Spider plant struggling help?

[Ultum4Spiderz]

So far it just keeps getting worse.

 

[regalpaws]

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Does your pot have drainage holes?

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Does your pot have drainage holes?

Yes but I had to tape a peanut butter jar lid on the bottom because it was an open draining pot.

 

[fcat]

Can you create more space between the holes in the pot and the peanut butter lid, or spacers of some kind, so it's not sitting in extra water? I usually water over the sink. Another method is bottom watering, where you just set it in a shallow bowl with water, "and let it soak up what it wants." This is not my favorite method unless you have really great drainage. We all know what substrate does with access to water lol

They can tolerate dry conditions better, underwatering is better than over watering.

You can take the plant out of the pot and inspect the roots. Are they white and firm, or yellow/brown and squishy? If the latter you'll want to remove as much dirt as possible, rinse the roots with diluted hydrogen peroxide and give her a fresh start. If you find soft, rotten roots, cut them off with clean scissors. Clean them with rubbing alcohol before use and after each time you cut off rotten roots.

What are you using as a medium /substrate lol? Does water run right through when you water, indicating it's well draining soil?

Any sign of pests or webbing?

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Can you create more space between the holes in the pot and the peanut butter lid, or spacers of some kind, so it's not sitting in extra water? I usually water over the sink. Another method is bottom watering, where you just set it in a shallow bowl with water, "and let it soak up what it wants." This is not my favorite method unless you have really great drainage. We all know what substrate does with access to water lol

They can tolerate dry conditions better, underwatering is better than over watering.

You can take the plant out of the pot and inspect the roots. Are they white and firm, or yellow/brown and squishy? If the latter you'll want to remove as much dirt as possible, rinse the roots with diluted hydrogen peroxide and give her a fresh start. If you find soft, rotten roots, cut them off with clean scissors. Clean them with rubbing alcohol before use and after each time you cut off rotten roots.

What are you using as a medium /substrate lol? Does water run right through when you water, indicating it's well draining soil?

Any sign of pests or webbing?

It just grew roots it was a baby plant first . No pests , potting soil. I water it near daily a little bit maybe that’s too much???I never soak it with water . Unless I water it once a week which I do sometimes. It doesn’t appear to be growing.

 

[Tentacle Toast]

I'm going to go with over-watering, too. Let the soil dry before watering it again, see how it does.

 

[Charliemum]

Spiders don't like sitting in water try making the water pot/lid removable n empty it out after 15 mins of watering the plant. I have had the same spider plant for about 15 years now but nearly killed it at the beginning because of the same problem not enough drainage n sitting in water. May also need repotted . They like space to spread out .

 

[Wolfram1]

i have had opposite problems...

new leaves still look fine so whats the problem?

how much light does it get?

the only thing that can kill this monster is root rot, anything else it will survive