Sansevieria is one of the easiest plants to propagate indoors. A few simple tricks are enough to have many new seedlings at no cost, starting with just one. We take a cutting and then follow the steps to reproduce it in water or soil depending on our growing preferences.

Do you have a beautiful sansevieria at home and would like to multiply it without having to buy new seedlings? Did you know that some scissors and expanded clay are enough to create new plants from what you already have? Sanseveria is by far one of the simplest plants available to multiply at home and here we have illustrated two simple and quick methods.

Canned

If we want to multiply the plant in a pot, we take a small pot at least 15 cm wide. Let’s put a first layer of expanded clay and then add some soil for succulent plants. At this point we take some scissors and clean the leaves with hydrogen peroxide pellets to ensure that they cannot infect the cuttings and cut a long cutting. Then with a marker we draw arrows that will indicate the polarity of the plant. This will be essential when we have cut it to bury it from the correct direction. Now cut it into small pieces and let them dry for about 1-2 days on a sheet of absorbent paper. After the necessary time, we bury the cutting pieces not too far apart from each other and then spray abundantly until the water overflows from the vase.

in water

The same process of taking the cutting can also be used to propagate the plant in water. We simply prepared a full vase with a layer of expanded clay and two inches of water. We immerse the cuttings always respecting the polarity of the plant and then wait. After about 4-5 weeks the first roots will appear and we can also bury these small cuttings. With this procedure we can also insert two cuttings at a time per glass to have more attempts at reproduction. The important thing is that the cut is always clean and if we do not want to use scissors we can use shears.