How To Propagate A Spider Plant

Next let the roots of the spider plant baby sit in the bowl of water for about a week.

How to propagate a spider plant. University of Illinois Extension horticulturist Richard Hentschel demonstrates how to propagate multiply your spider plants. Gently poke the spiderette into a pot of soil with the node end down. With a healthy root system I find that I can wait several days before watering again.

To propagate baby spider plants use gardening shears to clip the baby spider plants off the flower shoots on the mother plant. The chances of successfully propagating the spider pups into the water first and then potting it in the soil are generally higher than potting the spiderlings directly into the soil. There are 3 ways to propagate spider plants.

After several weeks the plant will establish roots. You can leave the baby affixed to the mom and dad plant up until the new plant takes root. After that separate it from the mom and dad by trimming the jogger.

This is a picture of one of the spouts up close. The spider plant is scientifically known as Chlorophytum comosum. By cutting them off and planting them alone in soil.

You can cut the spider babies spiderettes off the mother plant and root them in water. By planting them in soil while they are still attached to the mother plant severing them off of the mother plant later. The easiest way to propagate spider plants is by putting the babies in water until new roots start to grow.

This allows the spider plant to grow faster once it is in the pot. Refer to my blog post here for instructions on how to do that. Each method of spider plant propagation has plusses and minuses.