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Why does she do this every 3-6 months?


This spider plant was a £3 supermarket purchase, but has been growing ridiculously fast ever since. It needs repotting every 3-6 months and has put out 30+ babies in a year. Some of those babies are also now parents. This was last repot just 4 months ago, in the middle of winter, and I went up two pot sizes to try to keep it happy longer this time as well. I've never known one to grow so prolifically! 🌿

by incognito-guineapig

16 Comments

  1. Icy_Neighborhood2384

    Yeah, spider plants just fill any space they get given so quickly!

  3. FriedEgg_ImInLove

    Steak too juicy. Lobster too buttery. 😜

  5. Artistic_Western_623

    Spider plants always go nuts and put out oodles of nightmare-inducing roots.

    Eventually you just accept it and stop repotting. Then the lifetime of running clipping begins.

  7. BadgerHooker

    So can you take off the small roots and just repot with those fatty parsnip looking roots? 🤔

  8. TripleFreeErr

    These plants do fine rootbound btw

  9. MutterderKartoffel

    Man, if only that were my problem. I’m about ready to give up on mine. The only window with enough sun light is reachable by the cats, and they keep it mowed short. The other window I had some wasn’t bright enough and they didn’t flourish. So I took them outside and now they’re water logged.

  10. crumpetsandchai

    Damn those roots look like radishes

  12. Connect_Rhubarb395

    That’s some sexy rhizomes.

    Spider plants like to be rootbound. Don’t keep repotting it.

  14. Own-Run1176

    I dont know why but I wanted to eat that.

  15. sourpussmcgee

    I’m curious what do you do in this situation if you don’t want to keep putting the plant in larger pots? What’s the best way to divide them when they get like this?

  16. Reny25

    My husband says I’m committing plant infanticide whenever I trim my spider plant babies. 🫣😂They get overwhelming sometimes.

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