Spider plants are a houseplant that is easy to care for. The spider plants have long grass like leaves and spidery stalks. This plant will regulary send out stiff stalks and small white flowers, near the tips. The flowers grow into miniature spider plants, and have complete embryonic roots. These can be removed any time, so you can re root them in water or soil. If you re root them in water, they will be ready in one week for planting in soil.
The spider plant thrives well in bright, but indirect light. If you give them to much sun and to little water the tip will burn.
These plants are also drought adapted, they have fleshy tuberous roots, which allows the plant to dry between watering. The water in the soil for these plants should be evenly moist.
Every few months you should fertilize your plant, with a good soluble or time released fertilizer, especially during its most active growth period.
Whats great about spider plants is they rarely have a problem with aphids, spider mites, scales or whiteflies. Over watering is the biggest problem. To much fertilizer will burn the tips or the leaves.
The plant is easily propagated from plantlets. Also propagate from the root or leaf cuttings. Never fertilizer newly divided plants, at least fo six months.
If you have miniature spider plants, they will begin to grow as soon as contact is made with moist soil.
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