Spider Plants: A Simple Guide to Plantlets and Propagation
From the archive: The Plant Workshop no longer retails houseplants, but we have kept this simple plant-care article online for readers who still find it useful.
Spider Plants: The Plant That Keeps on Giving
Spider plants, or Chlorophytum comosum, are well known for producing baby plantlets on long runners.
Once a plantlet has developed roots, it can be removed from the parent plant and potted into suitable compost. You can also root the plantlet while it is still attached to the parent plant before separating it.
Why Are Spider Plants So Easy to Share?
Those plantlets make propagation straightforward, which is why spider plants are often passed between friends and family. A healthy mature plant can produce many new plants over time.
Give them bright, indirect light and avoid leaving the compost permanently waterlogged.
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