I have a Spider plant my sister-in-law gave me when it was dying on her and she didn't know what to do. We've had pretty good luck with the other house plants we have, but this one is stubborn and supposed to be easy to care for? We changed it to a pot 3 inches smaller, it was in one way too big, and untangled all the dead, brown root from it. It's still dying. I added a half a stick of miracle grow plant food and that isn't helping. I tried to take two different roots and put them in different pots to seeif they would live and their dying. My plant keeps turing brown and wilty. HELP my plant!

Thanks for the tips! I was wondering why my spider wasn't doing well!

I was told by someone to water spiders from the bottom. Also, to let the roots get crowded. Is that true?

Should I mist instead of watering when they look limp? The soil seems to be moist. Or is that the symptom of overwatering?

I've been successful rooting the "babies" in water until there was a long root (about 3 inches) and then planting in soil. So far, they're still alive. LOL!

I don't want to kill the offspring. Is misting the answer when they look limp? I've STOPPED watering (thanks to the previous posts) and am looking for advice.

I want to have a green thumb and don't want the reputation of killing indoor green things.

Thanks!

Thanks, Tanya!

Not doing a lot of fertilizing... just misting.

Is that still the best thing? Aside from watering, that is.

That's another thing that I thought of after I posted here earlier. Spider plants do best in bright reflected light, but won't be happy at all in direct sunlight or a dimly lit room.

I also decided to show you my Spider plants, so I dusted off my mantle & got the camera out! I mentioned earlier that mine get huge & have babies all the time, as you can see. I recently had to switch the 2 hanging spiders around, as the one now on the left was sending out so many runners with babies on them, that I couldn't sit at my bistro table without getting tangled up in them (...the ONLY spiders I ever want in my hair!)

You might detect some brown on the ends of the leaves... that's from when I overwatered them in December!


The plants on the mantle are all growing in water only. They are: Heart-leaf Philodendron (cordatum), Wandering Jew (Tradescantia pallida), 2 Avocados (Persea americana), & Pothos (Epipremnum aureus).

The two baby spiders in my "floaty bowl" are rooted & will be happy either remaining in water, or they can be planted into a pot.


I started rooting these for our Garden club's plant sale, but they never made it there, because I completely forgot about them! I offered to pot them up & give them to my son, but he wouldn't believe me that they'd be OK if he forgot to water them! I even told him that I'd go to his place & water them every couple weeks, but he still declined! (He either doesn't like house plants, or doesn't want to have to clean his apartment!)

Draganfly, I know that you're new to the forum & I don't mean to freak you out by coming on like gang-busters, but since you are having so much trouble with yours, I'd be happy to send these babies off to you. (I've mailed spider starts in wet paper towels before, & they've stayed perfectly happy that way during their trip.) From here to Ohio it'll cost me about 52 cents & I don't have a problem with that, if you want them! (I'd just like to free up my floaty bowl, because I have Roses coming on & they look nice in there!)

Look in your PM box... I just wrote to you. (Did I tell you we're a friendly bunch?)

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Patty, I was worried everyone would think I was crazy after I posted my spider plant pics, because mine was so lanky looking and theirs was so full. Mine is JUST like yours! It must be the verigated and all that get so full...Mine is growing UP and not out so much like yourS!

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Patty. Beautiful plants. I am amazed that your avocado is looking so good. I did not know you could keep them that big in only water. Cannot wait to see those all in person!

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We are all under the same stars... therefore we are never far apart.

Thank you Patty S. I am going to try and put a couple of my spider's in just water and see how they do. That is very nice of you to offer to send me some of yours, but I would like to see if I can get them to grow before I kill anymore. I will let you know how they do after I get them transferred today. Thank you so much for the advice!