Snake Plant decayed after propagation

Question

Just to let everyone know in beginning what happen to whole plant - IT DIED

Now how this happen, I had Sansevieria trifasciata with green Center and yellow edges, It had 3 pups and that plant started to become too big for that Plastic pot. So I did what i shouldn't had done.

PROPAGATION

I took pot two inches bigger than the old one and planted the Main Mother plant in it. Note: I let it callus over for a day, then plant in new pot and did the same for pup and planted it to its new home.

And just in 2 weeks the main mother plant decayed, I'm 100% sure it decayed from root level. Same thing happened with pup .

I lost a very beautiful specimen

Please note I don't have any picture.

Now I stay away from propagation especially Snake Plant. I watched many videos of propagation but in my case not one worked.

Answer 1

You may have left for a week to callus over, all without harming the plant. To be on the safe side, I would do as follows:

Keep the mother plant with its rootball. I may untangle the roots which grew too much and grew around the main root system. These roots are too long for the new pot anyway and that means you should have wrapped them again, which is not advisable.

Repot it. Do not water the plant for a few days until the cuts callus. Note that if the plant was too dry, water it one more time before repotting and taking cuttings, then wait for the soil to dry before you do this.

The cuttings may be left to callus for a few days in the shade before planting. Although this plant is quite robust, you must remember that you cut-off the runner from the mother plant. As a result, the cutting surface (runner's diameter) is too large in proportion to the plant. This (to my opinion) is the main source of failed cuttings.

Answer 2

Many things could have gone wrong. Not necessarily your fault. Even if it was, it is a learning experience.

If I understand correctly, you divided your plant by removing the pups. You also repotted the mother in a new pot.

After you took them out of their pots you used a knife or gently broke them apart. Then you let them sit out to callous for a day before potting.

First, if you are in the Northern Hemisphere it would have been better to wait until spring. N. Hemisphere plants are in a semi-dormant or fairly dormant state in winter. Growing very slowly, so it may not have been able to recover from the whole experience if it was dormant.

Its good you let them callous, then you potted them a day later. When you repotted them did you water right away? or did you wait a week before you did your first watering. You should wait a week. Plant roots get damaged when repotted, then damages need time to heal.

Brand new potting soil come with about 30% hydrated. This is more than enough water for your plant to live off of. Even if it is an open bag it probably is at least 20% hydrated.

If you used an open bag of soil it could have become contaminated with one or more root rot diseases that killed your plant. These diseases can attack and decimated a new plant plant very quickly. I believe your plant was exposed to one of these diseases. It could have been on your knife, under your fingernails, on the cutting board. At any point it could have made contact with your plants.

I believe it is a combination of things that happened; The wrong time of the year, not waiting long enough before watering after potting and a disease that was introduced at some point.