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Spider plant question

wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,183
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One of my spider plants (chlorophytum comosum) is prolifically making offsets at the moment but one of the offsets has now made its own offset. I've been searching but can't find any info on how long the chain will get. Do they just keep going until they find soil?


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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,856
    I think so, as long as "mum" is well fed and watered.  I remember a huge one from office days, up on top of a big cuboard and reaching down almost to the floor.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,183
    Ok that's interesting to know thanks. I've been trying to work out the best place to keep it where it has room to dangle away from toddlers. I keep them misted so humidity levels should be ok.
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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,183
    A further question. One of my plants, a reverse variegated plant with white in the middle of the leaf, has just produced a load of seed heads. Has anyone had success with growing them from seed? I'm hoping to get a natural all-green plant if I do that as it might not carry the variegated gene from its parent plant.
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  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,268
    I had a spider plant at work with one "pup" which had reverted to all green.  I grew it on - a really vigorous grower, but ideal as a bomb-proof plant for an office.
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,856
    35 years ago a colleague at work was diagnosed with rampant cancers.  He bequeathed me his baby ficus elastica and benjamina plants, recently bought for our shared office.  The spider plant we found already in the office has long since gone to the great compost heap but I still have the ficus plants.  They'll be needing new homes soon as they're getting a bit big despite judicious pruning...........

       
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,183
    Well I read some advice on-line that the seeds don't store well and should be planted as fresh as possible so I potted them up today. I didn't want to dig out a propagator and we don't have an airing cupboard so they've had to go in the only consistantly warm place in the house; in with my lizard :# She doesn't seem hugely impressed and can be prone to digging so I've had to make sure they're wedged down and covered in tough plastic. Fingers crossed...


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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,183
    Success \o/  The first shoot is up. The lizard hasn't interfered with anything. Now I just need the other spider babies to hatch and I can transfer the pots to a sunny window sill to wait and see if I've managed to get any fully green plants.


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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,183
    I was never allowed an iguana :|
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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,183
    Ziggy would bite you if you called her cute. She's a fierce dinosaur, don't let the smile fool you :#


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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,856
    I do - as long as they have character.  We have lizards in the garden and they're good to see but not cuddle or play with.  There are also Western Whip snakes - ditto.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
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