Spider Plant Bonnie – Carla’s Hoya Haven

Chlorophytum comosum ‘Bonnie’. This is one of those plants, eh? If you have one you have 1,000. The reproduce in the pot. They dangle offshoots in every direction. I try to be careful not to knock the babies off while moving and watering plants but they just drop at random. I can’t throw them away. So, I propagate them.

And propagate some more. You can see the water here is getting a bit murky and I have some algae on the roots. I rinsed off the roots in slightly warm water in the sink. I’m reusing another T4U pot. This one is a taller 3″ pot. I put some Bonsai Jack’s Gritty Mix in the bottom. It helps to keep the potting mix from leaching out the drainage holes. I fill the pot up part way with Fox Farms Happy Frog. It needs no soil amendments for spider plants. I fill the pot with soil around the roots and give it a good water. Since this plant already has a thick root system I used a systemic insecticide. I use BioAdvanced 12 Month Protect and Feed 32-fl oz Tree Food. It’s good for a wide variety of pests and as an added bonus it kills fungus gnats. I use one teaspoon per gallon of water. I wanted a weaker solution so as not to harm the tender roots on my houseplants but I a few fungus gnats reappeared at the 6 month mark and I had to water again with the Bioadvanced.

Now I have a nice little plant to take to work and set in my window.

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