I wanted to show you these side by side so that you can see the stems (which on my plant are a pale yellow) in comparison to the new roots (which are white). The center two babies are the ones that I just cut from the mother plant and are now ready to start the rooting process. Here you see the far right and far left plants are the babies that I rooted several weeks ago and I’m ready to put them in soil. By keeping the water level high, it ensures that the emerging roots have contact with water at all times.įrom there I simply place the stand in a window so the plants get sunlight. As you can see from the pictures, this is where you see the root growth coming from. The trick with this method is keeping the water level up to the base of the leaf cluster. I cut the stem of the baby spider plant a few inches long and then place them in these water propagation tubes. Here you can see the root growth from the Water Propagation Method that I started 4-6 weeks ago. Instead I went with the Water Propagation Method. None of these stems grew longer than 9 inches. I tried to wait and let the stalks grow so that they were long enough to lean over into a new pot. But I didn’t go that route with propagation this time. That way makes sense and I’ve seen it done as a child. The reason for not cutting the stem first is because it acts like an umbilical cord and gives the baby spider plant nutrients while it grows its root system. On this end of the stem, you will see a miniature spider plant start to sprout its leaves.Īt this point many people say that you’re supposed to bend that stem over toward a new pit, set the baby in that soil, and stake it down until its root system grows. Have you seen a rigid stem of an orchid? The baby spider stem reminds me a lot of an orchid stem. The first thing you’ll notice growing from your mother plant, when a baby is going to be produced, is a long rigid stem. (It’s a life skill that they’re starting to become comfortable with.) Or seeing how the boys have taken these baby plants over, I’ll let them take them to an event to barter with. But since I’m now part of a bartering group, I figured that nurturing these babies over winter will give me four plants to barter with come spring. I wasn’t counting on this plant living our home so we’ll to put off four babies almost right away. And about a week later two more popped up. The day after the first baby showed up, a second formed. In fact, after the fourth or fifth time I had to empty my overflow bowl from a standing puddle, I noticed that this spider plant had started producing baby plants. My kids love over watering and this one loved their over attention Plus, with my homeschoolers who love commandeering my indoor plants and calling them theirs, this is a great one for young kids to learn about plant care with. I picked a spider plant this time around because of how hearty this plant is and it deals with neglect better than other types of indoor plants. That plant lived for about two months of forgotten watering before it finally gave up on me. We were gifted with a spider plant back when I was an event decorator and my hours were horrible. This is a great plant for those who struggle to keep indoor plants alive. One that I bought was a Spider Plant (Chlorophytum Comosum Vittatum). So I picked out a few end of season clearance plants that are known for being air purifiers in the home. It was this past year when I was gifted me a clipping and an indoor propagation unit that I decided to give indoor plants another whirl.īack in August I was thinking of winter months, being shut in with no fresh air. I think I get confused when it comes to the dialect of indoor plants. I pick up in the language of outdoor plants. And often I’m asked, “Is there anything you don’t grow?” For me, the struggle is real when it comes to indoor plants.
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