Propagating Snake Plant

[big rockpile]

I took a Leaf off a Snake Plant cut it in three pieces and stuck them in the soil hoping they will root.

Will this work?

big rockpile

 

[Anniekay]

Yes, if you let it dry out a day or two BEFORE putting it in soil, it works. Otherwise it's liable to just rot.

 

[big rockpile]

Yes, if you let it dry out a day or two BEFORE putting it in soil, it works. Otherwise it's liable to just rot.

Ok I might want to redo this. No problem.

big rockpile

 

[cpp gardener]

They will be the regular green type without yellow edges.

 

[big rockpile]

They will be the regular green type without yellow edges.

This is what I have.

big rockpile

 

[cpp gardener]

Yes, they will be green without the yellow edges.

Recently Sansevieria was reclassified to Dracaena.

The variegation is due to a chimera and the yellow part doesn’t come through on new shoots produced by leaf cuttings. You can only propagate that through division of new stems.

 

[Mazurro3]

 

[oneeye]

I took a Leaf off a Snake Plant cut it in three pieces and stuck them in the soil hoping they will root.

Will this work?

big rockpile

Leaf propagation is very slow, it will work but it will take a long time to root. A faster way to propagate Snake plants is to do a division and divide the clumps. Another way is to harvest pups off the mother plant when they are born.