnijAIb3slTHGA.webp?size=large)

#### Leah replied on 2025-04-02

Yes

#### Ivor The Alchemist 🧪 replied on 2025-04-02

Definitely a watering issue if I had to say overwatering

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