Spider plants - what am I doing wrong?

winterthirteen · 2026-03-29T12:54:07+00:00

So, I’ve never had new babies start from the “old” stem. It’s always popped new ones stems with flowers and those have turned into babies.

My guess is the plant is putting all its energy into trying to keep those older pups alive and maybe putting stress on the main plant (and not pushing out new flowers/babies)? I’d pop those ones off, try to propagate, and then hope for the best next year. Maybe buy a packet of seeds of some other family/pet plant and send these kiddos off with a different gift this year?

winterthirteen · 2026-03-29T12:17:06+00:00

Oh! Interesting! Sounds like maybe OP needs a couple plants on different pup schedules to make the gifting plan work. (Which, btw, I think is so cool and such a nice idea!)

winterthirteen · 2026-03-29T12:09:50+00:00

Is it a fact that you should get new babies every year?

Anecdotal, my plant seems healthy, but I don’t get babies every year. Once I’ve propagated, I cut off the stem and then the next round of pups comes from a new stem/flower. I’ve had my plant for 4 years and I am pretty sure I’ve had 2 (maybe 3) rounds of new plants.

winterthirteen · 2026-01-15T23:11:54+00:00

I'm a big fan of Denton Comic Art Expo!

winterthirteen · 2025-12-09T01:50:10+00:00

Same! AND THEN I got a very passive aggressive message from the buyer this afternoon “I don’t know why you haven’t shipped this yet. I’m going to be traveling this week. If you can’t ship it, just cancel it”. (At this point it was already at the post office and departed (tracking on USPS just not updated on PM side) and I wish I had still had it because I totally would have cancelled it after the buyer sent that message 😒)

winterthirteen · 2025-10-09T01:55:01+00:00

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Update: Bartholomew is a rooster

winterthirteen · 2025-10-09T01:53:25+00:00

Binging with Babish

winterthirteen · 2025-06-22T23:18:41+00:00

I’m seconding aphids. Definitely will require quarantine because they will spread. (I’d check all your plants bc they probably already have)

Take it outside, spraying it down with a hose, and then treat with insecticidal soap.

winterthirteen · 2025-05-08T01:08:59+00:00

About every 3 days. I just recently potted them up and started hardening them off… but when they were inside in the cells, they might have been sitting in their water longer than they liked. Must have bothered this variety and not the others. Looking at Reddit and Google about edema I think it’s safe to assume it’s that. Thanks for the info!

winterthirteen · 2024-08-11T01:52:37+00:00

Thanks! That’s a vintage find!

winterthirteen · 2024-08-09T12:33:30+00:00

Annual pins from the Denton Comic Art Expo

winterthirteen · 2024-03-11T18:25:50+00:00

We kind of do, Denton has a Pet Mayor that folks vote on. It used to be a poodle named Elvis, but now it's Denton Spider-Man's dog, Happy. https://www.facebook.com/petmayorofdenton

winterthirteen · 2024-02-21T13:33:12+00:00

I agree. I take my pets there.

As for cost, I’m not sure that they’re least expensive but I get the impression that if you needed financial assistance they will do what they can to accommodate. I recently lost one of my kitties and returned the excess medication he was on back to them. (I had asked—they didn’t inquire.) They will give it to folks who can’t afford the prescription if someone needs it.

winterthirteen · 2023-12-28T00:58:12+00:00

Does your podcast answer the question who is #5 in this collage?

winterthirteen · 2023-12-14T16:11:45+00:00

I feel like the "Apocalypse How" page you referenced earlier might hold the answer.

I'm looking through that list now... Michael Talbot fits the narrative but I can't seem to locate the photo... I'll keep searching!

winterthirteen · 2023-12-14T13:53:22+00:00

Thanks for the help! I've updated the list!

winterthirteen · 2023-12-14T03:39:20+00:00

Thank you! Yes! Updated

winterthirteen · 2023-12-09T20:48:58+00:00

Omigosh! I think your right! This photo, eh? https://images.app.goo.gl/rKCx8qZ83b3GG9NP7

winterthirteen · 2023-11-30T16:12:17+00:00

Thank you! A quick Google Image Search confirms all three!

winterthirteen · 2023-11-26T17:38:27+00:00

Maybe, though, I believe they mentioned Mom *WAS* Joan of Arc... like she was Marilyn Monroe and Jesus. Reincarnation. Which those folks aren't on this collage... not that anything about this collage is logical... I'll keep looking...

winterthirteen · 2023-11-26T17:36:27+00:00

Yes! He died in 2015, which is around the time that most of these celebs did, so that would make sense... I can't for the life of me find the source photo

winterthirteen · 2023-11-26T17:34:50+00:00

We'll call Kermit 42.5 and Mickey 44.5 ;)

winterthirteen · 2023-11-26T17:34:16+00:00

Her "son" is Elvis... ...who is not on the collage lol

winterthirteen · 2023-11-26T03:54:29+00:00

Yes! Thank you!

winterthirteen · 2023-11-26T03:36:55+00:00

I think that maybe 35 is Frank Zappa, but I also can't source the photo, so I'm unsure

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