i will share three easiest

ways to propagate snake plants

to get more plants from a single mother

plant

Propagation by Stem Cutting

if any of your snake plants get

elongated like this plant

and have a stemi appearance you can take

a stem cutting out of them

as you can see here this plant got

elongated

and here it got some root like

appearances so there is a possibility to

develop roots

once planted in the soil now here

i have taken a clear sanitized pruner

and making a clear cut below this

root-like appearances

and it has been separated

now rest of this portion will push baby

plants from this cut area

or from the base like this baby plant

so this is the cutting and from the base

now you can clearly see these root like

impressions

however after taking a stem cutting

leave it in a cool place for about three

to four hours

in order to dry out and callous over the

cut area as growing media

i have taken the cactus mix now i am

going to plant this stem cutting

make sure a good portion of the plant

base is inserted

into the growing media so it's done

and i will water it after two days which

will reduce the chances of rotting

now here are some limitations you hardly

will find an elongated stem on a snake

plant like mine

most of the time mature plants develop

long stems however

sometimes if you take a look in the

middle portion of a snake plant

you may find some roots are popping out

from the node areas

as you can see here and if you cut right

here

below these roots you will also get a

stem cutting to propagate

now this type of long stem often you

will find in the dwarf snake plant

variety

overall this method will not apply to

all varieties of snake plants

however you can try the next propagation

Propagation by Leaf Cutting

method

which is propagating through leaf

cuttings take some mature leaves from a

snake plant

mature means the bottom leaves which are

green and firm

like this leaf now try to cut out the

leaf from the base like this

i found this bottom white portion is

more active to develop roots

so encouraging you to cut the leaves

from the base

now you can take the whole leaf as

cutting or you can cut it half

like this and can propagate but

at this point you have to remember which

side is up

so here i have taken a few leaf cuttings

after taking cuttings as before leave

this for about three to four

hours to dry out and callous over the

cut areas

snake plants are susceptible to

bacterial and fungal infestations

so they will rot if not being calloused

properly

now you can propagate these leaf

cuttings both in soil and water

for the soil propagation as growing

media have taken cactus mix

and my cuttings are ready to plant

insert

around 1 inch into the growing media as

i am doing

now you do not need to use rooting

hormones it will root spontaneously

all the cuttings are inserted into the

soil and i will water this

after 2 days for preventing rotting

water only when approximately 80 of the

media has been dried out

so about a few weeks back i planted some

leaf cuttings from my dressing a

triforce theater

and they have been rooted in and it will

take next few weeks to pop baby plants

in the water propagation method take a

clean jar or glass

fill around one fifth with clean water

and simply put the calloused cuttings

avoid submerging them just keep the

water level at the bottom layer

then place the glass in a cool shaded

area

and don't forget to change the water

once every two days

now here is a limitation through this

method most of the cuttings will root

but if you try to propagate the

cultivated versions of this plant

it will lose its variegation and color

and will reverse into a green

common snake plant variety but if you

try to propagate the common green snake

plant variety

then this method is a viable way to

propagate the next method is

Propagation by Division

division which is more effective than

the other two methods

snake plants form underground rhizomes

and develop

offsets from here and dividing these

you will get individual plants and

through this

the plant will not lose its variegation

or color

here my plant got lots of offsets

so i pull out the whole clamp from the

growing media

now gently breaking and separating the

offsets

you can see they are attached to the

underground rhizome

so i have separated them and washed the

roots

and now you can clearly see how their

roots look like

here also leave them for about four to

five hours

in order to heal the cut areas and after

that

plant them in the growing media

and water after two days from planting

now snake plants grow very slowly

even their cuttings take too long to

develop roots and grow plants

so you have to be patient so that's all

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