Tried watering my snake plant with tap water versus filtered water for two months straight.

The filtered one shot up three new leaves while the tap water one barely grew and got those ugly brown tips, has anyone else seen a difference like that with their houseplants?

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joelwells2d ago

I read a study from a university extension that said snake plants are super sensitive to salts and chemicals found in tap water, especially fluoride and chlorine. Those brown tips are basically the plant getting burned by the minerals building up in the soil. The filtered water is just cleaner, so the roots can focus on growing instead of fighting off that stuff. Have you tried letting your tap water sit out for 24 hours before using it to let the chlorine evaporate?

daniel5932d ago

Oh yeah, switching to distilled water fixed mine right up too.