Why do the tips of the leaves on my spider plants dry and die? I water it regularly?

Sounds like over watering. Nice thing about spiders is you can take a sharp pair of scissors and just snip of the brown tips without having to remove the entire leaf....

Why do the tips of the leaves on my spider plants dry and die? I water it regularly?
Spider plants are one of the wonderful house plants that will filter out toxins in the air. Brown tips are a very natural occurrence on these plants, it's the plant doing it's job. Don't worry about the brown tips, your plant is healthy.


If the brown tips bother you, take a pair of scissors and cut them off, that's what I do, it does no harm to the plant what-so-ever.
Reply:It could be due to over watering. Try watering less and see if it perks up.
Reply:Two of the major reasons for this are over watering (which is common) or the plant is pot bound (to large for the pot you have it in and the roots are being restricted.) A tip would be when watering, make sure you water only until the pot begins to shed excess water (the pot should be on a plate or some other tray and it should have weep holes to shed excess moisture). Then to check for watering place your index finger into the soil up to the first knuckle if it is moist do not water, if it is not, water.





For a pot bound plant, find a pot that is double the size of the one it is in now. Bigger is not better in this case, in other words do not get a pot that is 5 or 10 times bigger because in most cases the amount of moisture it can hold will be much much more than the plant needs and it can drown the plant or decay the root system. Remember to gently shake the plant when removing it from the pot and gently message the root ball to clear in entangled roots. Now would be a good time to remove any small plants and replant them in another pot as too many plants crowd the pot and may cause the plant to die. Hope this helps.