What to Do When Snake Plants and Money Trees Grow Slowly? 3 Little Tricks to Make Them Grow Like Crazy

When it comes to money trees and snake plants, they are surely familiar flowers to many plant lovers. During their growing season, the ideal state should be constantly sprouting new buds and sending out new branches, but many plant lovers find that these two plants they care for instead show extremely slow growth. Because they share many things in common, today we will put them together and share, focusing on solving the problem of slow growth.

Now let's talk about what they have in common. Snake plants and money trees both belong to the more drought-tolerant flowers, so the watering method many plant lovers adopt is to water thoroughly only after the soil has dried out. Of course, this method is also the safest way, at least it will not cause the plant to die from too much watering. But if you want them to grow lush and especially fast, keeping the potting soil slightly moist is the most ideal state. So what exactly is a slightly moist state? I have also shared this with everyone before: after you grab the potting soil, when you squeeze it, it will form a small ball, but when you touch it with your hand, it will scatter. That is, it forms a ball when squeezed and scatters when touched. This state is the best.

Let's continue to share the second common point. Money trees and snake plants are relatively shade-tolerant, so many plant lovers will keep them indoors in semi-shade where they cannot see sunlight. Over time, it is very easy for the leaves to become dull in color, and there is also the situation of slow growth. We should know that although these two plants are shade-tolerant, they prefer light even more. During the growing season, it is recommended to place them near a balcony where they can see sunlight. When the summer sunlight is too strong, just do proper shading treatment.

Let's continue to talk about the third common point. They are both plants with relatively fast growth speed, especially during the growing season, sufficient fertilizer supply is indispensable. We can apply inorganic fertilizer once every 15 days. It is recommended to apply more inorganic fertilizer during the growing season, because after all, the fertilizer effect is significant. The difference between it and organic fertilizer is like the difference between Western medicine and Chinese medicine. For the fertilizer selected, we can choose some compound fertilizer mainly containing nitrogen, which is more suitable for foliage plants.

So to sum up, in order to make money trees and snake plants grow faster, we need to pay attention to the following three points. First, although they are relatively drought-tolerant, keeping the potting soil slightly moist is best. Second, although they are both relatively shade-tolerant, an environment with sufficient light will make them grow better. Third, we must ensure sufficient fertilizer supply.