Spider Plant Care: How to Grow and Propagate This Easy Houseplant

Place the plant in a spot with bright to moderate sunlight. Keep the soil moist but do not overwater. If the inside air is dry you may need to mist the plant with water occasionally.

 

 

I have several spider plants that I started from babies,at the time I lived in Georgia and during the summer, they were doing great but now I live in Virginia and the weather is starting to get colder.Virginia weather who knows(ha ha) There still doing ok I guess but there turning yellow. I water them once a week some times twice because of the dry heat. Babies are still growing. My question is why the yellowing. Thank you for your insight Donna

I have also heard they like to be in a tight packed container.

I've had my Spider Plant for 3 years now. All of a sudden, it is growing 4 shoots with many babies. Summer here and 70 to 80 temps. I brought it outside (facing south) and wonder how to get it smaller in pots. I want to hang them inside but be lighter so not too heavy for hooks. Can this work without killing babies? If so, how to split into 3 is my question. Thanks, Erin.

Using a butter knife, loosen the soil around the edge of your plant's pot. You may have to circle the edge a few times. Carefully lift out the entire plant (you may need to turn the pot upside down and give it a few taps). Holding on to the leaves, shake the plant to loosen the soil. Use your fingers to remove any soil that obstructs your view of the plant's roots. You'll see that the plant is made up of several tubeous roots. Gently pull the tubers apart into as many new plants as you like. After potting the new plants, be sure to water regularly to encourage root growth. Good luck!

Hello i just recently bought a spider plant that wasnt kept healthy in the store, its a cold winter here where i live and i have my plant inside. How often do i water it and should i transfer it to a larger pot? i have never owned a spider plant before but i know its benefits. So im needing more information about the winter weather. Thanks :)

Spider plants don't mind being potbound. And baby spider plants form if the mother plant is potbound. Water your plant once a week.

Can I repot an extremely pot bound Spider plant if it still has babies on it? I don't think the babies roots are long enough yet to remove them. Also, if I have an 8 inch plant and want to divide it, what size pots do I use for the two separated plants?

I have a spider plant about 25 years old. Before we moved, our neighbor volunteered her green thumb care for our plant for most of the last 20 years until recently, when we moved less than a year ago. This spider plant had grown well under her care with plenty of hanging shoots full of babies. Our neighbor had years ago transplanted the plant into a 6 inch tall & 8 inch wide plastic pot with an inner draining plate with holes along the edge. Placed beside a north-facing window and even on top of a radiator cover, the plant seemed to have thrived well. Since we moved, the plant is now in our care and placed about 6 ft away from an east-facing window. In the least than a year period, the plant continued to grow shoots with babies. But the main plant, even before we moved does not look like the lush foliage portrayed in your photos. Reading your comments and advice, I thought that this might be because too many babies had continued to multiply and is sapping nutrients from the mother plant. Our new apartment is warm in the winter from heating and a bit dry. While new shoots still grew, there's a lot of drying out into brown dead baby plants here & there. I noticed for months that the roots of the main plant (seem there are 3 plants) are showing its roots. Finally, yesterday I decided to remove all the plants and attached soil in a mass of fine roots to loosen, separate the plants and repot in the same pot, which looked plenty large. The main 3 plants do not look full large enough being 25 years old, but small new leaves do appear from the center. Before yesterday's repotting, I'd notice that watering the plant goes into immediate effect with the hanging babies looking livelier. But today, after the repotting and 2 days of light watering, I don't see the same effect. I'm a bit worried after reading your site and others that any damage may have been done to the 3 main plants after repotting. I saw about 3 white tuber roots in the largest plant. One of the tuber roots even had grown through one of the holes along the drainer plate placed on the inside bottom of the pot. Other tuber roots were not noticeable. I admit I wasn't looking carefully because I was in a hurry to leave for work. As described, the pot was mostly filled with fine roots and all of this was repotted after the soil and fine roots were loosened. Is this ok? What else do I need to do besides watering only about once a week and allowing about 1 inch surface of dryness? Should I raise the main plant so that some roots show again? Do I need fertilizer? If so, what brand & type do you recommend? I want the main 3 plants to not only thrive, but grow full and lush. Right now the many shoots with babies hang 2 to 3 feet from the pot, but the main plants are small, seemingly underdeveloped for a 25 year-old-plant.

I just bought a large spider plant with lots of babies. I would like to hang it by my front door. It would get direct morning sun from about 7am until noon. Can it tolerate this much during the summer months? Our daytime Temps range from 75-95 degrees.