How to Propagate Spider Plants? A Detailed Guide to Common Propagation Methods

  Spider plants can be propagated by cuttings, division, and sowing. Cutting and division propagation can be done anytime from spring to autumn. Spider plants are highly adaptable and have a high survival rate, so they are generally very easy to propagate. For cuttings, simply take a 5-10 cm stolon with new shoots and insert it into the soil; roots will form in about a week, and after about 20 days they can be transplanted into pots, watered thoroughly, and placed in a cool, shaded spot for care.

  As a plant with an extremely high value-to-effort ratio, the spider plant once stood on equal footing with the pothos. For a plant like this, of course, we are delighted! So here is the question: when the spider plant at home grows to look like the picture below, what should you do?

  Sometimes this actually looks quite nice. Besides letting it droop on the ground like this, you can also propagate it! Below, let me introduce some specific methods! Tools to prepare: scissors, a water bottle, a flower pot, and soil.

  When the small spider plantlets that have grown out are about 5 cm, you can prepare a bowl of water and let the drooping plantlets float on the water.

  After a few days, the small plantlets will grow roots, also called aerial roots. See the picture below ~~~ pay attention to the little white fresh roots

  When the aerial roots have grown longer, you can cut them off from the original stem and place them separately in a water bottle for water culture. When they grow true roots, they can be planted in soil. At this point, they become another true spider plant!

  Another method is even simpler. But there is one requirement: when propagating, you need to wait until the small plantlets have grown a bit bigger, about 8 cm or so!

  Directly cut the small plantlets off the stem, prepare a water bottle, and place the small plantlets in water; they can still grow roots.

  It should be noted that the water used for water culture is best water from which hypochlorous acid has been removed. The method is to let tap water sit for one or two days before using it. This is good for the plants; after all, today's tap water is no longer so natural!