How to Re-Root a Spider Plant
The spider plant, or Chlorophytum comosum, looks naturally stunning in hanging baskets. This is because of the spider's growth pattern that features numerous long shoots extending out from the grass-like center with small white blossoms that eventually develop into baby spider plants. These offsets or plantlets will eventually produce roots, which allow you to multiply or propagate spider plants through a technique known as division. Accomplish this through rooting the baby spider plants in separate pots. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Allow the spider plant to produce a number of baby plants. Wait until these plantlets generate several roots.
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Use one small pot for each baby spider plant you want to root, or use medium or large pots to grow two or three plants together.
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Fill the pot with top-quality potting soil. Dampen the soil.
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Cut off a baby spider plant and bury the roots in the soil. Water again to settle the soil around the spider plant's roots. Keep the soil moist, but not soggy until growth begins and then maintain the plant the same as the parent plant.
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Tips & Warnings
Another method used to propagate spider plants is to place the baby spider plants into the new pots while still attached to the parent plant. Set the pots close to the parent plant and bury the baby plant's roots. Water the baby plants as needed to maintain moist soil until growth begins. Cut the long stem connecting the plants.
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