10 Tips To Stop Brown Tips On Your Spider Plant 

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Ok so I watched this video and I used some of the tips in it and my spider plants have never looked better!! They perked right up and now look so green and glossy so I just wanted to come back and say thank you because this helped me so much!!

Dont Over water, under water, too much light, too little light, too wet too dry, poor soil too much fertiliser 😂

I started to watering my spider plant with filter water I've noticed a difference a lot less brown tips and the color is much better.

Having a container of tap water that sits for at least 24 hours before using has done wonders for my Spidey.

Growing up, my mom had the non-varigated variety. She always had them in the west window and they were sooo bleach out and sad looking. She wasn't very good at watering any of her houseplants and somehow I got stuck with the chore. I hated it because I had no interest in plants whatsoever back then and felt they were her plants not mine so they should be her responsibility not mine. Funny thing, once I left home I started buying my own plants and slowly over time I became obsessed with them. It's a mystery to me what the reason for my change of heart was but I'm just glad it happened.

My mother has one outside in the garden, it's growing amazing.

After I moved my plant on a north facing window it has improved so much !

I really like your tip of using distilled water once a month to flush out excess buildup of minerals. It doesn't rain often where I live, so I'm going to start trying this.

This vid came at a perfect time. I just rescued a Spider Plant very recently, it’s still in ok shape so far. Thank you!

Sheffield you are never going to know how hardly I needed this... Thank you ❤️

I've been pouring tap water in a bottle and letting it stay there for 24 hrs and my 130 plants have been doing great for years now

Informative spider plant care video, mate. Gracias! My baby curly spider plant in one inch terracotta pot requires watering everyday. One leaf out of the 7 or so leaves consistently had brown tip. I never cut/trim. The brown tip continued until the whole leaf turned brown. None of the other leaves affected. This is over 3 months. Didn't understand 😕 but now realize it was its SOS signal to call for the beverage cart.

I find my spider plants love diluted old, cold coffee. It sounds weird but they produce babies like crazy if I do this. Also, if you see them get brown tips, just cut the tip off at an angle (think pretty ribbon) & you can hardly tell. Lastly, put them somewhere in your home far far away from children or pets because their leaves are so sensitive that one can look shabby after just one tail whipping or accidental ball being flung at it. 💚

I enjoyed this video and especially the tip about making natural looking cuts to remove brown tips!

Started using bottled spring water on my plants about a year ago. Big difference in how healthy they are.✌️👽

Thank you for all the tips, and help me to not be so smothering to my plants. I have 47 in my house, but will be bring most out on my deck in the spring. I must say that your videos are my favorite. Thank you! Your faithfully, follower Karen, from Kansas.

Best spider plants care video I've seen so far. Enjoyable as usual. Keep up the good work !!

I needed this today! I have a spider plant with about 5 shoots with babies! Thank you for the tips!

I keep killing my spider plants - yet I keep buying them! I use distilled water, have my moisture meter, IDK! They say it’s one of the easiest plants to keep alive - not for me 😂 Thanks for this video.

Recently, the large peace lily I bought started withering away! It’s in a self-wicking pot and I couldn’t figure out why it was so unhappy. I have always heard peace lily plants are easy to care for - not mine! It is fussy just like you described 😂 I’ve had to cut her back and try to salvage what I can. I’m hoping she recovers soon. Thank you for all your tips!

I have a spider plant given to me April of last year. It was just a baby spiderette when I brought it home. I put it in a glass of water and let it develop good roots. Then I put it in a pot with Miracle Grow potting soil. Today it’s a beautiful thriving plant. It is in a room with south facing windows and gets bright indirect light. I recently repotted it in a slightly bigger pot. It hasn’t put out any babies yet. I think that’s because the pot is just a tad too big. I know with time, love and care she will give me some plant grandbabies. On Richard’s advice I bought a moisture meter and don’t know how I have lived without that. I didn’t know such a thing existed until I started watching his videos. It is a life saver or should I say a plant saver! I am a newbie subscriber and have been binge watching your videos. They are very informative and helpful. Lynda from GA, U.S.

Grow lights were the answer for me. I struggled for at least a year, maybe two trying to figure out if I was over or under watering, always brown tips no matter if I tried going longer or shorter in between watering. Got some grow lights, haven't altered my watering routine and they have perked right up.

Less than a minute in and already worth watching.

Thank you great video as usual. My spider plants are in a window so I'll have to watch the sunlight. Also, I bought a moisture meter so hopefully I'll be watering my plants better. Really enjoy your videos

THE TAP WATER. fml, my spider plant has struggled for 25 years and all along it was the tap water. And it will continue to suffer..

My Aunt once told my Mom that the reason the leaves turn brown, is because they don't like to touch other plants. If you keep your spider away from other plants and touching the pot itself, they will not brown. I did that and now my spider has a long shoot growing and theres little flowers! Thank you for all your very helpful tips. I especially like the idea of cutting the brown parts off. Still have some brown leaves in Chicago.........

