Taking cuttings from spider plants How To Grow Spider Plant Babies Once you remove the baby, you can prune the long stem back to the bottom of the next one up, or all the way to the main plant because nothing new will come from it. But I like to cut them as close to the top of the spiderlings as I can, just so there’s no ugly stem sticking out.īe sure to use a sterile pair of precision clippers so you get a nice clean cut. If you’re wondering where to cut spider plant babies from the mother, it really doesn’t matter. Sometimes the babies will come off easily when you disturb them, and you don’t even have to cut them. Once you determine a plantlet is ready to be propagated, you can remove it from the mother by cutting it off. If the spider plant babies have no roots, or you only see tiny nubs, then it’s best to wait until they’re a bit more mature. I recommend waiting until the babies have a few starter root formations of their own before taking your cuttings. If they aren’t mature enough, it may not work. The best time to remove the babies is when they have their own roots underneath. But it’s easiest and quickest to do it during the spring and summer months. You can propagate your spider plants just about any time of the year. Spider plant offshoots ready to propagate When To Propagate Spider Plants Related Post: Plant Propagation: A Detailed Guide For Beginners If the flowers are pollinated, then they will produce seeds instead of plantlets. They only form on the flowers if they’re not pollinated. Once they’re mature enough, the offshoots can be used to make new airplane plants. They will appear at the bottom of long stems that shoot out from the mother. They’re also called offshoots, spiderettes, spiderlings, pups, runners, or plantlets. Spider plant babies are the identical offspring of the mother plant. If you want to try seeds, then check out my post about how to collect and grow spider plant seeds. In this post I will talk in detail about how to propagate spider plant babies, and also briefly touch on dividing them. These methods are rooting spider plant babies (a single leaf won’t work), propagating by division, or starting them from seed. There are three main methods for propagating spider plants (Chlorophytum comosum, also called an “airplane plant”), and they are all really easy.
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