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title: "Hey - so my boyfriend’s spider plant keeps having so many babies that…"
description: "Hey - so my boyfriend’s spider plant keeps having so many babies that our houses are overflowing with them! I find them so low maintenance and they survive so…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Maddie"
published: "2025-02-18T09:55:54.067183Z"
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# Hey - so my boyfriend’s spider plant keeps having so many babies that…

_Posted by Maddie on 2025-02-18_

Hey - so my boyfriend’s spider plant keeps having so many babies that our houses are overflowing with them! I find them so low maintenance and they survive so easily…but I brought one to work thinking it would be the same \& the leaves are going grey and closing up?! Any ideas why/advice?!

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## 3 comments

### Sunny commented on 2025-02-18

The faded color could be insufficient fertilizer, light or both.

The leaves fold close from insufficient water. They will open flat when watering is consistent. Spider babies can dehydrate while connected to the mother plant if the connection vine dries out.

### KJM commented on 2025-02-18

Sometimes those cute little decorative pots don't have drainage so you might want to watch out for root rot as well.

### Abbi commented on 2025-02-18

Mine turn gray when they need water. Id say either underwatering or root rot.

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