Tips on Spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) growth
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Chlorophytum Comosum - Spider plant question
Comments (9)Ime5573 you have found a Chlorophytum comosum 'Variegatum' which is the one with the green stripe in the centre. The commoner one is C comosum âÂÂVittatum'' with the cream stripe in the centre. I was also excited when I first saw one of these in a Bed and Breakfast I was staying at. I got a baby from them and now have a big specimen with babies of its own. They are easy to grow. Just as easy as the usual version. Here it is on my kitchen windowsill when it was younger. Don't know who stuck the pencil in there! BTW, personally I'd root it straight into in potting medium, not bothering with the water step, but that will work too. Are there already root nodules or roots showing? If not it will be harder to root....See MoreChlorophytum comosum (Spider Plant) Babies & Flowers
Comments (10)Purple, I get a ton of seeds every winter when I bring my green and white spiders inside to protect them from the harsh Ohio winter. I usually don't notice that the seed pods have opened until I get ready to vacuum and notice the seeds in the carpet. Then the following Spring when I take the spiders and other plants back outside to bask in the warmth of the sunshine, many pots have new totally green baby spider plants sprouting in them. I am told that seeds produce totally green plants even if the parent plant was green and white....See Morehow do i cut the brown tips off my spider plant?
Comments (11)Lamora, waiting a few days before repotting was a good idea. Some authors suggest waiting six-months, but when roots pop out of drainage holes, it's time to repot. If the pot is too large there will be problems. The max is 2" larger than the rootball. Miracle Gro is good soil, but it should be amended with other mediums like Perlite. MG has some Perlite mixed in, but not enough. So, if you decide to reduce pot size, add Perlite with MG. After repotting, 'pot needs drainage holes,' water thoroughly. Place in a bright to sunny spot, and let be. Watering depends on pot size, air moisture, and heat/cool temps. Soil should dry between waterings. Three ways to test soil is, 1. insert your finger or a thin stick deep in soil..if it comes out moist/wet, bottom soil is still wet. Don't water. 2. Lift pot. If it's heavy, soil is damp to wet. Don't water. If light, give it a drink. 3. Water guages. Don't bother with the little cardboard types..they're trash. If you want a decent guage, buy one at a reputable shop. But, inserting a stake/finger is the best, and econical way. No need spending money. Lamora..you didn't fail your plant. Losing plants is part of gardening and a way of learning. All gardeners, in and out, lost plants at times. We learn by our mistakes. Correct what we did wrong with the first plant. So, please don't feel bad. There are two other methods I use and find very helpful. you might or might not be interested. One is misting plants daily. Sprayers are inexpensive. The second is a product called Superthive. Superthrive contains hormones and 50 Vitamins. It does wonders with sick plants, seedlings or healthy plants that need a boost. It is not a fertilizer. In fact, it can be used with fertilizer, but not to be confused as a fertilizer. Neither methods are needed, but as a long-time gardener, I've been using/doing both over 20 yrs. Actually longer, but I won't go there, lol. Hope your Spider does well...Toni...See MoreChlorophytum comosum-spider plant
Comments (3)PT - Sexual maturity and the ability for your plant to produce stolens & plantlets is determined by the ontogenetic (not chronologic as in humans) age of tree organs. We tend to think of the age of plants in the same manner we think of age in humans or animals - chronologically. We, like plants, go through several life stages - embryonic, juvenile, adolescent (intermediate in plants), and mature, are stages roughly mirrored in plants. Where we vary greatly is in the way our cells age. In animals, body cells all mature at approximately the same speed. Plants grow by consecutive divisions of cells at the growing points (meristems), so their various parts are different ages (the top of the plant is younger than the basal portion, chronologically). So, if the plant has reached a sufficient age to have mature tissues (think of it as a certain number of cell divisions), vegetative reproduction can occur from 3 of the 4 phases I listed above. Two plantlets from the same plant are genetic twins, yet if planted and grown under different conditions, they can produce their own offsets as much as years apart. The plant exposed to conditions that cause it to grow more slowly will find that plant moving through its growth phases, moving toward sexual maturity much more slowly than a plant grown under conditions that stimulate robust growth. Plants that seem reluctant to produce plantlets have simply not had enough cell divisions for them to have arrived at sexual maturity. The two things you can do are: WAIT - for the plant to mature, or isolate those factors limiting growth and correct. Faster growth = an increased rate of cell division = plant arrives at maturity sooner. Al...See Moreken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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