For home-grown snake plants, base fertilizer is the most important; using sheep manure as base fertilizer can make them grow like crazy and burst out of the pot

The snake plant (Sansevieria) is a foliage plant loved by many flower growers. Its leaves grow in upright clumps, thick and leathery, and it gets its name because both sides of the leaves have irregular dark green cloud-like horizontal stripes, closely resembling a tiger's tail.

Some flower growers complain that the snake plant grows too slowly. There is a saying that if you want a plant to grow a certain size, you have to give it a pot of that size. But besides giving the snake plant a large flower pot, the most important thing is fertilizer, and even more important than fertilizing is base fertilizer.

Today Hua'er will tell everyone about using this kind of "manure" to grow snake plants, so they grow like crazy and burst out of the pot before you know it.

Manure cannot be used casually as base fertilizer; if used poorly, it will burn the roots and cause the plant to die. But there is a kind of "manure" that is a universal fertilizer and also the snake plant's favorite fertilizer, and that is worm castings. Worm castings are a natural organic fertilizer, rich in nutrients, and can be absorbed directly by the roots. Their granular structure also helps with soil aeration.

In summer, there will be a lot of worm castings along many roadsides and in parks. You can collect some, first put them under the sun to bake for 1-2 days until they are completely dry, then crush them into powder for use.

You can sprinkle it directly on the surface of the potting soil. Each time you water, the powder will slowly seep into the soil for the roots to absorb, but this effect is not particularly obvious. It is best to dig some small holes near the edge around the flower pot, bury 1-2 spoonfuls of worm casting powder in each small hole, then cover it with soil. During the peak growing season, you can bury it once a month, and each time bury it in a different position. Then you can clearly see the snake plant growing like crazy, with side shoots popping out nonstop, and if the flower pot is not big enough, it can easily be burst apart.

That is all for the care of snake plants. If flower growers have other additions, you can share them with everyone in the comment section below. If you want to learn more about flower growing, you can follow Huajianke.