So me and spider plants seem to have a love/hate relationship. I love them, but they seem to hate me. Things I have learned about keeping them from my mistakes over the years: water when they look dullish and droopyish instead of going by soil wetness, don’t pot them with the “crown” beneath the soil level, they like to be rootbound/with friends… and they don’t like thrips.
I got these babies for free. I’m not sure how much roots they have. I am DESPERATE for advice on how to get these babies on the right foot. I’m wondering if I should…
1. Keep them how they are, maybe just wiggle them up a bit so the crown isn’t sitting below the dirt line 2. Take them out, put them in water until they root a ton, then pot them 3. Take them out and put them all in one of those little pots like a big ol’ family 4. Something else???
Please help. Pls. I’ve killed so many spider plants so far and I’m so sad.
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ohdearitsrichardiii
They’re planted too deep. If you just have offshoots without roots you shouldn’t bury them at all. Put them on top of the soil with the base down and prop them up with some sticks so they don’t grow sideways. The bases should only touch the soil. You can push them down 2-3 milimeters but that’s it
Snakeplants are easy to over water. Let the soil dry out completely, wait a week and then water. Lift the pot, if it’s heavy the soil is wet. If the pot is light and feels almost empty, the soil is dry
Kyrie_Blue
First priority is to get them out of those recycled material pots. They grow mould like crazy. You need a hard sided pot with drainage holes(mandatory). This can look like a terracotta pot with a saucer(best), or a plastic pot with drainage holes inside a decorative pot.
I’ve never had issues with burying the crown, but I let the babies root prop the babies quite aggressively in water before potting them, so maybe that’s a prop-in-soil concern?
Good call on watering. That pale green and droop they get is so dramatic, its a great indicator. They do have enormous leaves, so thrips would be a concern. A foliar neem oil spray would be infinitely helpful for this (as well as acting as a natural fungicide).
Source: I have somewhere around 20 spiderplants. Here is my queen
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So me and spider plants seem to have a love/hate relationship. I love them, but they seem to hate me. Things I have learned about keeping them from my mistakes over the years: water when they look dullish and droopyish instead of going by soil wetness, don’t pot them with the “crown” beneath the soil level, they like to be rootbound/with friends… and they don’t like thrips.
I got these babies for free. I’m not sure how much roots they have. I am DESPERATE for advice on how to get these babies on the right foot. I’m wondering if I should…
1. Keep them how they are, maybe just wiggle them up a bit so the crown isn’t sitting below the dirt line
2. Take them out, put them in water until they root a ton, then pot them
3. Take them out and put them all in one of those little pots like a big ol’ family
4. Something else???
Please help. Pls. I’ve killed so many spider plants so far and I’m so sad.
Following. I have similar questions 😬
They’re planted too deep. If you just have offshoots without roots you shouldn’t bury them at all. Put them on top of the soil with the base down and prop them up with some sticks so they don’t grow sideways. The bases should only touch the soil. You can push them down 2-3 milimeters but that’s it
Snakeplants are easy to over water. Let the soil dry out completely, wait a week and then water. Lift the pot, if it’s heavy the soil is wet. If the pot is light and feels almost empty, the soil is dry
First priority is to get them out of those recycled material pots. They grow mould like crazy. You need a hard sided pot with drainage holes(mandatory). This can look like a terracotta pot with a saucer(best), or a plastic pot with drainage holes inside a decorative pot.
I’ve never had issues with burying the crown, but I let the babies root prop the babies quite aggressively in water before potting them, so maybe that’s a prop-in-soil concern?
Good call on watering. That pale green and droop they get is so dramatic, its a great indicator. They do have enormous leaves, so thrips would be a concern. A foliar neem oil spray would be infinitely helpful for this (as well as acting as a natural fungicide).
Source: I have somewhere around 20 spiderplants. Here is my queen
https://preview.redd.it/p032lsxf3jsd1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75e5cd668056bc276af440acbe683b48766e4d52
I’m here to save you !
Mine behaved the same way, so i put it outside et told her to die, here is how she did :
https://preview.redd.it/6rhtgoll3jsd1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d2d0b8069f1cc2520ab7fea6416949c22af68fd
And in march of this year, a frost killed her shoots (if I can call them like that)
So the key is = sun and outside air, and she will thrive.
Your soil is very homogenous. You need multiple ingredients in your soil to improve drainage & reduce compaction.
Recycled paper pots are just gonna rot out. Half the times these paper pots dont even have drainage holes.
More light. Put them up against your brightest window in your house.