detect out the planting soil she practice , the salutary container for them , and more with these tips from Martha ’s head nurseryman .
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It feels like Martha Stewart can do it all : She can cook , she can host , she can wear mythologic linen paper bloomers , and she can even help Snoop Doghost the Olympics . She can , of form , also instruct us all a matter ( or 12 ) about gardening .
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In a C. W. Post on her Instagram account@marthastewartblog(the account for Stewart ’s personal web log ) , Stewart say she ’s been working on making her greenhouse the perfect relief valve , tackle everything from clean to organizing to " giving many of my potted industrial plant some much - need attending . " Among those plants is her Sansevieria , also commonly known as asnake plant .
" Last hebdomad , my drumhead nurseryman , Ryan McCallister , repotted a assortment of specimens , including the very interesting and popular Sansevieria , " the station ’s legend understand .
Snake plants are happy indoors — and thank good because their statement - make leaf offer a nice moment of architectural feel to a room . There are n’t any stem , so you do n’t have to interest about the industrial plant droop over and make ideal floor plant . The green leaves are vivacious and shiny , and under the right-hand conditions , they even bloom with bombastic clusters of white and greenish flowers .
Keep in mind that snake plant life can betoxic to click , CT , and young children , so keep them high enough away from inquiring minds . Plus , as Stewart reminds us all , " These plants absorb toxins , such as nitrogen oxides — they wreak great for improving indoor air character . "
While these plants are very resilient firm plant life and are peculiarly unmanageable to kill , that does n’t think they do n’t call for some surplus love from clip to meter . On the blog , McCallister shared precisely how to deal for them with a repotting .
First , take out them from their pots , then slit the bottom about an inch , which , accord to Stewart ’s Instagram caption , " will facilitate to brace new root increase after it is repotted . "
Then you ’ll want to use the correct pile and produce theright soil mix . Stewart uses Miracle Gro Cactus , Palm & Citrus Potting Mix , but your snake in the grass plant should be glad with any near timber , well - draining potting soil . The good containers for snake plants tend to be clay pots , according to McCallister , " because of their porosity , which permit tune and moisture to reach the theme and further growth . " finally , add in a generous scoop of dull - release fertilizer to top it off .
