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title: "Hello! I was gifted this spider plant. Wondering when I should clip…"
description: "Hello! I was gifted this spider plant. Wondering when I should clip it if it needs it at all? I was told by the previous owner to trim it down but I want to be…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Aria Katherine"
published: "2023-08-20T20:21:25.522Z"
language: "en"
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# Hello! I was gifted this spider plant. Wondering when I should clip…

_Posted by Aria Katherine on 2023-08-20_

Hello!

I was gifted this spider plant. Wondering when I should clip it if it needs it at all? I was told by the previous owner to trim it down but I want to be sure this is needed.

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## 3 comments

### Mushroom commented on 2023-08-20

from what i know, you do not need to trim spider plants, but you can probably cut the stem that flowers + babies grow from if you want

### Plant Father commented on 2023-08-20

there’s no need to trim it if you don’t want to. i prune old leaves off as they die, and sometimes trim the roots when repotting, but other than that i just let them grow wild! like mushroom said you can trim the runner if you like, once the baby on the end grows some roots, and use that to grow a new spider plant. when i do this i cut just past the next node on the vine and another snip by the base of the baby plant

### Sunny commented on 2023-08-20

No trimming required! Looks good.

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