spider plants
Amy Kay
My mother had a pot with two spider plants, these two had an army of little babies on their stems. They were root bound too, so they just propagate like crazy.
I noticed she wasn’t taking care of them too nicely, watering them too frequently, and with tap water which contains fluoride; resulting in their leaves looking “burnt”.
I started with growing the babies in glass cups, and once their roots were decently long I potted them.
Currently, I have about 15~ spider plants, potted or not. It’s an insane amount, but it’s been helping with mental health. It helps give me purpose, without me they would simply die. It gives a purpose, a reason to exist and get up in the morning.
A professor of mine (an amazing one at that!) was surprised by my fascination with nature (which is inpart a result of my spiders), as I’m a computer nerd. I guess it’s just surprising to see somebody both fascinated with the digital world, and the physical world; especially plants and little animals.
An unfortunate fact about spider plants is that they’re invasive, they’re native to tropical and southern areas of Africa, but elsewhere they’re invasive. So unfortunately my spiders will never to get to know what it feels like to be a part of an ecosystem.
I know they’re arguably the most popular house plants here in the States, but they’re just cute little things and I love them for that.
They can go weeks if not 30 days without water, which many do not know; resulting in overwatering by their owners. I learned that early on through my journey. Today my spiders are doing incredibly well. Let’s hope they can survive how cold my house gets in late Autumn and Winter.
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