What's up guys? Can you see me back here behind this sea of snake plants
Well, in this video we're going to be talking about snake plants, of course. If you've never grown a snake plant before, I consider them one of the foundational house
plants that every home gardener should have because they're so darn easy. They handle the
most neglect and they also handle some of the lowest light situations that I've ever
successfully grown a house plant in. So if you're looking for a plant that can go literally months
without being watered and it can exist in a dark basement, snake plant is for you. So what we're
going to be talking about in this video is I'm going to show you guys exactly how to take just
a single leaf cutting from any snake plant in your home or in a friend's home and then take that
single leaf, get it rooted, and then plant it up. Very easy to do, very quick, so stay tuned as I
show you exactly how to get it done. Now in terms of some quick cultural care to get the most out of
your snake plants, I definitely do prefer to have them in rooms that are relatively bright and I will
water them whenever the soil looks about like this right here. You can see the soil is dry on top
That's a good cue that you can safely water your snake plants and know that they will be generously
accepting of that water. Snake plants are succulent plants so they don't need to be watered a ton
and you can absolutely kill them if you over water them. So always better to err on the side of less
water than more. I do find that even though they can live in very dark areas they do the very best
in those brighter rooms What tends to happen when they in too low light of situations is they can get a little bit floppy and splay out to the side The more sun the stronger
the taller the growth will be, and the more upright they will remain. Okay, so let's talk
about propagating these guys. Truly, all that you need to do is find one single leaf that looks like
a good candidate. This guy right here, he's like 12 inches long. That's perfect. It really can be
any size. And what I like to do, I just take some nice, clean, sharp scissors, and I will literally
just cut it pretty much as low as I possibly can, just like that. Now, from here, what I'll do
I'll just take, I have like, you know, some empty little herb containers that used to have some
oregano. So I fill it with water, and then I just allow them to sit in that water. And I put them on
my heat pad and that really cranks up the rooting potential, helps them to root very quickly. Heat
pads aren't necessary, but they will help make it quicker. Otherwise, just put it in an area that's
warm, can be dimly lit, doesn't need a ton of sunlight, and that will be absolutely perfect
Come back in about six weeks and what you'll see is something that looks like this. You can see this
one leaf has some good roots and the way that snake plants actually spread and the way that
they create this kind of clumpy nature is they spread in a way that's called rhizomatically
So what actually they do, they send these stems underground and then those stems will travel
underground and then they'll pop back up above the soil. And that's how they create like these
wonderful little colonies. So here you can see this guy's in the water. He was already starting
to produce some of that rhizomatic growth So what I going to do now is I going to plant this up And then over the next I don know month or so this rhizome is going to continue to grow and eventually stick its head back above the
soil. So in that sense, you really do just need one single leaf to create a family of leaves
a collection of leaves over time. So what I have here is just a nice little three and a half inch
container and I have filled it with just any sort of average house plant potting mix. It doesn't
have to be anything special. And I always like to pre-moisten my soil. So I'll pour some soil in
just like this. Take something to kind of stir it up a little bit. Make sure all that soil is nice
and moistened. Then from here just dig a little well just like that. And then I'm going to stick
this single leaf right here in the middle. Do my best not to damage any of those roots that are
just nice and growing. And the best thing to do is to try to get close to the bottom of your pot
but I recommend not going all the way to the very, very bottom, leaving just a little bit of like a
half an inch of space between the bottom of those roots that are forming and the bottom of your container
From here with those with that extra soil we just want to pat it down
and you can see some of that soil shrunk so I'm going to add a little bit more on top. All right so I got a little bit more soil Just add it on top Pat it down I chose a really this guy is like 36 inches in height
so I chose an extra long one to propagate. That may have been an error on my part
because it's having a little bit of trouble standing upright. So I'll pack it in nice and firmly
And then you can give it just a little bit more water. and now you're good to go. Now you have a brand new snake plant and while it looks a little bit
lonely just as a solo dude he will create a family a collection of leaves going for going
forward and so he'll have some friends to join him in this container right here. Alternatively
if you had decided to take a few cuttings right at the beginning and propagated them all right at
that start, I could have planted maybe three or four individual leaves into a single container
and then that would have created a nice little look, a lot fuller look right from the beginning
But I don't care. I'm patient. I got time and I'll make some more plants with these two guys over
here. But if you'd like to see how to propagate your snake plants through division by actually
cutting the plants into different sections and clumps to create more full plants like that
check the description below and you'll find a link to one of my very first YouTube videos ever
where I actually divided this mama snake plant cylindrica maybe five years ago and this guy is
still going strong along with his other brothers and sisters in my house plant jungle. Anyways I
hope you found this video short, informative, and to the point and to help you make some new snake
plant friends to add to your house plant garden. I'll catch you guys soon. Ciao