Hello, I had a spider plant that was pretty much dead. After much research I decided to down size the pot, put it in my kitchen window so it would get LOTS of light (no direct) and water it sparingly as I read that they don't like too much water. I too, cut off a lot of brown leaves. Now, it has sprung right back and it is looking amazing! Be patient and it will turn around and look super healthy. So don't you worry. :)

Hey !! WELCOME!!! Sure bring it in.. They don't have to go dormant.. I keep loads in the house.. They usually drop their leaves but still bloom...You may have some tips that die back trim them off but I wouldn't cut one that has a Y back past that.. If you do trim I would leave about 6 leaf nodes on each branch for a healthy start for the next yr.. I also store them in the garage where the temps stay above freezing around 38~40*.. They also root for me in those temps.. Good Luck! Got any pic's? LOL we love pic's!!! Kylie

Thank you to everyone in answering my questions. Since our planting season here in Florida begins February 15th for Spring planting I have to make some decisions on my soil mixture now. I read though about 30 pages of old SFG forum threads going back to 2005. I also have some thoughts after reading many of the postings. This is only my opinion based on past experiences with soiless mixtures and from what I gleamed from the postings. I believe that to have very good to excellent success with Mel's mixtures, whether you use his old formula or the new, you need to be using your own ripe compost. Nothing in a bag is going to match the richness of home-grown compost. I believe that is why some of the new people to the SFG method have lukewarm results. Here in Florida, to grow roses, our local rose society chapter recommended excavating a hole 18"x18" and filling it with a soiless mixture very much like Mel's original soil recipe. We used several organic amendments including the fine pine bark mixed with peat and compost. So, my plan is to mix my rose soil recipe for my new 4x4 foot bed and do a PH test on the finish mixture. I will have no homegrown compost in this bed, but I plan to grow mostly herbs this first season. My second bed is 4x8 and 10 1/2" deep. For this bed, I am going to use Mel's new soil proportions and use a bag of soil conditioner pine bark along with bagged manures and my own leaf compost which is a year old and totally broken down. I plan to also incorporate greensand, soft rock phosphate & gypsum, all of which I already have on hand. Again I will do a ph test on the finish bed. This bed is going to be mostly beans,limas and green pole beans and one yellow squash. We have another growning season in the Fall for lettuce, spinach and many of the other veggies you'll grow in the Spring. My third bed, another 4x8 bed, will become a compost bed for the spring and summer. Our leaf gathering and raking is just now beginning here. I will hope to get a nice load of horse manure and mushroom compost to add to the oak leaves. I will also build my three compost bins for my side dressing next year. I plan to keep a journal of the results of these soil mixtures for future beds and will gladly past along the results. I will enjoy reading your postings as the growing year nears for all of you on this forum. I have learned more from reading thru the past threads than I did attending 4 hours of classroom time for organic vegetable gardening. Thank you everyone! Mary

hi That small of a container would need very small types of WL obviously. I find that the pads need to float so would suggest some type of emergent foliage Maybe some dwarf type of Lotus, taro, or some type of floating plants?? Check out "Aquarium" types of plants and see what appeals to you?? "Bog" types might be another good choice Most require a lot of sun so heat will be a big problem though there are types that grow well in shade. gary