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title: "Hey all! I have a question about snake plants. Do they…"
description: "Hey all! I have a question about snake plants. Do they photosynthesize on both sides of the leaf, or just the “front”? *pics in comments"
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# Hey all! I have a question about snake plants. Do they…

_Geplaatst door NicTheBucket op 2025-01-16_

Hey all! I have a question about snake plants. Do they photosynthesize on both sides of the leaf, or just the “front”?  
\*pics in comments

## 9 reacties

### budthegoat28 reageerde op 2025-01-16

can i c a pic of the plant

#### NicTheBucket antwoordde op 2025-01-16

I’m potting up my propagations.  
Front ⬇️

![Bijlage 1 van 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/AcDnoCvXub34DsoqNY5AcFDVDLX2aaRl38SHclEzZAw/m9B7AbGZRhGVnM52F8xIPg.webp?size=large)

#### NicTheBucket antwoordde op 2025-01-16

Back ⬇️

![Bijlage 1 van 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/AcDnoCvXub34DsoqNY5AcFDVDLX2aaRl38SHclEzZAw/VX5ZwPmtT6GqO-rRj_mKDw.webp?size=large)

### NicTheBucket reageerde op 2025-01-16

They’ve been in water for about six months. I’m tired of waiting for pups on these lol  
Before potting up ⬇️

![Bijlage 1 van 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/AcDnoCvXub34DsoqNY5AcFDVDLX2aaRl38SHclEzZAw/fZlBsNqQSFufxL27YjRabQ.webp?size=large)

### budthegoat28 reageerde op 2025-01-16

it need light on both sides

### Wolfen 🐺 reageerde op 2025-01-16

The whole plant is involved in its photosynthesis. But it's not expressly necessary to get light on both sides of the plant

### budthegoat28 reageerde op 2025-01-16

all plants need light on both sides

#### Wolfen 🐺 antwoordde op 2025-01-17

How do you figure that? No plant in the wild is getting specialty treatment and rotated on a need to basis 😆 and yet trillions of plants survive. Specifically talking about snake plants, you may want to research how their photosynthesis process works. As it's a low light plant that does most of its synthesis with closed stomata

### Alyssa reageerde op 2025-01-17

Plants are great at adapting and maintaining growth no matter the light placement, as seen so often in Mother Nature, so don’t worry and just provide it with the light you have. My snake plant thrives in my eastern window with lovely direct light from the morning sun and then moving into bright indirect light the rest of the day

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