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title: "Mayday! Some spider plant babies I adopted! I put them in soil and…"
description: "Mayday! Some spider plant babies I adopted! I put them in soil and water them 2 ish times a week but they look so unhealthy and dry. In fact, looking at past…"
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published: "2025-03-20T22:08:52.505551Z"
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# Mayday! Some spider plant babies I adopted! I put them in soil and…

_Posted by Aspiringplantmom on 2025-03-20_

Mayday! Some spider plant babies I adopted! I put them in soil and water them 2 ish times a week but they look so unhealthy and dry. In fact, looking at past pictures which I attached, it seems they’re getting worse! I just read that the babies need to be propagated in water- which I did not do. It’s been a few weeks now… is it too late to pull them out and stick them in water? What are my chances here, need proof of life!

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## 11 comments

### 🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵 commented on 2025-03-20

I mean if it was me I'd pull them out and stick them directly into some water I don't know why it would be too late, but I'm no expert and I've got a million spider babies I need to propagate I have three different kinds of spider plants too now I'm super excited

#### Aspiringplantmom replied on 2025-03-20

That’s amazing how exciting! That’s my goal but I gotta make them grow first… I’m new to plants- if you can’t tell so I love hearing that keeping them alive is actually possible 🤣 about how long does the water propagation process take in your experience?

### 🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵 commented on 2025-03-20

I'm very new to plants as well like I really started maybe 8 months ago Its more of an addiction than a hobby I've got t over 100 houseplants now ,🤦‍♀️🤣🪴🩷 I just bought my curly n reverse variegated week🤸🥹 🩷

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-03-21

Either water more, or pop them out and put them in water. If they had no or very small root systems they need more water to uptake.

#### Aspiringplantmom replied on 2025-03-21

Sounds good! I’ll heavy water and go from there, thanks!

### zollol commented on 2025-03-22

Spider plants can tolerate lots of kinds of soil, but i think this pot is a liiittle bit too packed. You can mix in a little gravel/pearlite/bark to loosen it up and let the roots breathe.

#### Aspiringplantmom replied on 2025-03-22

Gotcha, I’m just not sure they’ve grown any roots yet. Would the soil being too packed affect they’re ability to grow roots?

#### zollol replied on 2025-03-22

Yes, roots need air to grow, as well as the rest of the plant, thats why we change water when propagating ;)

Also, what do you mean they havent grown roots yet? Do you mean theyre freshly propagated with only hair roots? If so, they definitely need more air!

#### Aspiringplantmom replied on 2025-03-24

I just cut them and stuck them in the soil, so I’m not sure that there are any roots at all yet!

#### zollol replied on 2025-03-24

Well, that will do it 😭 its much more finicky to propagate plants than that. They need several weeks in fresh water to grow roots, then you set them in soil. Even then, they need a warm humid environment to stay alive and foster growth. The good news is spider plants are pretty common and cheap and you can get more easily. Next time, put the ends in water and keep them in a moist ziploc bag.

#### Aspiringplantmom replied on 2025-03-25

I put them in some water so let’s see if I can raise these zombies from the dead🤣

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