Spider Babies: Good for Asthma

I have a small spider plant in my home that I found after searching several local stores.  This used to be a common houseplant one would find in nearly everyone's home.  But I had not been able to find one for sometime.  At a dinner meeting in my home of a new faith based community group (more about that later) one of the guests asked about my plant. She too had been looking for a spider plant.  Now here's to the power of networking: the result of our conversation was that another guest knew someone with a plant that had multiple babies.  And today I had the good fortune of harvesting 48 baby spiders that are now  beginning a new life in a north window.  All of my dinner guests are the proud owners of new spider plants.

They may either be replanted directly to dirt while attached to the primary plant; or restarted the way I have done it,  which was to clip and start them in water.    The former is the preferred way,  so say the professionals.  But if the primary plant does not belong to you,  as was the case for me, then clippings were the next best option.  They will be all right.

As to the benefits of this plant, I read about a woman who keeps her spider plants in her bedroom because her husband suffers from asthma.  Spider plants are known to be efficient in cleaning the air.  So it makes sense that they might be particularly beneficial to those with breathing or upper respiratory difficulties.

As to growing environments,  these plants like humidity and will grow almost anywhere in the home.  Mine will be ready to go into the dirt soon.  Do you have a great place for growing your spider plants to share?

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