How to cultivate Snake Plant
Main content introduction: This article covers the aspects of how to cultivate Snake Plant and the planting and maintenance of this green ornamental flower, followed by a comprehensive introduction.
When it comes to Snake Plant, gardening enthusiasts are certainly not unfamiliar with it. It is a very beautiful ornamental leaf plant with fresh and vibrant leaves, making it highly decorative when kept at home. However, recently many gardening enthusiasts have privately messaged that they can't cultivate their Snake Plant well, and it always looks wilted and not "spirited" at all. But don't worry, gardening friends, I'm here today to tell you how to take care of it to make your Snake Plant "full of vitality"!
I. Appropriate lighting for maintenance
Firstly, let's talk about the lighting requirements for Snake Plant. Snake Plant is relatively shade-tolerant, and the common potted Snake Plant at home does not require high lighting. It only needs sufficient lighting, or even diffused light, to grow normally.
Except in the hot summer, when direct sunlight should be avoided, Snake Plant can be exposed to more sunlight in other seasons. If Snake Plant is not exposed to sunlight for a long time, its leaves will become dull and lack vitality.
But all gardening friends must pay attention, before exposing Snake Plant to the sun, give it an adaptation period. Don't put Snake Plant in the sunlight all at once, as this will hurt it. Therefore, we should first place it in a diffused light environment and then slowly adapt to sunlight.
How to cultivate Snake Plant
II. Suitable soil for maintenance
Snake Plant has good adaptability to soil and does not have strict soil requirements. However, relatively speaking, Snake Plant prefers looser sandy soil or humus soil because it is drought-tolerant. For potted maintenance, you can use fertile garden soil mixed with some coal slag and add a little poultry manure as a base fertilizer, which will also make the Snake Plant grow robustly.
III. Suitable maintenance temperature
Let me tell you about the temperature requirements of Snake Plant. Snake Plant has good adaptability to temperature, but there is one point that must be noted: in the cold winter, Snake Plant must not be kept below 10 degrees Celsius for a long time, as the base will rot at this temperature, easily leading to the death of the entire plant.
IV. Maintain appropriate moisture
Watering Snake Plant must be moderate. Gardening friends must master a slogan: "Better dry than wet." In spring, Snake Plant can be watered a bit more because it is the time for Snake Plant to sprout. Also, in the hot summer, it is essential to keep the soil moist to prevent Snake Plant from becoming too dry and dying.