Oct 29 2008
My Babies
I bought a Spider plant, or Airplane Plant, at the beginning of the spring. This is one of my favorites. As some of you know, this plant puts off babies on the end of what I would call runners. You can clip these little babies off and plant them in dirt, keep it watered well with bright indirect sun, and they will grow like crazy. Earlier this summer, I did just that. Now mind you, these start of as very small little plants. I brought them in for a few nights to protect them from the frost, and decided to take a picture of them tonight to show all of you. I am so proud of how they are doing. These are variegated, now I would like to get a solid green one.
Happy Gardening!
Miss Crystal
This is a beautiful plant and one I would like to get and grow myself. I can now that we moved to a bigger place and I actually have room to sit it somewhere where it can get enough indirect light. They need to have at least 10 hours of indirect bright light a day. Do not give it more than 16 hours if you use artificial lighting, it has to have 8 hours of dark. I always thought it was an old wives tale that they will not grow well if they are grown in terracotta pots, but I have done enough research on the internet on them to agree with the theory. Every site I have read says not to use them because they are porous and hold stuff in them that can harm the plant. Before you water the plant, let the water sit out overnight and let the chlorine evaporate out or use room temperature bottled water. You need to bottom water the plant. Do this by adding water to the saucer it sits in and let it soak up the water from the bottom. Then pour the water out of the saucer. Do not let it stay moist or get completely dry either. I will let you guys know when I get mine and how it goes, lol.
