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title: "A couple of weeks ago I took a beautiful spiderette from my friends…"
description: "A couple of weeks ago I took a beautiful spiderette from my friends spider plant, I’ve been doing the wet paper towel method but the roots have been growing…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Gracie"
published: "2024-01-19T14:00:28.549Z"
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# A couple of weeks ago I took a beautiful spiderette from my friends…

_Posted by Gracie on 2024-01-19_

A couple of weeks ago I took a beautiful spiderette from my friends spider plant, I’ve been doing the wet paper towel method but the roots have been growing quite slowly and are only about 2-3cm (if that!) so aren’t long enough to pot yet, and now it is getting sad. Does anyone know what I could do to help it while it’s too small for soil? Thanks :) x

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## 7 comments

### iambijoux commented on 2024-01-19

Put it in water!

#### Fergie77 replied on 2024-01-19

Yesssssss!!!! Water prop that baby!

#### Gracie replied on 2024-01-20

Thank you both!!

### Siri commented on 2024-01-19

It will love you if you put it in water and will reward you w roots!!!

#### Gracie replied on 2024-01-20

Thank you!!

### Sarah commented on 2024-01-20

I put them directly in water. I use baby food jars, glass yogurt jars, pizza sauce jars, etc. This one has already had a lot die off. Remove what comes off easily of the brown parts, and you will probably need to do that a few more times. Scrape off any black gunk as things rot off under water.

#### Gracie replied on 2024-01-20

Thank you so much!!

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