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Spider plant advice for a novice

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Backpainbetty · 18/11/2020 18:41

I am absolutely useless with plants & live in an apartment with poor natural sunlight (get a bit in the day up until about midday)
However someone has gifted me some spider plants and I’m keen to keep them alive!
Any tips or advice?
I have 3 baby plants and one very large that has some long spindly leaves with I’m guessing new plants offshooting?
Can I just cut those off?
Also need repotting advise as the baby plants are in very small pots so will need moving soon I’m guessing
Thanks in hopeful advance Smile

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CottonSock · 18/11/2020 18:43

They are hard to kill! I put my one in garden to free up some space expecting it to perish. It's grown and has loads of babies. Just cut them off and place in damp soil.

Backpainbetty · 18/11/2020 18:56

I have been known to kill succulents so I really do need all the help I can get Blush

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Spudina · 18/11/2020 19:00

They need reporting when the roots are coming through the holes at the bottom. When the babies grow, you can remove those. Put the bases in water till they sprout roots and them pot. That's the limit to my knowledge I'm afraid!!

JemimaTiggywinkle · 18/11/2020 19:01

They are very hard to kill. Water it when the soil gets dry. Don’t water it if the soil is wet.

If water runs out of the bottom of the pot and the plant doesn’t suck it up in about 10 minutes, pour the excess water away, don’t let it sit in a puddle.

Spider plants don’t need a lot of light.

Don’t cut off the long offshoots, you’ll get nice dangly baby plants. It won’t harm it if you do cut them off though.

Good luck!

FusionChefGeoff · 18/11/2020 19:04

I've killed several through love!!

Do not over water!!!

However, I repotted one that was looking very sorry for itself and it's had a miraculous recovery and is now busy making babies.

My original plant is now a great great grandmother Grin

MereDintofPandiculation · 19/11/2020 07:11

Spider plants don’t need a lot of light. However, nowhere in a house, even a windowsill, has a lot of light. So don't regard this as carte blanche to put the plant in a dark corner.

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