Spider Plant
4.7 out of 5 (1000 experiences)
Fast grower
Survivor
About Spider Plant
Spider plants are an incredibly popular houseplant known for their ability to grow plantlets along their stems. These plantlets can be removed and grown to create new plants! Spider plants are used as a charm of protection by the Nguni people of South Africa, who dip the roots of spider plants in water to make a tea for pregnant mothers. 🫖
Taxonomy
Chlorophytum comosum
Chlorophytum
Asparagaceae
Asparagales
Also known as
Spider Ivy, St. Bernard's Lily, Ribbon Plant, Airplane Plant, Variegated Bonnie Spider Plant, Chlorophytum zebrina, Spider-less Plant and reverse spider plant
How to care for Spider Plant
How often to water your Spider Plant
every 9
Spider Plant needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Spider Plant in your home
a window
Spider Plant can tolerate being far from a window and light source.
Place it less than 6 feet from a south-facing window to ensure it receives enough light to survive 💪.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Spider Plant in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Spider Plant
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Spider Plant after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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What is a good fertilizer? #SpiderPlant
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She's making great progress and getting better! :D she was promptly watered after this :) #happyplants #spiderplants #newgrowth
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Does she need a new pot now? I just brought her home! But I think she may be too big for her home! I bought her from my kids High School, they're a tech center! But I feel she needs a bigger home? Help please #SpiderPlant
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Does anyone else have theirs in a windowless bathroom? If so, was it easy to care for? #SpiderPlant
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Willie’s first flower 😭🥹 proud mom moment #SpiderPlant
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Help! :( I've only had this silly little plant for almost a week and I think I might've killed it by accident :( I got it some pest spray that's meant for indoor plants bc I saw some creepy crawlies in it. I sprayed it on the soil and the leaves and it now looks sad. I'm not sure if I should prune the mushy stems or not bc I'm not sure if it'll grow back. I have a leaf or two that look healthy and don't have mushy stems. What should I do? Will it grow back? I didn't water it too much since when I got it the soil was pretty moist already. The dirt in the leaves was my sad attempt at repoting it from the paper cup I got it from when I got it. #spiderplantproblems #spiderplant
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How can I rename my plants? #SpiderPlant
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Hey New to plants just got this spider plant! It has some brown leaves. Bent leaves and wilting leaves wondering if I should prune some of them or let it do its thing? Any advice to bring it back to life would be greatly appreciated! #SpiderPlant
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Plant in quarantine ✅ Detective hat on ✅ I trimmed a ton of brown tips from this guy this morning which got me looking at it a little more closely. I saw some teeny dark specs on the leaves that could very well just be soil, but into quarantine it goes just in case. I’m running out of spaces to quarantine but managed to snag a bit of window sill in my partner’s office (the only windowed room not full of plants… yet). So fingers crossed that the trim + the maybe improved light situation are all that’s needed 🤞 Happy Easter Greg gang!
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All watered
Care Summary for Spider Plant
Spider Plant
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 6ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
What other plant parents say
Fast grower 644
Survivor 640
Easy to propagate 464
Browns easily 184
Large, lush leaves 181
Blooms easily 151
Pest magnet 13
08/14/2022
Lol mine almost died before i learned how to properly
water it. Replanted the baby and now she’s thriving 🤩😂
Survivor
05/18/2022
Nice little plant. Grows slower than expected, but doing well in my kitchen.
Large, lush leaves
Easy to propagate
Survivor
04/09/2022
-grows quickly in bright light
Fast grower
Easy to propagate
Survivor
04/05/2022
Very easy to care for. Just stuck it on a plant stand and forgot about it. Very thirsty. Gets crispy when there is too much direct sun or not enough water.
Fast grower
Survivor
04/04/2022
The spider plant is really easy to look after. Its doesn’t need direct sunlight and very little watering
Easy to propagate
Survivor
Browns easily
04/04/2022
When it spurts out vines. Plant tips. Once it roots in cut vine . You got a new spider plant.
Fast grower
Survivor
Large, lush leaves
03/30/2022
My friend gave me this little stubble of a spider plant that her cats nibbled down to nothing. Now it’s finally looking fuller and green. Love this plant.
Fast grower
Survivor
03/29/2022
Love how it’s not super needy, I can forget to water it and it will still be alright and not stressed and wilting. Great first plant in my opinion!
Survivor
03/01/2022
The easiest house plant for starters. They adjust to overwatering, under watering, low light, lots of light, and anything in between. I’ve almost lost a few that bounce back as soon as adjustments are made!
Easy to propagate
Survivor
02/12/2022
I’m not sure if I’d recommend a Song of India. I don’t own one, never have. The plant I actually have is a Spider plant 🤷🏼♀️
02/04/2022
Love it!!!! So easy to grow and propagate can handle range of light conditions
Easy to propagate
Fast grower
Survivor
Browns easily
01/31/2022
Loves direct sunlight
Fast grower
Survivor
01/26/2022
Theyre chill, and they’ll let you know when they need water
Fast grower
Large, lush leaves
Survivor
01/22/2022
This is the only plant I didn’t kill when I first started getting into my green thumb. I have overwatered it, under-watered it, had its roots overgrow their pot and it still continues to grow for me(although it’s leaves brown very fast).
Fast grower
Easy to propagate
Browns easily
Survivor
01/19/2022
Spider plants are very easy to take care of, they don’t like direct sunlight nor too much heat. Once you find a spot with moderate temperature and indirect sunlight, she will thrive!
Fast grower
Large, lush leaves
01/18/2022
Says it will send babies out
Large, lush leaves
Fast grower
Easy to propagate
01/18/2022
Sings in cursive
Easy to propagate
01/17/2022
Fun and really easy to propagate in water or soil.
Fast grower
Easy to propagate
Survivor
01/13/2022
This was my first plant gifted to me from a friend. She’s grown so big!
Fast grower
Easy to propagate
Survivor
01/10/2022
This spider plant is another one of my rescue plants, this was probably the worse looking plant I rescued but should hopefully be able to bring it back to life
Fast grower
Easy to propagate
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