However, when growing spider plant indoors, conditions are different. For these garden spiders, creating silk is a specialized process. You might be tempted to put your spider plant outside to revive it if it seems like it’s dying. Soil. Can Spider Plants Live Outdoors? As stated in the other answers, most house plants can live indefinitely, but that depends on the care that they get. They have produced several baby plants which were planted in their own containers and shared with friends. How to Care for a Spider Plant. Spider plants (chlorophytum comosum) may also be called Airplane plants. Spider mites are one of the most feared and loathed enemies of all indoor gardeners. The easiest way to grow spider plants outside is just to move your potted spider plant outdoors when weather permits and indoors when it is too cold. I would like to have more spider plants indoors, but my home stays fairly dark, so the spider plants seem to lose their color and don’t do as well (I’ve had better luck with jade plants). Thread in the Ask a Question forum forum by Camilla1991: Hi, this spider plant has produced a few 'baby' spiders. I live in California and have found that my spider plants prefer being outdoors in filtered sunlight. If you’ve not come across this feisty garden pest yet then be sure to do everything you can to prevent an infestation! Watering and light are more obvious factors, but some are more hidden. Spider plants make excellent plants for hanging baskets, with small white, star-shaped flowers arching down on long flower stalks. You can expect a long life from your plant. I have had my spider plants for over 20 years and they are still doing fine. Perennial plants that reproduce vegetatively are effectively immortal - they can die from disease, or they may die from mechanical injury if some external force destroys them - or if they grow so big that they collapse, but apart from that, they can live forever (although the question as to whether a herbaceous perennial plant is 'the same plant' over a long span of time is a philosophical one). Spider Plant Care Must-Knows. The spiders eat their webs and rebuild them at night, and start catching insects again the next day. Long-lived houseplants often become heirlooms The average lifespan of houseplants is difficult to determine because their birth and death dates are seldom recorded in plant obituaries. Spider Plants are no different than any other plants. However, it’s probably not a good idea to shock your plant by moving it from inside to an outdoor garden if it’s suffering. The long, grass-like leaves of this flowering perennial are often striped with white down the middle or edges, but there are solid green varieties, too, and the “Bonnie” variety features curly leaves. Spider plants form arching clumps of grass-like leaves and get their common names from the baby plantlets that form on their dangling stems. Check the soil every 4 or 5 days. How to Multiply Your Spider Plants: The Spider Plant, or Chlorophytum comosum, is possibly the most popular house plant. My question is how long will it take for spider mites to just die off with no food source? This plant does well in low-light environments, making it an ideal choice for the office building where lights may turn off during non-working hours. Outdoors, spider plants can grow best in the soil with slight moisture retaining capability. They will live as long as they have ample sunlight, water and nutrient rich soil. Spider plants, also known as airplane plants, are native to tropical and Southern Africa. If it is dry to the touch, water plants thoroughly, allowing excess water to drain out of the bottom of the pot. Spider plants grow well when their soil dries between watering. Here we learn what they are, what they do to your plants, and how to get them out of your life. Fertilize spider plants monthly in spring and … They are good at purifying the air in your home and they are very easy to maintain. So I had a slight infestation in my last grow a few weeks ago and I ended up removing all of the plants. Strands of silk shoot from an apparatus on the spider’s abdomen called the spinneret and twist together to form a tight thread.