It has grown long stems each with small spider plants on the end, can I cut them off and put them in a new pot or what??
2006-08-26 22:57:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Don't cut them with scissors, but just pull til you hear a pop. Take the baby and put it in a shallow pot of water, not so that it is completely submerged, but just enough that the nubbin that is going to be the root is just in the water.
Leave it in there for about two weeks, or until you see some roots appearing to about the length of an inch or so. Put the plant in some dryish soil and water on a regular basis. Don't put in direct sunlight, but on a window sill should be fine.
Before long you will habe lots of plants, and you may even get to be a spider plant grandaddy - what a lucky fella you are!
2006-08-26 23:03:17 · answer #1 · answered by brendanconnal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have several beautiful spider plants. I keep re-potting into other pots by snapping off the small spider plants on the end and simply placing them in a new pot with potting soil. I live in Mississippi, so I leave mine outside during good weather. They love the fresh rain which seems to help them grow even more beautiful. During the winter I bring several inside until fall weather arrives. Good luck!!
2006-08-26 23:23:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just sit them on top of as many pots of soil as there are young plants and let them root. When well rooted, sever from the mother plant. One of the easiest plants to grow indoors, and makes a fine display as a hanging plant if you leave the new shoots on the parent.
2006-08-26 23:20:47 · answer #3 · answered by Dover Soles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can. leave the thick yellow stem attached to the parent plant and gently pull the babies off the stem. you should be able to see the root nubs underneath the new plants, and pot them in groups of two or three.
2006-08-26 23:11:38 · answer #4 · answered by coyote21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spider flowers advance perfect while somewhat potbound, yet they do have extensive bulbous roots and in particular circumstances in case you do away with the plant from the pot you will see there are in user-friendly terms roots and tremendously much no soil left. this implies that once you water, the water runs suitable previous the roots seeing that there is not any soil to hold the moisture long adequate for the roots to suck it up. Wilting is from loss of water, so I recommend you raise the plant out of the pot and spot if there is any soil left.
2016-12-14 12:46:16 · answer #5 · answered by hillis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely you can. They should each have little rooty bits. They will grow in their own pots, but they are also quite cool just to leave on the main plant for a while.
2006-08-26 23:03:19 · answer #6 · answered by Robin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will easily snap off (or you can cut 'em off if you prefer), and you can root them in a glass of water (several will fit in one glass - only submerging the bottom of ea. plant of course). You'll be amazed at how fast those little babies grow roots, and how plentiful those roots become!
When they have a sufficient rooting system, go ahead and plant away! Enjoy! :)
2006-08-26 23:04:51 · answer #7 · answered by seaofcolour 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can cut them off or just place them in a pot, on the surface nearly, until they root when the stems will wither...
2006-08-26 23:02:48 · answer #8 · answered by mr_spike432 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