Comments on: How to Care For Spider Plants

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:58:08 +0000

In reply to Alan H..

Ok, I have the opposite problem. My spider plant produces leaves that go brown almost immediately, but the roots are super healthy. I’ve tried EVERYTHING. It’s now in LECA, which is probably a kill-or-cure type situation. Just be sure it’s staying warm enough – bathrooms can get cold in winter (depending on where you live).

By: Alan H.

Alan H. — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 23:05:17 +0000

Touching base on spider plants because I was given one at a party in 1977!
It’s still living but having a hard time. Dying and getting smaller. Just repotted in Vigoro all purpose potting mix, hoping it will start to grow again. When I repotted I found that almost all the roots were gone! In the new mix I planted what was left into the soil. Its in a bathroom near a south facing window.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:50:27 +0000

In reply to Hannah. I have rewatched that video SO many times! It never gets old. Whilst my partner is more than happy to live in a jungle, my house is also small. I worry that even if I move into an aircraft hangar I'd still manage to fill it with plants though!

By: Hannah

Hannah — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 10:24:25 +0000

That Jenna Marbles video made my day! I am, however, now mildly resentful that my house is small and my partner doesn’t want a jungle inside… FINE.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 07:03:09 +0000

In reply to Melissa.

I put mine in an east-window and it got sum-bleached – clearly I have a weak specimen. I’m gonna chuck it outside though – what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger and all that!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 17:31:10 +0000

Yoooo spider plants can handle full sun through an Australian summer they definitely won’t burn. Also had some in europe in full sun. Yours isn’t getting nearly enough sun. They grow huge and tough in the sun.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 07:26:11 +0000

In reply to Brenda Smith-Delaney. Wow, that’s incredible! 7 year old me was not that responsible (tbh 30 year old me would have probs killed it).

By: Brenda Smith-Delaney

Brenda Smith-Delaney — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 17:29:16 +0000

My daughter brought me home from school a baby shoot in a pot she planted when she was 7 years old! She is now 41 and the spider plant is huge and have given potted shoots to people so they have a very long life. I found it does not want a lot of attention!

By: Caroline

Caroline — Sun, 24 May 2020 07:08:55 +0000

In reply to Cheryl Buchanan. WOW! That’s incredible!

By: Cheryl Buchanan

Cheryl Buchanan — Sun, 24 May 2020 02:55:16 +0000

My spider plant is over 35 years old!