A few years ago I took a baby off one of my spider plants and put it in an old jam jar of water. I was being a bit lazy and told myself I’d pot it up properly at the weekend. I planned to but life got in the way and so the weekend came …
Spider plants are some of the most forgiving houseplants you can own, and that’s true when it comes to pruning as well. You cannot prune a spider plant badly enough to kill it. You can be as decisive as the situation calls for – taking off a third, a half, even more in a single …
Spider plants get taken for granted a bit. They don’t cost a lot, you find them everywhere, they’re famously easy to keep alive – and it’s that ease of keeping them alive that means how impressive they can be when given conditions they like rather than conditions they merely tolerate gets overlooked. A spider plant …
Most spider plant owners have a certain way they want their spider plant to look. The mother plant up high on a shelf or in a hanging basket with long stems coming over the sides. Each one of those having its own little baby plant. And then there’s the reality. Which tends to be a …
A spider plant is, for the most part, supposed to look quite like a fountain. It should have long leaves that drape over the side of the pot looking like it doesn’t care what it does or where it grows. So when the leaves start curling in on themselves instead it can be a shock. …
A drooping spider plant looks scary but usually don’t panic because for the most part it isn’t. Yes, it might be looking fine and full one day and then the next it’s flat and seems pretty sorry for itself. And your first thought is probably that you’ve done something wrong and killed it. Well chances …
When you first get a spider plant they can either look amazing or, well, a little bit sad and scraggly. The first spider plant I ever had was easy to keep alive. But it also spent the first year looking like it had about seven leaves in total and all of those were stretching out …
Spider plants are very easy to grow but watering is the one area with them you need to get right. I’ve had spider plants for years and while they can deal with a little bit of neglect getting their watering makes all the difference. This guide will take you through everything about watering a spider …
Spider plants may be one of the strongest houseplants but they can still be hit by root rot. It’s a silent killer than if you don’t deal with quickly will absolutely devastate your spider plant. Root rot almost always happens when you aren’t watering the right way. It could be overwatering or that the soil …
Spider plants are known for being probably the toughest houseplant. And for looking great, of course! But while they are definitely resilient they occasionally get bent or curled leaves, which can make them look a lot less beautiful than they usually are. Thankfully the cause is usually pretty simple to diagnose. So in this guide …