How to Care for a Spider Plant
Pot your spider plant correctly., Place your spider plant in the right light., Water the spider plant correctly., Fertilize spider plants once a month in the spring and summer with houseplant fertilizer mixed according to label directions. , Keep...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Pot your spider plant correctly.
Use a good houseplant potting medium, not garden soil.
Repot it in a larger pot each spring or divide the old plant into several smaller ones and repot them in a fresh potting medium. -
Step 2: Place your spider plant in the right light.
Put your spider plant in an east, west or north windowsill any time of the year.
Put the spider plant in a south window during the winter months or 12” (30.5 cm) away from a south window in late spring and summer.
Provide bright fluorescent or other lighting and spider plants will do fine.
Provide light shade to deep shade for spider plants that are used outside. , Use room temperature water.
Use distilled or purified water, if possible.
Let the pot surface feel dry to the touch before watering.
Water until water drains from the bottom and empty drained water from trays promptly. ,,, -
Step 3: Water the spider plant correctly.
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Step 4: Fertilize spider plants once a month in the spring and summer with houseplant fertilizer mixed according to label directions.
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Step 5: Keep spider plants between 40º and 85ºF (4.5º to 29.5ºC).
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Step 6: Groom spider plants by trimming off dead leaf tips or leaves with scissors.
Detailed Guide
Use a good houseplant potting medium, not garden soil.
Repot it in a larger pot each spring or divide the old plant into several smaller ones and repot them in a fresh potting medium.
Put your spider plant in an east, west or north windowsill any time of the year.
Put the spider plant in a south window during the winter months or 12” (30.5 cm) away from a south window in late spring and summer.
Provide bright fluorescent or other lighting and spider plants will do fine.
Provide light shade to deep shade for spider plants that are used outside. , Use room temperature water.
Use distilled or purified water, if possible.
Let the pot surface feel dry to the touch before watering.
Water until water drains from the bottom and empty drained water from trays promptly. ,,,
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