Spider plant baby question?
Question:Once it has roots can i put it in my flower garden bed outside? They have sooo many babies i'm unsure on what to do with them! Or does it have to be in a hanging basket?
Answers:
Yeah, you can put it out there, depending where you live. I put one outside by my back porch and forgot about it completely. It suffered through a 90+ degree summer (not in full sun though!) with only the rain for water, then froze to the ground (I'm in zone 8 where it freezes pretty hard, but the ground doesn't freeze)... and came back up the next year. They make blebs on their roots to store water so they're pretty drought-tolerant. It has propagated itself a little every year and reappears bigger and bigger every year.
If you plant the main plant in the ground, the babies just land somewhere and put down roots - if you just let them touch moist ground, they'll root themselves. If you cut them off the main plant, put them in water till they root first, then plant them in the ground (they'll probably need watering for a while to get established).
I've never seen them in a garden bed so I don't know the answer to that question. I suppose it's possible. However, I'm sure they can't tolerate the cold so if you live in an area that has a cold winter then you will have to bring it in for the winter. As for the babies, you can start new plants from them or give them away so others can start a plant.
No it doesn`t need to be in a hanging basket - I`ve done just what you are saying before and they make a lovely foliage contrast to flowers. Go for it!
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