Re: Spider Plant Maternity Ward
MC, what I do if I want to keep the 'babies' is just the same as with strawberry runners.
You should have along thin stem sprouted out from the mother plant, with the baby plantlet on the tip of this. Is that so?
If so, all you need to do is fill a small pot with cuttings compost, water it, then gently pull the baby plantlet down until it touches the soil in the new pot. You can peg it down, or else push it into the compost so it makes contact with the new soil.
You will find that quite soon it will form roots and send them down into the new pot. When it is well rooted and self-sufficient, just snip the connecting stem from the mother plant.
Don't separate it from the mother until it has rooted.
Hey presto - job done.
If you don't want to root more babies, just snip them off and discard them.
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May I ask why you bought the plants online? Trouble with that is, you don't get to see them before you hand over your money.
Were they all houseplants? Did you get growing instructions with them?
If they were 'Carnivorous' plants e.g. Venus Fly Traps, they have to have rain water, not tap water.
African Violets need to be watered from underneath, don't wet the leaves or they will rot.
Some plants will scorch in the sun, others don't like drafts etc. . .etc. .
All plants have different needs, that is why I said did you get growing instructions.