The plant looks great, and is continuously growing, but the very tips of every leaf are dead.
2006-09-08 07:20:11 · 9 answers · asked by misscongeniality711 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
If your plant is now root-bound, especially, the possibility exists that it is being affected by chemicals added to your city drinking water. You can eliminate a chlorine problem by watering your plant only with water that has been allowed to sit for a day or so after coming fresh out of the faucet. You can't eliminate fluoride so easily though -- I've just pretty much watched this in overgrown plants -- but I have to admit, although spider plants are among the cheapest houseplants to grow, I have been known to buy bottled, purified water, free of chemicals, to water them. Spider plants are sensitive to fluoride, especially.
2006-09-08 22:06:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1: Most definately Spider Plants thrive with high humidity. Try misting it everytime you think of it. Keep the soil evenly moist - perhaps consider one of those clay creatures you push into the soil and keep full of water, and keep out of direct sunlight.
In nature Spider pLants live under the jungle canopy.
Remember if you have it hanging, it is a lot drier and warmer up there than down where you are.
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2: If this is not the problem, it could be fertilizer burn - you may or may not notice the leaf tips dripping - usually in the early morning - the leaves are doing their thing with carbon dioxide etc. If you have over fertilized, the excess fertilizer will travel through the plant to the leaf tips and burn the tips. To rectify this, soak the whole palnt, pot soil and all in the sink and leach out the excess fertilizer.
Meanwhile, do not be afraid to trim the brown tips off, it will not hurt the plant.
2006-09-08 07:59:12 · answer #2 · answered by Barbados Chick 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like the humidity level around your spider plant is low. To raise the humidity, you can set the plant on a layer of pebbles in a pan or saucer (like pea gravel), then put water in the saucer almost to the top of the gravel. Make sure that the plant itself isn't sitting IN the water - very few plants like to have "wet feet!"
The other common cause for brown spots on leaf tips is from physical contact; if your plant is in or near a walkway, move it so that people or animals don't accidentally brush against it.
2006-09-08 07:26:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Either your pot is too big or its too small... Measure how tall it is and times that by 2. This gets the size of the root ball. For example I have a plant that is 12 inches that means you need a pot that can hold 24 inches en mass for a root ball. 70% of the plant is accually the root structure.
You can also make sure its getting enough light and your not underwattering or overwattering it.
Do a quick search to find out more info on taking care of your plant on yahoo you would be surprized what you can find.
2006-09-08 07:29:22 · answer #4 · answered by Dj soulTsunami 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem is the clorine in the tap water you are using. Use rain water or natural spring or creek water. The chemicals in tap water make the spider plant leaves turn brown.
2006-09-11 15:30:16 · answer #5 · answered by Curious Thom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine tend to do the same, just the bottom centimeter or so. All I know is that it keeps growing, and it's important to remove all the entirely dead leaves from the plant.
2006-09-08 07:26:22 · answer #6 · answered by sluijs01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as they do thrive on neglect ,is it possible you are overwatering ? once a month is the rule .they also prefer to be slightly pot bound .
just a few thoughts
2006-09-08 07:25:03 · answer #7 · answered by Robert M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Needs more humidity, for sure.
2006-09-08 13:11:46 · answer #8 · answered by Koko 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
water regularly but do not over or under water them.
2006-09-08 07:25:57 · answer #9 · answered by Val 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