If you like plants, you don't just want to buy them, you also want to grow them yourself. Spider plants are particularly suitable for this, because they form numerous offshoots all by themselves. They are also easy to care for and decorative.
Another advantage of the spider plant is the fact that it is very good at filtering pollutants from the air. That is why it was also suggested for improving the air quality 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 deal with offshoots
Small offshoots, also called Kindel, form on the spider plant. When the leaves of these runner plants have reached a length of about 5 - 7 cm, you can safely separate them from the mother plant. Cut off the lower leaves to keep them from rotting and place the cuttings in a container of water until small roots have formed.
Sometimes the roots form when the children are still attached to the mother plant. You can plant these offshoots in a pot with potting or potting soil immediately after separation. For good growth, mix a little compost under the soil and place the young plant in a warm place.
In the third variant, they plant the offshoot without roots in nutrient-rich soil. This time, however, do not separate the kindle and mother plant from each other. Always keep the soil of the young plant slightly moist without waterlogging. After about six weeks, roots will have formed and you can separate the young plant from the mother plant.
Plant offshoots
You can plant the small cuttings or offshoots individually in flower pots as soon as the roots are about 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 a pot. If the plants are large, you can separate them again and plant them individually.
The essentials in brief:
- place unrooted offshoots in water
- use nutrient-rich soil
- Water offshoots well
- Avoid waterlogging
tips and tricks
If you want to make the work of propagation particularly easy for yourself, then wait until the offshoots have already formed roots. You can plant these children immediately.