The Spider Plant, or Chlorophytum Comosum, is an extremely popular houseplant, and for good reason. It’s gorgeous, easy to care for, and spider plant babies sprout from it non-stop, making it easy to propagate.
Along with learning how to water spider plants (it’s a bit different than most houseplants), you’ll learn how to grow spider plants from A to Z. We’ll talk about different varieties of the spider plant you can get as well:
– Chlorophytum Comosum ‘Variegatum’
– Chlorophytum Comosum ‘Reverse Variegatum’
– Chlorophytum Laxum ‘Zebra’
– Hawaiian Spider Plant
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Can I put my spider plant in my bathroom directly on the dressing mirrow cuz that Is only Place facing the Window 3meters away my
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I might try some in a rizla
Your voice is just so satisfying to listen to Kevin…. I can listen to Ur voice all day and keep repeating Ur videos and stil not get fed up… Keep up d good work handsome….
Louie, the houseplant (spiderplant), does not like hanging anywhere EXCEPT his east facing kitchen window, he makes tons of babies. he has been with us i think about four years now.
post note: he seriously seems to like it when there is a big tub of hot dishwater humidifying his area in winter
I had a large spider plant for a year and no pups. My friend told me to put it in a dark closet for about 4 to 5 days and being it out and i did it. Brought it out and Bam in 2 days it was the octamom.
Live this plant
I heard that the flouride is worse for the plant that chlorine. Sitting it out doesn't get rid of flouride. What do we do about the flouride? Please know this lol I need to know lol
My pups have a hard time taking to the soil I've noticed. I've tried a good amount of times and only had one actually take. Is there something I can do to make sure the roots take to the soil? I usually start them In water and transplant once they have some roots and I use just a regular potting mix.
It's incredibly rare, but sometimes there is a mutation in the plants genetics somewhere in the night cycle, the xylem and flowem sort of oozes out of gland sites on the plant. I had a money tree plant that would do it but right at the top of one of the glands on a node oozed a single drop of plant gel. I tasted it and it definitely was planty and sweet. But I have seen aphids up here in the North East and when they attack a plant, there are millions of the little bastards and not enough lady bugs to eat them.
What is a good homemade insecticide to use on spider plant
My spider plant looks brown in the middle, like it's dying from the centre.
Thank you so much. You are evergeen teacher.
Are the "airplane plant" the same as the spider plant? The ones I have are a solid green, and have no variegation on the leaves. Prolific plants! The first plant I had, was a pup that had been run over in a parking lot. ( in 2013) Picked it up, stuck it in water, and all my airplane plants are decedents from that one little pup. I must be on the great great grandkids. . I simply can't toss them in the trash..
One of my favourite houseplants, genus Streptocarpus, really sounds like a disease! Beautiful flowering relative of the African Violet, likes similar care!
I used to have bonsai trees growing, but they died before sprouting. That same day, my science teacher started giving out spider plant pups, so i now have plantboi IV.
What can I spray on them for insects before I bring them in the house
Did you mention it acts as an indoor air purifier?
What about the curly one? Is that a variety or do some just end up curly?
Hi. What's your ratio for your soil mix of peat moss, perlite and compost
Bought a spider plant but been awhile .how long does it take a baby plant to have their own babies?
Really helpful. Thanks.
My favorite greenthumb I just bought one
Your cat may prune the spider plant for you, lol!
Keeps the plant high or the cat will get high~
How many sipder plant "babies" should be in one pot?
I’ve been doing a bunch of spider plant research this week and am looking for some clarification on a few things.
First, to my understanding, the stalk/stems, that the pups grow on, are technically called stolons, correct? Now, here’s where I get confused … it seems, when there is reference to ‘runners’, some people speak of runners in addition to stolons and others seem to use the terms interchangeably. I would like to know what the stolon is, exactly … it it the entire stalk from the point where it’s growing from the base of the plant ? I assume the stolon includes others parts with other names … such as … on a spider plant, the stolon is < insert main description of a stolon> and also includes, the ‘pups’, as well as _______?
From here forward, for clarity, I am just going to refer to that entire portion as ‘the pup stem’.
Next question: when clipping the pups … if the pups have no visible roots yet, can the entire pup stem be cut off and placed into water (where the stem was clipped) and will the pups continue to grow and eventually grow roots? If this isn’t an ideal method, could it suffice as a short term solution while getting prepared to root the pups further in shallow water dishes/containers etc?
My spider plant, Lily, was given to me earlier this year … she was already quite large at that time. I decided to keep her outside, with indirect sunlight on my patio up until just recently (I’m in Ontario, zone 5a or 5b). By late September, she had 50-11 children (a Beyoncé fan inside joke … meaning A LOT) … but I didn’t think much of any need to clip or prune, nor any desire then, to propagate.
But … when Lily came in to cohabitate with myself and my felines … my one furry friend, Mowgli … went into a state of captivation, and looks like an owl with how large his eyes pop and how long he just stares it down (waiting quietly for my departure and his opportunity to use Lily as floss and a magic carpet ride) … so, Lily became a resident on one of the highest locations in the house. She is about 2ft from my kitchen ceiling, sitting atop my microwave (which is about 5ft from the floor). Fortunately and unfortunately, those pup stems were so dang long that the down-flowing, overflow, of them, reached the top of my water cooler (4ft from the floor) … and suddenly, I found myself needing to clutter every nearby surface possible so he couldn’t find any route to reach. Anyway …. I decided to REALLY prune hardcore …. I clipped every pup stalk but 3 (as close to base as possible) …. and now her overhang, no longer goes below the bottom edge of the microwave. But … was that maybe TOO much pruning? I trimmed/pulled/removed all the dead leaves and parts and gave her a good watering. Now, I’ve never fertilized a plant in my life …. but Lily is changing up, all that once was, and I’m investing now in my knowledge, nurturing and plant care skills, cuz, I really want her to keep thriving.
Appreciate your video very much btw …. I shouldn’t have bothered with reading 60 articles and blogs before watching your video because, you did a better job in 15 mins at covering a great deal of detail than that of all 60 sites combined over the course of my entire day. It’s really just this one area regarding the ‘stolons’ or pup stems, that I can’t seem to find any clarification on. One article seemed to imply the pup stem could be planted/placed in water with the pup at the top, rather than the pup end itself being placed into the water … but again, there was just enough lack of clarity to leave me uncertain because of how the term ‘stolon’ seems to be used variably in context.