There are a few possibilities why your snake plants is not straight. Do you wonder why? Keep on reading!
Is It Good or Bad Sign That My Snake Plants Not Straight?
It can be good and be bad also. How come? Let’s start with the good sign first, shall we?
Good Sign Of Your Snake Plants
Good news for you! There are types of snake plants that’s not straight. Unlike the most common Sansevieria Trifisciata, or Sansevieria Trifisciata Laurentii they are straight sturdy and looking like swords. Do you know that Snake Plants have more than 50 varieties all over the world? So, yes, depends on where you are the snake plants might differ from place to place.
Have no worries, here are lists of plants of snake plants that you might not now! Let’s look at the list below :
- Sansevieria Cylindrica
- Sansevieria Concinna
- Sansevieria Ehrenbergi
- Sansevieria Cylindrica var. patula
- Sansevieria Francisii
- Sansevieria Hahnii
- Sansevieria Hallii
and many more types of snake plants not straight up like swords. Snake plants may grow like a crown, the leaves are growing to the center. Others are growing on the leaves armpits. More than that, they have their own beauty!
You can take a look on most of snake plants varieties on our page too! So let’s move on the the other side…
Bad Sign of Your Snake Plants Not Straight
There’s a bad sign? What makes your snake plants turn curls? Snake plants doesn’t need a lot of water, chances are there’s so much water on the soil or there is no moistures at all! You can prevent this from happening by water your plant regularly. When the plants doesn’t have sufficient water, it will droop and look like it’s not straight for sure!
The other reason that your snake plants not straight is because there’s an invasion of bugs! What kind of bugs that may exists on your snake plants? There are thrips, scale insects, mealybugs, spider mites, white fly, aphids, and many more. The bugs that attack your snake plants makes it curls! How come? Aren’t snake plants leaves is sturdy? Check again..
During the weakest phase, when the snake plants doesn’t have enough water or having too much water, it is possible for the insects to bite the leaves and suck the moist inside because the leaves, of course, not sturdy anymore.
How to check if your snake plants have bugs? These bugs usually are small and unseen by the naked eye. All you can do is shake your plants over a sheet of paper. Thrips will fall into the paper. Other than thrips it’s so difficult for you to spot them. You can always spray natural pests on the leaves to make the bugs go away.
Other than that you can prevent the coming of the insects by simply put the snake plants on a place that have indirect light exposure. Why? Mealy bugs and other bugs are having so much fun in a humid places. Other than the snake plants feel uncomfortable on humid places, it can cause the plant attacked by the fungus.
Yes, the other matter for you to consider. If you want to put the snake plants inside your bedroom and still want to make sure that the snake plants grow straight, you should make sure your bedroom has enough indirect light from the sun. It will make the snake plants happy!
When the snake plants are having a root rot, it will also giving you signs of sickness as simple as the snake plants not straight! Yup, root rot can be caused by too much watering. Also it can be caused by the soil. Moldy type of soil doesn’t give the roots much space too breathe. The snake plants love sandy soil! Make sure your snake plants are in the right soil, in the right pot. Right pot is the one that has drainage, don’t forget!
Sum Up!
There are reasons why your snake plants not straight. However, it’s not always your fault! You just have to now ithe varieties of your snake plants that you plant or else, indeed it has a problem! Hope you enjoy the article and happy planting!