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Grow spider plants like this in summer, and the leaves will stay glossy green without dry tips

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Spider plants are a houseplant that everyone quite likes to grow. If grown properly, spider plants stay glossy green all year round and are very suitable for decorating the home environment. However, as the high temperatures of summer arrive, spider plants among many flower lovers...

Spider plants are a houseplant that everyone quite likes to grow. If grown properly, spider plants stay glossy green all year round and are very suitable for decorating the home environment. However, as the high temperatures of summer arrive, spider plants among many flower lovers do not seem to be grown very well either.

So what is the reason that makes spider plants grow poorly in summer? Today Hua'er Gu will chat with everyone about some methods and points to note for how to grow spider plants in summer. I hope everyone can grow this very easy-to-keep-alive houseplant, the spider plant, well, so that even under the high temperatures of summer, the home still has glossy green spider plants!

According to the location where the spider plant is grown, what we most need to care about is watering in summer. If it is grown indoors, we need to water about once every three days; if it is grown outdoors, we need to water almost every day.

However, if a potted spider plant is grown indoors under sunlight, dry tips are likely to occur. It is recommended to choose a semi-shaded environment for growing it, so that the spider plant grown this way can be glossy green.

In summer the temperature is relatively high, and water generally evaporates relatively quickly and in relatively large amounts. If spider plant growing is not given misting to keep it moist and replenish water, dry and withered leaf tips are also relatively likely to occur. We can give it some foliar misting care every evening.

Misting it with water in time can prevent the leaf tips from drying out and turning black.

However, although watering is the top priority in summer, overwatering also does not seem to be a good thing. The root system of the spider plant grows relatively thick, and the fleshy roots will rot in standing water. So even in summer, we cannot water too casually. Remember not to let standing water soak the roots in the flowerpot.

In addition, when growing spider plants in summer, we had best grow them in a semi-shaded environment, to prevent direct strong light and prevent burns from high temperatures.

In summer spider plants can be fertilized, but it is not recommended to use chemical fertilizers. We can use homemade fertilizer cake water or fully fermented rice-washing water, diluted with water and applied to the roots in small amounts several times.

The above are the summer growing methods and some points to note for spider plants introduced to you by Hua'er Gu. If your spider plant has developed dry tips and similar problems, then avoid direct strong light and increase the water supply, and the spider plant will grow very well in summer!




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