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Mother-in-laws tongue plant
My hubby got me two Mother-in-laws tongue plants, they are not completely straight, one is kind of leaning and the other is just not straight either, do you think they will straighten up? Will post pics later.
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They are called mother in law tongues because of their toughness. They tolerate a variety of conditions including poor soil, wet or dry conditions and low light. In other words next to cast iron plants, they can handle a lot of abuse.
I have not had to root any sanseveria. All I do is plant the leaf or the offshoot. Most of the time though, I am pulling it out since it likes to spread. I have some that are about 4 ft tall.
I have not had to root any sanseveria. All I do is plant the leaf or the offshoot. Most of the time though, I am pulling it out since it likes to spread. I have some that are about 4 ft tall.
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Snake plant is amazing. I had one that I kept sort of as a science experiment. It came with a house when I moved in. It was in a little windowsill planter about a foot long by 4" wide. It was planted in what looked like clay dirt. It was sitting on a windowsill that faced a woods, so no direct sunlight. I lived with it for about ten years. In all that time, the only thing I did for it was water very occasionally. The plant kept growing and growing and totally filled up the planter. It had sucked so much nutrients out of the soil that the soil level was lower and sunken in the middle. I left it behind for the next person when I moved out!
It is called mother-in-law's tongue because it is large and very sharp. As a mother-in-law myself, I resent that and refuse to use that name.
It is called mother-in-law's tongue because it is large and very sharp. As a mother-in-law myself, I resent that and refuse to use that name.
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