We continue our vigil for all the snake plants.

A couple days after repotting the Little Caesars, I came across a snake plant tutorial tip that advised watering after repotting, even for cases of root rot. This suggestion seemed to be based on the assumption that the root of the problem (pun very much intended) has already been fixed, and that further deprivation of fluids would only exacerbate the damage, since root rot actually prevents water from reaching the leaves. So I watered Caesar Jr, II, and III, in the hopes that I was helping and not ruining their new environment. Additionally, I sprinkled some cinnamon on the soil surface, because at this point cinnamon has become a sort of good luck charm in my mind. To ward off evils.

The propagation cuttings from the Little Caesars don’t seem to be doing very well, as expected. I found the brown splotch on the big leaf had spread, so I trimmed it off. I also took the opportunity to feel up the leaf on its two distinct sections: the brown on the bottom half and the green on the top half. It surprised me to realize that there *is* a mushy feel to the brown area, almost imperceptible to my hands and only detected in comparison to the healthy section of the same leaf. This understanding may give us a reinterpretation of the original issue that beset Casesar, for whom I did not perceive any squish in the brown spots, even in comparison to other green leaves.

While we anxiously await the fate of Caesar’s progeny, we can delight in the growth of Little Abbie, our accidental first snake plant cutting. The first roots have definitely grown longer, and we have a few new roots developing. Huzzah!