Comments on: Grow Chlorophytum comosum (Spider Plant) to purify the air! http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/ Welcome To Our Tropical Garden - our very own little paradise, where our hearts are and where we get our constant supply of abundant joy and delight! We praise and thank God for these daily miracles! Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:35:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jacqueline http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/comment-page-1/#comment-24155 Jacqueline Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:33:14 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/#comment-24155 All the best to you, Christopher! All the best to you, Christopher!

]]> By: christopher http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/comment-page-1/#comment-24138 christopher Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:33:29 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/#comment-24138 Thank you Jaqueline! After my family saw how much its growing nearly everyone is asking me for a baby haha so i might have to wait on the cascading affect. I think i read above that there isnt much information on the seeds but i did read that you can plant the dried flowers and a baby or babies should grow so i am experimenting with that now. I planted a flower that is closed in a new small pot with new soft soil. I will make sure to let you all know if it works out. I really hope it does!! Thank you Jaqueline! After my family saw how much its growing nearly everyone is asking me for a baby haha so i might have to wait on the cascading affect. I think i read above that there isnt much information on the seeds but i did read that you can plant the dried flowers and a baby or babies should grow so i am experimenting with that now. I planted a flower that is closed in a new small pot with new soft soil. I will make sure to let you all know if it works out. I really hope it does!!

]]> By: Jacqueline http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/comment-page-1/#comment-23993 Jacqueline Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:52:56 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/#comment-23993 Hi Christopher! Thanks for your kind comments, we're glad to know you've found our website helpful. Not to worry, your delightful gardening story isn't that long, and we got to learn about 'hormex' first-hand from you....isn't that wonderful, in sharing you're imparting info to others too! Go ahead, leave the 'baby spiders' as they are for that lovely cascading effect if you wish. You may need to mist the leaves occasionally though, to prevent browning of leaves during hot and dry periods. Hi Christopher! Thanks for your kind comments, we’re glad to know you’ve found our website helpful. Not to worry, your delightful gardening story isn’t that long, and we got to learn about ‘hormex’ first-hand from you….isn’t that wonderful, in sharing you’re imparting info to others too!
Go ahead, leave the ‘baby spiders’ as they are for that lovely cascading effect if you wish. You may need to mist the leaves occasionally though, to prevent browning of leaves during hot and dry periods.

]]> By: christopher http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/comment-page-1/#comment-23913 christopher Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:03:03 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/#comment-23913 Hello my name is christopher i bought a baby spider plant about 3 months ago from petsmart it was really small and it was still in a little cup with water. I let it sit in water for about 2 weeks until i saw roots. I then potted the plant and did regular watterings for a month. Then i bought this stuff called hormex it stimulates growth with vitamins and hormones i also bought miracle grow just the poor and feed stuff. My plant got bigger quick and caused me to repot it again. After the second repotting it shot out a rod with 10 babys on it and now its shooting out another one! Sorry i wrote so much but i need you to know everything i have done. I have a question... if i never cut the babys is that healthy for the plants? I want it to be bushy and hang low. Thankyou and your website has help me A LOT i very happy you have made a site with all your expertise. Hello my name is christopher i bought a baby spider plant about 3 months ago from petsmart it was really small and it was still in a little cup with water. I let it sit in water for about 2 weeks until i saw roots. I then potted the plant and did regular watterings for a month. Then i bought this stuff called hormex it stimulates growth with vitamins and hormones i also bought miracle grow just the poor and feed stuff. My plant got bigger quick and caused me to repot it again. After the second repotting it shot out a rod with 10 babys on it and now its shooting out another one! Sorry i wrote so much but i need you to know everything i have done. I have a question… if i never cut the babys is that healthy for the plants? I want it to be bushy and hang low. Thankyou and your website has help me A LOT i very happy you have made a site with all your expertise.

