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title: "Looking for advice. I rescued a spider plant from my office kitchen…"
description: "Looking for advice. I rescued a spider plant from my office kitchen as it looked super sad (see pic in the white/grey pot). I brought it home and repotted (see…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/EtC_giEjQPOiUzh_TOv4BQ/D1xHzA5oS9KGqcY-Gvn2WA"
community: "Plant Recovery Room"
author: "Shelby"
published: "2024-04-30T00:57:51.406207Z"
language: "en"
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# Looking for advice. I rescued a spider plant from my office kitchen…

_Posted by Shelby on 2024-04-30_

Looking for advice. I rescued a spider plant from my office kitchen as it looked super sad (see pic in the white/grey pot). I brought it home and repotted (see pic in green pot). I used all new soil that I mixed myself but when I took it out of the grey pot to place in the green pot it had no roots at all. I haven’t watered since putting it in the new pot as I had just watered it at work the same day I brought it home. Should I put her in a smaller pot given she has no roots?? Help.

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## 3 comments

### Layla commented on 2024-04-30

if she has no roots at all you could try propagation

#### Shelby replied on 2024-04-30

Propagation is when you just break it down and place just in water? Right? I forgot to mention in my post I’m new to the plant mom business.

#### bowlwater replied on 2024-05-08

yes. take her out of the pot, gently clean her roots, and fill up a cup of lukewarm water to put her in and make sure she gets plenty of sun. also, change the water weekly and make sure to run the roots under a gentle stream of water to clean them off :)

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