Do spider plant babies HAVE to be removed?

I have one long shoot (not sure of the proper name for that thing), and it has about 8-10 babies on it that are getting quite large. Do they HAVE to be removed?


If I do remove them, do I cut that shoot thing too?


Will the mother ever grow another shoot if I cut this one off, or will the same one that I cut grow again?


Thanks!!

Do spider plant babies HAVE to be removed?
Hello,


You will see the root ball growing at the base of the "baby", this is where you want to cut. It will not hurt the "mother" plant.


On my main spider I left one baby on accidentally and it is now having babies as if it is going nuts!!


Soon you will have so many spider plants you too will be wanting to give them away....


I have noticed as soon as a spider plant gets root bound it gives off these babies and seed pods.


You can cut the "shoot", the "mother" will just grow another, then another then another.


You never have to cut any of the babies off if you do not want too.


Below are a couple of my variegated babies (my solid I have not gotten around to taking babies off of yet). The one baby that is the bigger one is now having babies like mad, I do not have a pic of the main variegated plant which is literally going nuts.


The smaller babies I bought those cups to plant them in to give them away.


I enjoy spider plants, they are pretty and easy to grow!





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I had pics to share with you but they will not come through here in answers....
Reply:You'll get lots of shoots from the mother plant if you keep the plant going as is. You don't have to remove the baby plants. As a matter of fact, most people don't because it adds to the character of the plant. It'll still grow more shoots over time.
Reply:no. in fact in order to be removed they must be half the size of the mother plant to survive. some babies must grow with the mother for a few years before going on their own. you dont want them to get too large thought or else your plant might look messy. some people though do keep them and they look great
Reply:Not at all.





It is part of the charm of spider plants to have dangling shoots with babies. If you want more plants, just pot up the babies and they will grow. Most spider plants will grow many shoots, so it doesn't matter if you cut one off.
Reply:spiders produce babies only when rootbound. Leave them or cut them as you like.





Pups will grow happily for months (had them for years) in nothing but water.





They like being in the ground too. survive winters here in zone 8 (SC)





Experiment, it's all good.
Reply:You don't HAVE to remove them, but you can cut them and make new spider plants!





It's always good to trim up plants thought that are going crazy.
Reply:no don't remove them, this is how your plant will get bigger, Leave the "shoots" and watch it grow.