]]> By: Jacqueline http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/comment-page-1/#comment-22506 Jacqueline Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:05:23 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/#comment-22506 Hi Kelly, You can easily find answers to your enquiries on propagating spider plants by scrolling above to comments from me and David Leverton, dated Feb 7 & 24 2009 to guide you. David had indicated well the estimate size of the plantlets, ideal for planting. FYI, the tiny whitish roots are at the base of the plantlets, as illustrated in our image under the sub-item 'Propagation' above. Hope this helps. Hi Kelly,
You can easily find answers to your enquiries on propagating spider plants by scrolling above to comments from me and David Leverton, dated Feb 7 & 24 2009 to guide you. David had indicated well the estimate size of the plantlets, ideal for planting. FYI, the tiny whitish roots are at the base of the plantlets, as illustrated in our image under the sub-item ‘Propagation’ above.
Hope this helps.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/comment-page-1/#comment-22439 Kelly Sun, 30 May 2010 23:28:35 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/#comment-22439 Hi my name is Kelly. I'm new to spider plants, well actually, plants in general! I was looking up air purify plant on the net & found the spider plant! Needless to say I ran to walmart & bought one about 2-3 wks ago!  When I brought it home I was going to re-pot it! It had 3 separate spider plants so I separated them & put each in a hanging basket! I have been doing my best to care for them but the are getting brown spots on leaves! I changed them to free draining baskets & cut off brown leaves at a point for looks! I'm not sure if I'm doing the right things! BUT MY MAJOR QUESTION IS!: how to grow/plant the babies on the shoots??? I have searched the web & could not find any details as to how to know when they are ready to be planted? How BIG do they need to be? Where is the root? All I see is this white bulb like thing at the base where it's leaves come from! I don't know if that's what I plant or do I leave some of the shooter thing attached to it? I have tried 3 babies & all have died! So I put a couple in the dirt w mother plant still attached to runner. They are still alive & growing but u still don't see any roots??? Oh & a couple days ago I tried the last of the larger babies in some water! I took a clear shot glass & put it in the pot and put the baby in it still attached to mother hoping to see some roots?!! I'm sorry I wrote sooooo much! If any1 could please explain how big the babies need to be & how will I know if they are ready to be planted? And where is the root on the baby? Is it the white bulb like thing at the base of the leaves????  Thanks so much ;-) Hi my name is Kelly. I’m new to spider plants, well actually, plants in general! I was looking up air purify plant on the net & found the spider plant! Needless to say I ran to walmart & bought one about 2-3 wks ago! 

When I brought it home I was going to re-pot it! It had 3 separate spider plants so I separated them & put each in a hanging basket!

I have been doing my best to care for them but the are getting brown spots on leaves! I changed them to free draining baskets & cut off brown leaves at a point for looks!

I’m not sure if I’m doing the right things!

BUT MY MAJOR QUESTION IS!:
how to grow/plant the babies on the shoots???
I have searched the web & could not find any details as to how to know when they are ready to be planted? How BIG do they need to be? Where is the root? All I see is this white bulb like thing at the base where it’s leaves come from! I don’t know if that’s what I plant or do I leave some of the shooter thing attached to it? I have tried 3 babies & all have died!

So I put a couple in the dirt w mother plant still attached to runner. They are still alive & growing but u still don’t see any roots??? Oh & a couple days ago I tried the last of the larger babies in some water! I took a clear shot glass & put it in the pot and put the baby in it still attached to mother hoping to see some roots?!!

I’m sorry I wrote sooooo much! If any1 could please explain how big the babies need to be & how will I know if they are ready to be planted? And where is the root on the baby? Is it the white bulb like thing at the base of the leaves???? 
Thanks so much ;-)

]]> By: Nicole http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/comment-page-1/#comment-17769 Nicole Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:00:37 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/#comment-17769 I will give this a shot....and ask you if there is anyway that you have a baby plants of the Chlorophytum comosum ‘Mandaianum’.I am looking for this plant and can't seem to find it. If you don't have one is there somewhere you know where I can get one. Thanks:) I will give this a shot….and ask you if there is anyway that you have a baby plants of the Chlorophytum comosum ‘Mandaianum’.I am looking for this plant and can’t seem to find it. If you don’t have one is there somewhere you know where I can get one.
Thanks:)

]]> By: Jacqueline http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/comment-page-1/#comment-17742 Jacqueline Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:44:30 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/#comment-17742 Hi Sam, Think you're refering to the variegated Tradescanta spathacea, aka Moses in the cradle. Check our <a href="http://www.jaycjayc.com/tradescantia-bermudensis-variegata-dwarf/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">article on this plant here</a>. Hi Sam,
Think you’re refering to the variegated Tradescanta spathacea, aka Moses in the cradle. Check our article on this plant here.

]]> By: sam barker http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/comment-page-1/#comment-17714 sam barker Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:17:21 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/#comment-17714 Hi, I was wondering if you have seen the purple ones that are variegated. I have one at my dad's and it says on the tag that its a "moses in the cradle" but it looks like a spiderplant. I think it looks related to a "setcreasea. What do you think. Thanx -Sam Hi, I was wondering if you have seen the purple ones that are variegated. I have one at my dad’s and it says on the tag that its a “moses in the cradle” but it looks like a spiderplant. I think it looks related to a “setcreasea. What do you think. Thanx -Sam

]]> By: Jacqueline http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/comment-page-1/#comment-15158 Jacqueline Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:11:37 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/chlorophytum-comosum-spiderplant/#comment-15158 Hi melanie! Care tips, etc. are already incorporated in the article above to guide you. Hi melanie! Care tips, etc. are already incorporated in the article above to guide you.

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