I have a spider plant in a large pot with the roots lifting out of the soil. Is repotting necessary and How?

Th pot is about 12 inches across and has about 6 different places along the edges where the root are lifting and from which the leaves emerge. How do I repot. Do I separate each root or move the entire plant to a larger port and cover the emerging roots with more dirt.

I have a spider plant in a large pot with the roots lifting out of the soil. Is repotting necessary and How?
A spider plant can generally do well being root-bound; however, if the plant is starting to droop between waterings, then it's probably time to re-pot. You can move it to a bigger pot (which could start to be pretty cumbersome, as large as your plant already is), or you could divide the plant. If you chose to divide it, as strange as it sounds, simply take a knife and cut the various plantlets apart, being sure to get roots with each cluster of leaves. Put each piece in its own pot (about an inch larger than the root ball), and fill in the sides with soil. Water them thoroughly, and don't fertilize for a month or so until the new plants have had a chance to recover from the shock. I know it sounds extreme, but it DOES work.
Reply:Spider plants, like many other houseplants, enjoy being pot bound. So long as you pay attention to water, you can keep the spider plant in the same pot for years and years.





It's time to repot when 1) the pot is breaking up from the pressure of the roots or 2) the pot is so full of roots there is almost no soil to absorb water when you water it 3) the plant is literally pushing it'self out of the pot because the roots have grown so large.





When it's time to repot use a pot that is no bigger than 1 extra inch on all sides. Moving it into too large of a pot will cause it to put all it's energy into root production and it will stop growing for a while. This is true of many houseplants.





To transplant it, put enough soil in the bottom of the slightly larger pot to put the top of the rootball at the same level it was in the old pot, pop the whole root and soil ball out of the old pot and into the new one, fill the sides in with fresh potting soil, water and you are done. Spider plants have fat, fleshy, white roots that look somewhat like those long white radishes. If one breaks off, just plant it and it will become a new plant.





Spider plants are one of the easiest houseplants to enjoy. Mine make babies like mad in big beautiful cascades. I have them growning in some places in the yard as well, the frost burns off the tops but they come back every year from the roots.
Reply:You can repot the whole plant but as the plants are fairly dormant this time of the year ,it's best to wait until spring. Use multi purpose compost please! not 'dirt' [ as amateurs call it !] The plantlets coming off it should be rooted and you will be able to prise these off fairly easily, again not until spring and then pot on their own .
Reply:If you don't re-pot it now it will start putting all of it's energy into making babies and won't get any bigger. I know. I'm looking at mine right now. I need to do the same thing. I would cut off the plant-lets and pot them. Then cut off any unhealthy looking leaves. It's up to you whether you want to divide it. If not, pot it in a pot 2 sizes larger than what it is in now. You can loosen the outer roots slightly. This will give the mother plant time to get strong again. It won't take long for the roots to fill the pot again and start making babies. Just like people, plants like time to themselves away from the kids.
Reply:remove it to a larger pot and cover the emerging roots. Remove the tiny spider plants.
Reply:No dont repot the spider plants. This type of plant actually like to be almost uprooted. If you want you can put a little dirt in there if you feel like there going to pop right out and fall on the ground.
Reply:I use a sharp knife and cut the root ball to make new plants regularly--almost every season. Gives you lots of new little spider plants to give away or tuck in nooks and crannies around the garden.

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