Re; spider plants- How would a person go about planting the 'babies' that sprout from the mother plant?

Do the babies/sprouts (?) root in water, or do they need to be attached to the mother plant when taking root in soil??

Re; spider plants- How would a person go about planting the 'babies' that sprout from the mother plant?
They should have little root type structures on them when you break them off of the parent plant. Just stick them into dirt and give them water.
Reply:You'll get sturdier roots if you root them in soil. Just fill a small pot with moist potting soil; detatch one of the babies from Mama Plant; make a depression in the soil, and put the end with the vestigal roots (the little bumps) down in contact with the soil. You may want to hold the baby upright with a few well-placed toothpicks until it gains its own foothold. Keep the soil moist, but not wet; keep the plant in bright light, but no direct sunlight until it's thoroughly rooted. Pretty soon, you'll have so many little plants you won't know what to do with them all :-)
Reply:I remember my mom would put the babies in jelly jars with water and they would grow roots. Then she would plant them in a new pot.
Reply:I've always just placed the roots of the babies in soil
Reply:If they only have stubs as roots, root them in water first. easier to get roots.
Reply:leave them attached to their mother plant for the next week to let them root on there own! then carefully dig around ur new future plant, pry it up and grasp it ever so gently. notice the long feeder root that goes from the baby to the mother plant?? follow it about half way between both plants then cut right there. bury the mothers root back with the disturbed soil and plant ur new plant where ur heart desires and within a few days it will start to take off on it's own! water the new lil guy for the first three days then back off to once a week..... no fertilizer! good luck
Reply:You can root spider plant babies in water or soil. Putting them in water will cause them to root the fastest (2 to 3 weeks). Alternatively, rooting them in soil will produce hardy, more adaptable roots over the long haul. If you want to root them in water, use either a narrow necked bottle (so only the baby bottoms touch the water) or use Popsicle sticks, chop sticks or skewers to create a square support over a jar with a wide mouth. Spider plants also love getting outside in the summer, and since you have so many babies to root, this might be a good option for you. Simply move you plant outdoors and peg down the babies into the surrounding soil using bobby pins, baggy ties, etc. At the end of summer, bring the mother plant back indoors and you'll have 15 new spider plants to dig up and share with friends.