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title: "I’m still new to spider plants and I’m struggling to understand where…"
description: "I’m still new to spider plants and I’m struggling to understand where the baby begins?🤣 Is it the bottom part of the stem that I’d cut or would I propagate…"
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# I’m still new to spider plants and I’m struggling to understand where…

_Pubblicato da Kayde il 2024-08-08_

I’m still new to spider plants and I’m struggling to understand where the baby begins?🤣  
Is it the bottom part of the stem that I’d cut or would I propagate from each part of the stem where the leaf starts to grow? Or is it just the very top? I have no clue🤣 any help?

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## 8 commenti

### eatyacarbs ha commentato il 2024-08-08

wait for the babies to have roots like these — then you can snip the plantlet from the mother (or you can leave it attached) and set it on top of soil

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#### eatyacarbs ha risposto il 2024-08-08

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#### eatyacarbs ha risposto il 2024-08-08

this one is very mature — you don’t need to wait this long haha

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### Elizabeth ha commentato il 2024-08-08

The spideret is that little part at the end, you may get more at that node. (Around the leaves) I would recommend letting the spideret get bigger before you cut it, but after that it’s just water propagation. You don’t need to wait for roots to cut it. Putting the stem in the water won’t do anything, you’ll be able to see the bottom of the spideret when it’s a little bigger and that’s the part you need in water.

### Sunny ha commentato il 2024-08-08

You will see the spider babies after it flowers. I would definitely wait to see aerial roots on the babies before cutting it from the mother plant. Cutting them off too soon and the babies can die before they root. The roots greatly increase the chance of survival for the baby.

You don’t need to propagate them in water if they have aerial roots. Just place directly into soil.

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### Dj ha commentato il 2024-08-08

When the stem loooooong

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### Kayde ha commentato il 2024-08-08

Thanks everyone🫶🏻 will definitely wait for some roots to form before chopping, just wanted to know where abouts its cut at ahah

#### Sunny ha risposto il 2024-08-08

Cut it anywhere near the baby especially if there are other spider babies on the vine. The flower vine will eventually yellow and die off even with babies still on it. It could take a long time to die off depending on the variety of spider plant. My Hawaiian spider plant seem to never drop a baby spider plant

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