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title: "Trying to see if I can develop some propagations from my mother’s…"
description: "Trying to see if I can develop some propagations from my mother’s spider plant. The original plant was overrun with baby props so we’ll see how many will…"
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author: "Buckolena"
published: "2026-09-12T18:34:15.606959Z"
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# Trying to see if I can develop some propagations from my mother’s…

_Posted by Buckolena on 2026-09-12_

Trying to see if I can develop some propagations from my mother’s spider plant. The original plant was overrun with baby props so we’ll see how many will survive and become my new little spiders. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤩

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Mjcxov_N6BIAn0MHqFMVXs28GGzsNJdMdUOHK0hmV_U/gZD3ky1PTXaMdHi-Z4XjyA.webp?size=large)

## 8 comments

### Kimmygail commented on 2026-09-13

I have a huge spider plant on my patio and I usually take the baby “spiders” and plant them right into soil in a pot \& they take off! I’ve started a few. Love the plant cuz it’s in a huge planter pot. And I’ve had it for many years and it stays well thru winter on my patio. Easy and beautiful!

#### Buckolena replied on 2026-09-13

Thank you for that wonderful reply! I’ve never had one of these plants so the whole thing will be a bit of a learning curve! ❤️

### plantgal commented on 2026-09-14

I have propped over 20 from my original spider plant (shes in an 8” pot now after i bought her from a grocery store in a 4” pot 2 years ago and two of her babies are now growing more too), into water for a while and then soil. Ive found a lot of success in letting the roots develop in water, and then transferring to potting soil with some more perlite mixed in once they look like this:

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/H-xae2wBhdkWLDFh-EsY2QNMkzOcwjO13StiEGqZcw0/QFreLNE6SASMiA3CsNe-7w.webp?size=large)

#### Buckolena replied on 2026-09-15

Thank you very much. That is basically my plan as well.

### plantgal commented on 2026-09-14

The size of those spider babies look like they’ll each need a 4 inch pot once the roots are ready!

#### Buckolena replied on 2026-09-15

Thank you.  
Many of these starts have 3-4 baby starts in them seeing how many will actually start growing roots and I’ll go from there but for now, just seeing how many will actually start.

### Plantingsherry commented on 2026-09-20

Some of those look like leaves and not baby spiders. With most other plants you can take a clipping and put it in water and it will sprout roots and you have a new plant. With a spider plant, you have to wait until it makes a baby. Here’s an image.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/-bEa8Q3g1ge-IURFOEOQ2kXlRgS9V83P42PKbIR09wg/SDMWQCpQQCKZ05t1rcfMVA.webp?size=large)

### Rhonda commented on 2026-09-23

I have a plant that has babies growing right now. When would I cut them to try to propagate them?

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/qdxhlw7Imcljd2dNn6yHWBuSfCKILGRma-qPYeoX59g/Y-EYT0yXR6eszEIP5aj78g.webp?size=large)

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