What Did Go Wrong With My Snake Plants?

Before we get to know what’s the symptoms of dying snake plants, let’s get to know what may attacked your snake plants! here are a few reason, let’s check it out!

Overwatering

It’s a tricky question about how much you should water the plant. The snake plants require just a little of water especially during the winter season. To be specific it only need to be watered every 2 weeks or even once a month. If you love to water the other plant once every two days, succulent plants like snake plants need so much more less than that. Overwatering may cause the plant becomes weak and it can be attacked by thrips or the other bugs.

Humidity

It is important to know when is the prime time to water the plant. You can use a wooden stick to know if the plant needs more water or is it good to leave it alone. Snake plants may absorb moist during winter season. Please take a note that the snake plants can not absorb humidity if you use a plastic pot that doesn’t have enough holes or drainage under it. The humidity is also loved by the family of fungus. When the snake plants is week it can make the fungus attacked the snake plants, mostly on the roots. Humidity and low light places may also attract bugs such as spiders.

Thrips and Bugs

Even though the snake plants are tough and have the sturdy-sword-looking leaves. There still chances for insects to bite the leaves. That’s when the snake plants weak. There are some bugs that might harm your snake plants. Here is a few list of thrips or bugs :

• Mealy Bugs
• Scale insect
• Thrips
• Beetle
• Aphid
• Flies

The insects that affected snake plants is looking up for the fluid inside the leaves. You might be thinking, such a small insects. How could it bite the strong leaves? Here is the conditions of snake plants that can be attacked by insects, even if it’s small.

Common Signs On Dying Snake Plants

Drooping Leaves

Drooping leaves are caused by lack of water given to the plant. It will obviously looking like it’s going to fall from the pot. However the good news is, you can still save the plant with pouring the water more often, depends on the need of the plant. Drooping leaves are rarely caused by an unfertilized soil. Snake plants doesn’t need that much of fertilizer even to bloom a flower.

Curling Leaves

Curling leaves are mostly caused by the existence of insects. You have to inspect on the leaves if the insects already take over the plant. Thrips and bugs likes the snake plants to get the juices of the leaves. If the thrips already take over the plant in a large amount, you might want to prune the leaves right away. Shake the leaves on snake plants to get the thrips away, and then put on neem oil on damp cloth and wipe it to the leaves to prevent re-attack from the thrips. Depends on how much of the curly leaves, small amount of leaves is still tolerable to grow the snake plants.

Mushy Leaves

Mushy leaves are caused by overwatering the plant and a root rot. It usually still doable to safe the plant. Take away the rotten leaves from the “healthier” leaves and put it on a dryer soil. Furthermore, if the leaves get all rotten, turned brown, it’s time to say goodbye and get a new snake plants!

Brown Leaves

Brown leaves on a snake plants is a sign of under-watered plant and it can also a sign of too much water! Partially brown leaves can be spotted if you’re not watering the plants regularly. Inconsistency of watering the plant may caused the brown leaf. All you have to do is to take off the brown leaves from the pack and regularly water the plant.

If all the leaves gone brown, then there is no coming back from the situation. You have to face the reality and say bye-bye to the snake plants or get a new one!

Sum Up

We have come to the conclusion that the symptoms from a dying leave is :

• Drooping leaves,
• Mushy Leaves
• Curly Leaves
• Brown Leaves

Start to water your plant regularly and wipe on a natural pests, and tadaaa, you’re ready to rock the snake plants!