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title: "Help! Am I propagating my spider plant properly?"
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# Help! Am I propagating my spider plant properly?

_Posted by Dare on 2026-06-22_

Help!

Am I propagating my spider plant properly?

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## 11 comments

### SuccaForPlants 🪴 commented on 2026-06-22

I believe there’s typically a chute that the spider babies grow off, not just the usual leaves! Wait until one of those comes out and you see growth!

#### Dare replied on 2026-06-22

So I should take them out of the water?

#### SuccaForPlants 🪴 replied on 2026-06-22

Yes!

### SuccaForPlants 🪴 commented on 2026-06-22

When you have a baby forming you can either cut it off and place that in water or keep it attached to the mother plant and set it in soil until it roots into the soil, then cut it off. Wait until there is a few small roots on the baby before cutting it.

#### Dare replied on 2026-06-22

Omg someone on here lied to me and told me to do this. I don’t know who to believe

#### SuccaForPlants 🪴 replied on 2026-06-22

The leaves don’t produce the babies, there will be another stem that will grow out of it. Maybe they meant that? I’m not sure. I’ll share a picture of what the other stem will look like as mine has one right now!

#### SuccaForPlants 🪴 replied on 2026-06-22

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### I love plants commented on 2026-06-22

I agree with everything SuccaForPlants says!

### ObsessedLeafLover🌿✨ commented on 2026-06-22

It will take time and the right care, but it will eventually put out a baby shoot that will flower and then grow babies. Wait until the babies start growing little root stubs, and then you can cut them off and pop them into a cup of water. Leave it for a few weeks, and then you can plant it once it has more roots. Putting leaves in the water will unfortunately do nothing.

### EllenLikesPlants commented on 2026-06-22

Um, no, I hate to break it to you! As others have stated, spider plants will send out a shoot, like harder than a normal leaf. Then new baby spider plants will grow off of that. Those are what you then cut and put in water. I don’t have any of those but I do have pothos in a cup of water propagating. Here’s a pic. The little white thing coming off a green stem is the new roots!

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#### Dare replied on 2026-06-22

Thank you!!!

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