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Growing Spider Plants
By Brenda Hyde
Everyone should grow a Spider Plant. It's also
known as the Airplane Plant or it's official name;
Chlorophytum elatum. It was one of my very first
houseplants and it's a great beginner plant!
It needs average temperature,
humidity and water. The spider plant actually likes a dry period
between nice, heavy waterings. I love these plants
for bedrooms and out of the way places that
might be forgotten in the watering department.
They also make a great hanging plants and
look very nice in an ornamental pot sitting on a
bookshelf or cabinet.
A Spider Plant can take
indirect to dim light. You know you're taking
good care of it, if it develops small delicate
flowers and then tiny plantlets, or runners, that can be turned
into more plants for yourself, friends and family.
Creating New Spider Plants
You may plant the new runner in the soil of it's
"parent" plant and wait for the new roots to form
before giving it a pot of it's own, or you can
set a small pot of soil next to the original plant
and set the plantlet in that pot, still attached,
until roots formed. Either of these methods will
have the same end result. After the runners are
rooted, cut them from the original plant with very sharp knife
I also cut them off of the plant, and root them in
water before planting. This has worked well for me also.
These new little plants make nice housewarming gifts
for friends and family.
About The Author
Brenda Hyde is a freelance writer living on ten acres in rural Michigan with her husband and three kids. She is also editor of StandBesideHer.com and has a family friendly blog, On the Front Porch.
Sheila "I am a Christian Woman, a stay home homemaker and a Mom.
My interests: I love to knit, crochet, sew, embrodiery, and quilt. I play the piano, read music, I write Chrisitan poems and writings. I collect teddy bears, angels, hearts and butterflies."
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It needs average temperature,
humidity and water. The spider plant actually likes a dry period
between nice, heavy waterings. I love these plants
for bedrooms and out of the way places that
might be forgotten in the watering department.
They also make a great hanging plants and
look very nice in an ornamental pot sitting on a
bookshelf or cabinet. 
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