You water your snake plants the same way, so why is one wilting while the other is lush and green?

Neighbor Old Li is very fond of snake plants and tries every possible way to make his snake plants at home grow well. He heard that Auntie Wang in the building in front waters her snake plants with rice water, and those snake plants not only grow glossy and shiny, but their leaves also keep shooting out one after another, full of vitality. Old Li couldn't wait to save the rice water left over from cooking dinner and used it to water his snake plant. Unexpectedly, the snake plant that had been fine before actually looked a bit wilted the next day. What on earth is going on here?

It turns out that although they both watered their snake plants with rice water, Auntie Wang's rice water had been fermented, while Old Li watered his directly. Unfermented rice water, although it also contains nutrients, is not easily absorbed when used to water flowers in this situation, and it can also hinder the snake plant's absorption of water and nutrients, which is bound to affect the snake plant.

1. The fermentation process

So before watering the snake plant, fermenting the rice water is a very important step.

1. Prepare a container that can be sealed, pour in the rice water, and you can also add some orange peel. The nutrients in the orange peel also help the snake plant grow, and fermenting the orange peel together with the rice water can also make the nutrients break down more fully. The fresh fragrance of the orange peel will also make the fermented rice water easier for people to accept.

2. Seal it and put it in the sunlight. If there is enough sunlight, it can be used in about a week.

3. Don't think that once it is fermented you can just water the snake plant directly and everything will be fine. That would do even more harm to the snake plant than watering it before fermentation, because the undiluted liquid has a particularly strong concentration of nutrients. Pouring it directly into the pot will burn the pot's root system and cause irreparable damage.

4. Dilute it with water at a 1:1 ratio before watering the flowers.

2. The nutrients in rice water

Rice water contains some tiny bits of broken rice. Rice itself contains nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. After fermentation, these elements become even richer and dissolve into the water. The trace elements in it, such as copper, iron and zinc, also supplement the fertility of the soil.

No wonder Auntie Wang's snake plants grow so well. Watering snake plants with rice water after "processing" releases the nutrients in the rice water to the greatest extent and fully satisfies the snake plant's growth, so no matter how lush and green the snake plant is, it is only to be expected.

If you happen to have a snake plant at home too, you might as well save a bottle of rice water when cooking, ferment and dilute it, and then use it to water the snake plant. That way, even without fertilizing, the snake plant can still grow very well. If you like today's article, feel free to give it a like or share it. Thank you for reading!