Spider Plant Care

Water your spider plant moderately. When the top half of the soil is dry, you may want to give the plant a drink. Empty the saucer after watering, so the roots don’t sit in the mud.

The upper parts don’t need regular pruning. Although, you may want to cut the leaves at the base of the plant as they get discolored – so the dead matter doesn’t drain energy from the healthy stems.

Feed the plant twice a month during the early spring-late summer period with a liquid fertilizer for indoor plants.

This plant needs bright indirect light to be healthy. Place your Chlorophytum comosum by an east- or west-facing window. Shade the plant with a curtain if the day is especially sunny.

When it comes to the soil, the spider plant isn’t demanding. It can grow in different potting mixes. A well-breathing, loamy substrate with good draining properties will work.

Spider plants are easily propagated by the division of the bigger plant. To do so, take the plant out of the pot. Wash the soil off the roots. Cut the roots apart with a clean, sharp knife. Place the newborn plants in smaller containers and care as usual.

The spider plant is one of the best options for houseplants because it thrives in medium room temperature: 50-80˚F (10-27˚C). Do not let your Chlorophytum comosum spend winter outside – bring it indoors in mid-fall.

The plant can be planted in pots of any material. You should be ready to repot it almost every year to keep up with the growing speed: the roots fill the container and make the plant develop slower and worse.

The name ‘spider plant’ seems obvious to us: the small leaves hang on the larger ones like spiders. But did you know that the earlier version of its origin tells us that greenish-white flowers placed between long leaves can remind us of small spiders that hide in their web?