Snake plant brown tips? It is a dracaena, and dracaenas react to fluoride.
Botanists moved the snake plant into the dracaena genus, and it shares the family weakness: fluoride from tap water collects at the leaf tip and kills the tissue there. The rest of the plant can look perfect.
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Is it your water?
Tips are brown and dry while the leaf below is firm and upright.
A white crust sits on the soil.
You water from a city tap; your dracaena or spider plant has brown tips too.
Two of three and the water is worth changing:
What each symptom means
Brown, dry tips mean irregular watering, salt buildup, or fluoride; snake plants are dracaenas, the most fluoride-sensitive houseplant family.
Leaves curling or folding inward mean it has been too dry for too long, or too cold.
Leaves going soft at the base and falling over mean overwatering and rot.
Wrinkled leaves mean thirst.
Yellowing, mushy leaves mean rot.
Dry brown tips on a firm, upright snake plant are a fluoride and chlorine reaction. This is one of the clearest cases.
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Three steps to upright, clean leaves
Water deeply only when the soil is dry all the way down.
Keep it above 50°F and out of cold drafts.
Use filtered water and flush the pot once a season to clear salts.
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When it is not the water
A soft, smelly base means rot. Cut away the mushy parts and repot the firm ones in dry, gritty mix.
The Tap Water Plant Guide
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Frequently asked questions.
Better water, tonight's watering.
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