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title: "Just bought this snake plant and was wondering why it was cut in…"
description: "Just bought this snake plant and was wondering why it was cut in half? Also should it have indirect sunlight or is this fine?"
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author: "Samantha"
published: "2025-02-16T19:33:07.460303Z"
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# Just bought this snake plant and was wondering why it was cut in…

_Gepostet von Samantha am 2025-02-16_

Just bought this snake plant and was wondering why it was cut in half? Also should it have indirect sunlight or is this fine?

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## 2 Kommentare

### JenThon🪴🪷 kommentierte am 2025-02-16

They propagated it. It looks like they didn’t seal it, it’s rotting. You can recur it into a point and dab cinnamon on it to seal it up so no pathogens get in.

### KJM kommentierte am 2025-02-16

I loved her it could have been shipping damage. Sometimes the sanseveria comes in broken off so they just cut the broken stuff.

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