Variegated spider plant care in autumn: more runners, big wide leaves, and more plants the more you grow
The variegated spider plant is a type of spider plant, with white edges on its leaves, which is why it is called the variegated spider plant. It can purify indoor air, is easy to grow, tough and easy to propagate, and one pot of variegated spider plant can be propagated into many pots. Autumn is exactly the peak growing season for the variegated spider plant, and it is also suitable for propagation. How should it be cared for in autumn so it grows lush and fills its pot?
First of all, if you want to grow a pot of variegated spider plant, it is very easy. Just pick a stolon from anywhere and bring it back, preferably one with a bit of aerial root, and plant it directly in a pot.
Cuttings taken in autumn begin to grow roots in just over a week. One pot can also produce many pots through cuttings or division, and the more you grow, the more you have.
How to grow and care for the variegated spider plant
To plant it, it is best to use a breathable flower pot. Plastic pots and clay pots are both fine. Ceramic pots are not recommended, because they are not very breathable and tend to hold water after watering.
The soil for planting spider plants must be especially fertile, with plenty of base fertilizer. Nutrient soil or peat, leaf mold, plus some coal cinder or coarse sand, perlite, all work to increase breathability and drainage.
In autumn, it is best to repot the variegated spider plant once, because its root system grows especially fast, those finger-thick radish-like roots, and fills the whole pot. This will then affect its growth.
So when repotting, use scissors to cut off half of them. Replant into fertile, breathable soil.
In autumn, water thoroughly, but before the soil has dried out, do not water again. If the roots sit in mud for a long time, the leaves and roots will easily rot.
In this way its root system grows healthier and healthier, the potting soil has plenty of nutrients, the leaves will also grow more and more lush, and it will produce more hanging stolons and runners, and may even bloom with elegant little flowers.
When caring for the variegated spider plant in autumn, give it more nitrogen fertilizer, applying some fertilizer every ten days or so. Whether it is fermented rice water, cake fertilizer, or ordinary flower fertilizer, all can be used. Also keep plenty of light, and it will simply grow like crazy, filling its pot very easily.
As long as you fertilize more in autumn, keep good ventilation, water properly, and provide plenty of sunlight, the variegated spider plant will definitely grow very well, with wide, large, deep green leaves and nonstop runners.