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title: "There are a few brown tips on my spider plant, but I also noticed a…"
description: "There are a few brown tips on my spider plant, but I also noticed a few of these that look semi-cut. Did I do that by accident?! Or is this a pest?"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Show me the Greens!"
published: "2024-09-16T12:16:26.324767Z"
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# There are a few brown tips on my spider plant, but I also noticed a…

_Posted by Show me the Greens! on 2024-09-16_

There are a few brown tips on my spider plant, but I also noticed a few of these that look semi-cut. Did I do that by accident?! Or is this a pest?

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## 4 comments

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-09-16

brown tips like this are just par for the course with spider plants — it’s not you, it’s her lol. your cuts look mechanical, straight lines, no pests.

your plant looks very healthy to me!

#### Show me the Greens! replied on 2024-09-16

Whew!!! Thank you

### Ava commented on 2024-09-16

yes my spider plant also has brown tips it’s pretty inevitable with them, you could try switching to distilled or rain water also to help with the brown tips

### Helena commented on 2024-09-16

You can add a drop of “Tap water Conditioner” to your watering can. It is used in aquariums to remove chlorine, fluoride \& other minerals for the health of fish.  
I got mine on Amazon.

Spider Plants hate lime found in tap water.  
Or you could use rain water or buy distilled water as previously suggested.

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