Question

My spider plant keeps spitting out babies and I just cut them off cause I’ve never been able to make the babies grow on their own  any help? I’d like to give it another go?  

Answer 1

I normally just stick them in a pot still attached to the plant until the roots form then cut it off from the plant ☺️

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@kai424 me too always works for me  x

Answer 2

Put their bottom in water

Answer 3

I bend and stick back in the soil haha or just remove and pot up . Keep moist but not soaking xx

Answer 4

Don't cut the babies off, just peg them down into another pot of compost next to the parent plant they will soon root and you can then cut them off x

Answer 5

I am so jealous! I have two spider plants and they hate me! Keep going brown on tips and want to die  

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@crenelation your spider plant will multiply daily if the rain water works lol you have a never ending supply lol x

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Like mine too ha ha well I've heard they neutralise the air in your room so I'll bring mine into the living room see if I notice anything. as it stands. . I'm not likely to be going far anytime soon

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@tyrolienne peace lily does this too

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@tyrolienne welcome x

Answer 6

Cut the shoot from the mother plant and set in a small cup or glass of water until there are 2/3 inches of roots growing then transfer to soil, sometimes I’ve forgotten about babies and they have sat happily in a glass off water for a few months before being planted

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@coloration0 thisss i had one from work and it took of lovely this is how i did it x

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@coloration0 this was a way I tried like the avocado seed but to no avail  x

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@scintillant5 really I’ve literally only ever done it this way and it’s actually how I got my mother plant, it came from my grans spider plant, are they not growing roots or wilting or what? X

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@coloration0 just nothing lol no growing didn’t wilt or anything though lol I’ve tried again with the same sort of idea but without cutting from the mother plant until roots appear x

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@scintillant5 how long are you leaving them? Roots can take a while maybe just slow growing or needing a change of temperature or light? I’ve always had mine in the kitchen or bathroom window so quite moist/warm rooms if that helps? X

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@coloration0 literally like 2 months lol x

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@coloration0 my boyfriends like a sodding Eskimo his always cold and I’m constantly turning the heating off, warmth deffo isn’t the problem lol x

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@scintillant5 I’m afraid I’m out lol I’ve never had this problem I wonder if it’s a different variety of spider plant or just a bit stubborn  x

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@coloration0 maybe it was to young to be taken from mum  didn’t wean him off her lol x

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@scintillant5 haha  that’s actually the best description I’ve heard  

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@coloration0 I’ve always stuck mine straight in soil they’ve always just grown

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@portfolio8 I’ve never tried that always just did it the way my granny showed me when I was little

Answer 7

I took the plunge with mine. Cut them off and planted into small pots with compost. Watered in. Within a week huge roots poking out the bottom of the pots. Absolutely no fancy way other than stuffing it in the pot and hoping for the best. Mine are kept in a warm sunny conservatory. X

Answer 8

I just snip them. off once the little buds on the bottomh have appeared then just pop them in soil like any other plant, water a bit more than the adult plant and that should be it. my babies are having baboes and their babaies havign babies lol. Good luck

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Sorry terrible text writing lol, i meant babies

Answer 9

Pull them off, put into a small glass container, I have an old milk bottle, fill to the brim with water, place them in, keep filling the water up and put on windowsill and boom they go mad xxx

Answer 10

Oh i have 20 plants all round my house just from cutting my babies off past 2 months ahaha. Iv put them everywjere. i place them in a jug of water 1st for a week.  

Answer 11

I used to pot it and keep it attached to the mother plant until it established itself. Never failed to work.  

Answer 12

Right so I have a few ways to try now, I’m trying this one with the biggest as this is one way I deffo haven’t tried, I’m just hoping for them to grow  Mumma plant has been spitting babies out weekly for the past year and a half so I know she’s healthy

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Tell me if I’m doing it wrong please lol x

Answer 13

Cut off and put in water, once the roots have sprouted plant in soil. Always worked for me this way.  

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@undertook that way didn’t work for me but I’m trying it again but not cutting from the mother x

Answer 14

I have one of these that I got 16 babies from about 5 month ago. I just cut and planted the babies and they have all taken. I water maybe once a week if I remember. However didn’t know they were a spider plant lol Sinéad Murphy

Answer 15

Do not cut off either out the babies in water till they riot then cut them off and plant up, or plant up next to mother until they are established then cut them from mum

Answer 16

I stuck all mine in a little pot of water then when they had roots planted them out.  

Answer 17

I got given a baby about 8/10 weeks ago, I popped it in a glass of water in window and a week later had loafs of roots. Planted it in multi purpose compost and boom it's going mad.  

Answer 18

Leave them attached till they take root in the soil x

Answer 19

My creative 11 year old asd daughter picked a spider plant at wales zoo when she was 5 roots still attached and now we have lots of babies plants. Plant them in a small pot still attached to the mummy plant until they get big another we gave a lot to the teachers/ support teacher before the children break up for the summer hoildays. Best time to transfer them is spring/ summer

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@mayo8172 Aw she must’ve liked it! I’m on the spectrum myself, diagnosed 2017, my mum fought and fought and fought for my disagnosis but it never did come until later in life, she will appreciate all you do, your a special mum ❤️

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Thank you x

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@mayo8172 ❤️

Answer 20

I need plant feed for mine but it’s sold out In shops. It looks sad

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@bohun4886 move it  spiders are very hardy, the much prefer filtered sunlight. Try moving it to another window sill or even the other end it makes a difference  x

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@bohun4886 I never feed mine. Perhaps it needs repotting ?  

Answer 21

Try planting them while still atached to mother plant once it is growing itself cut it from the mother plant

Answer 22

If you don't cut them off they will still survive. If you want to root it you can put the baby in a plant pot of soil so the base of the baby is covered in soil, with it still attached to the mother. Cut when it feels rooted. Or you can cut it off mid long hanging stem, and plant in soil that way. I've grown loads of baby spiders that way, and only one hasn't taken.