Mix a little something into the snake plant's pot that costs nothing, and its leaves will grow thick and plump with plenty of small pups

The snake plant (Sansevieria) is a very common potted plant and a typical low-maintenance flower, one that can be grown well with little care. Its soil is best kept as a loose, breathable sandy soil. Let's go into detail

1. The most money-saving, most hassle-free soil mix

Mix garden soil and river sand at a 1:1 ratio,

This is the easiest to find, and this mix is also very loose and breathable. To increase the nutrients in the soil, you can add some leaf mold. If you don't add it, the soil will be rather thin, and later growth will depend on regularly watering with fertilizer to supplement it. Apply an organic fertilizer mainly based on nitrogen fertilizer once or twice a month, because it is a foliage plant, and nitrogen fertilizer can promote thick, emerald-green leaves. Growth speed

2. Leaf mold you dig up yourself, river sand

This takes a bit of effort. Dig some leaf mold that has decomposed into a brown color from the woods, bring it home and sun it for a few days, mix in some insecticide to kill pathogens and insect eggs. If you don't want the trouble, you can buy leaf mold online, then mix it with river sand at a 4:1 ratio. Soil like this is loose and fertile with good breathability, and even without any fertilizer, it will grow very well afterward

3. Buying online

You can buy some peat soil, perlite, and vermiculite, and mix them at a 4:1:1 ratio. Peat soil provides nutrients, perlite drains and aerates, and vermiculite absorbs and retains water. Mixed together, these soils suit most potted flowers and are rich in nutrients,

Only when the soil is loose and breathable will the snake plant's root system grow well, because the snake plant relies on fine feeder roots to absorb nutrients, which then supply the main root's growth. If it feels there are nutrients left over, it will grow side shoots from the main root, and that is how small snake plants come about,

If we want the snake plant to grow fast, then during the snake plant's growing season, apply an organic fertilizer mainly based on nitrogen fertilizer, cake fertilizer or compound fertilizer once or twice a month. The amount should not be too much; let the roots constantly sense that nutrients are available. This is called frequent light feeding. Do not put in a lot of fertilizer all at once, as it easily burns the plant

Pay attention to the soil and fertilizing, then give it sufficient light, with shading in summer, and the snake plant will grow thick, plump leaves, tall leaves, and side shoots popping up in a ring that can even burst the pot