I heard on a video on Youtube that a snake plant (Sansevieria) will stop growing if it loses its leaf tips or if the tips gets brown or broken. Is this true?
Many of the tips of my Snake plant are either broken or brown. Is there anything I can do to make the plant grow bigger? Or is that all?
As time goes by, the web is turning out to be as big a source of misinformation as actual word of mouth - no, its not true as far as I'm aware. In fact, I have, in the past, clipped off the tips on mine if they've developed what looks like a spike on the tip of the leaves. Although the 'spike' or point looks like a thorn, it isn't, its quite soft, but might cause injury to the eye of a small child if they fell onto it - which is why I used to clip them off. I suppose, when I clipped them, the leaves were already the average full height of 2/3 feet though, so maybe they would have grown taller if I hadn't removed the tips, hard to say. I should like to see this Youtube video, so a link to it would be helpful.
As far as I can tell over 17 years of owning one (during which years its largely been completely ignored) it seems snake plants are practically bomb proof as long as you don't overwater - new growth arises at the base of existing leaves, and those leaves will grow on normally, even if other leaves are damaged.
