If you like plants, you don't always just want to buy them, you also want to grow them yourself. Spider plants are particularly suitable for this because they produce numerous offshoots all on their own. They are also easy to care for and decorative.
Another advantage of the spider plant is the fact that it filters pollutants from the air very well. That's why it was also suggested to improve the air in low-energy houses. The particularly decorative variegated varieties do not form seeds. Propagation is therefore only possible through offshoots or division of the plant.
How to properly handle offshoots
Small offshoots, also called kindles, form on the spider plant. Once the leaves of these runner plants have reached a length of around 5 - 7 cm, you can safely separate them from the mother plant. Cut off the lower leaves to prevent them from rotting and place the cuttings in a container with water until small roots have formed.
Sometimes the roots form while the children are still attached to the mother plant. You can plant these offshoots immediately after separation in a pot with growing or potting soil (€6.00 on Amazon). For good growth, mix a little compost into the soil and place the young plant in a warm place.
In the third variant, you plant the offshoot without roots in nutrient-rich soil. This time, however, do not separate the child and mother plant from each other. Always keep the soil of the young plant slightly moist without causing waterlogging. After about six weeks, roots have formed and you can separate the young plant from the mother plant.
Planting offshoots
You can plant the small offshoots or kindles individually in flower pots as soon as the roots are around 3 - 4 cm long. The young plant grows quite quickly. If this is too slow for you, then plant two or three offshoots together in one pot. If the plants are large, you can separate them again and plant them individually.
The most important things in brief:
- place unrooted offshoots in water
- Use nutrient-rich soil
- Water offshoots well
- Avoid waterlogging
Tips & Tricks
If you want to make the work of propagation particularly easy, then wait until the offshoots have already formed roots. You can plant these children immediately.
