Dracaena trifasciata
Growing calendar
Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.
Guides
- Where to Put a Snake Plant: Light, and the Winter Minimum
- How Often to Water a Snake Plant: When in Doubt, Do Not
- Repotting a Snake Plant: Roots Strong Enough to Break the Pot
- Snake Plant Care Through the Year: From Watering to a Dry Winter
- Snake Plant Problems: Root Rot, Mealybugs, Thrips and Cold Damage
- How to Propagate a Snake Plant: Division and Leaf Cuttings
Pests and diseases (3)
Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.
Anthracnose
Disease
Light brown to dark brown round lesions with sharp margins form on leaves and fruit, slightly sunken in the center. In wet weather salmon-pink slimy spore masses ooze out on the lesions.
Leaf Spot
Disease
Small round brown to gray-white lesions appear on the lower leaves, the centers turning gray with tiny black specks. As they multiply the leaf yellows and drops early.