Thank you for helping me take care of my plants

I have bought Contrace which is minerals for us, but it is excellent for plants especially if they don't have great soil. Just 10 drops in their water once a month makes a big difference. My spider plant literally put on major growth and turned super dark green. The plants love it . Liquid fish fertilizer and kelp is excellent as well, just make sure you dilute it properly. I would dilute it down majorally at first to get plant use to it. Then you can increase it up to where they say over time.

Omg, and, here I've been watering, smh thinking this shouldn't need water again...,BECAUSE of the brown tips! What an extremely helpful video, thank you! AND, I have super hard water and live in a drought region.

Thank you for sharing tips about a spider plant thank you and have a blessed day

Mine has started looking much better after using distilled water. I'm gonna add fert occasionally just so I don't have to repot it. It has numerous baby spiders and they're beautiful, so I want to avoid repotting or taking it off of the hanger as much as possible

Thank you for this good video.😺I have also recently watered my Calathea with distilled water. The result is great.🤩

Thank you once again. I use tropical fish water from my aquariums to feed my plants.

I have two one gets indirect all day and maybe a tiny bit at sunset but not much and then one gets some evening sun and she flowered this year and they are from a huge plant i had to break down they are both making babies and one has two big ol babes lol these were my first ever plants and they are both very happy 😃

I was told it is the salt in the water that turns them brown. That would explain why when using distilled water the browning stops

omigosh I had no idea nad Ive had them 30 yrs. Thank you!

Thank you so much I really really enjoyed listening to you talk about spider plants. I wonder if you could do a video on the best way to plant up baby spider plants? As I have a great many on one plant!!!!! Please stay safe and well too xxxx Mags

Good tips for stop Brown plants leaves. Thank you so much dear....!

My best spider plant is growing out of the top of one of my aquariums just in the water sucking up declorinated water and fish waste. Its awesome.

Great video! I have this issue right now with a rescued plant.... Thank you 😊

Thank you for all of your helpful videos. I’ve had this spider plant for maybe 2-3 years and purchased it as a baby. Soil is too moist and the tops and brown and curling and leaves are dripping. I noticed one of the sections of the plants roots are a bit higher than the soil. So maybe new soil and let it dry out a bit. I hope it doesn’t have root rot. I’ll check and snip off the bad parts and repot

.. You can boil the water, cool it off, run it through a paper coffee filter and then it's ready to water the plants.. My spider plants (and others) are outside on my east side porch from May to October (just before the very first night frost).. They love it out there and they are the most beautiful when coming back in for the winter..

I love my spider plants! I like to take the little babies and pop them in little jars of water. For the big spider hanging baskets that I have outside, which sometimes don't get watered as much as they'd like, I feel like they're pretty resilient as long as they don't get too thirsty.

Man, I've been doing it all wrong. My plants are in the sun, I drench them when I water them, I water from the faucet because buying distilled is pricey, the soil I bought always looks bone dry on top so I never know when they need watering, and I moved them outside where the humidity varies because they grew fungus gnats. Needless to say, there's a lot of brown and yellow in my plants. Thanks for this video, let's see if I can save my plants.

Yes I have the same problem with my plant, it’s doing well i water once every month. Recently found out brown leaves on the edge….i always use rain water and fertilizer and they have been doing well for month😂but recently there is flower buds coming I think too much water also not good…

Hello again! Thanks for another great video. I'm a new plant parent and my next plant purchase is going to be a spider plant, so brilliant timing!! Thanks again 🌿🌿🌿

Tip 1. Don't put it in direct sunlight. Tip 2. Consider putting it under a grow light I know what you're actually saying. But it still made me laugh 😂

I'm new to the plant world and i've put the spider plant my neighbour gave me in plain dirt, in front of a south oriented window and watered it with tap water and the thing is absolutely thriving lol no brown tips and a vibrant deep green colour, beginners luck i guess

I’ve had my spider for 4 years now, and I’m only now learning it’s not the normal variety. I’ve a reverse variegated spider… nice

I also want to say thank you for your pruning tips. I haven't been a prunner, but you are converting me. I ruthlessly prunned some spider plants this morning that seem to have become infested with something. Actually, whatever it is is devouring a lot of my spiders. I am now hoping to get rid of the infestation by cutting it out. On a side note, you spoke on another video and a little on this one about cutting off the brown bits, particularly leaves. I sit outside in the mornings to pray and read my Bible, I love to sit and look at my mini garden. With some 40+degree weather we have had recently (West Australia) some of the plants got a bit of burning. One of my umbrella trees in particular had a bad patch on a leaf. I thought about trimming it as you suggested on your video, but then yesterday when I went out, a critter had beat me to it. I was intrigued that all the burnt bit had been eaten, leaving just a scant rim of the burnt material all along the edge. The green part was untouched. It got me thinking, if this is God's design, to leave a margin of the already damaged leaf so that it doesn't have to re-heal another edge, then perhaps I should take note and trim this way. If I remember correctly, you trimmed and shaped your leaves, leaving green healthy leaves exposed? I worried that these could also brown with healing, or be open to infection. Perhaps a better way is to keep a small margin of the already sealed leaf. It may not look as good, but may yield a healthier result???

Great comment about our plants not looking perfect! mine never have and maybe never will, but so long as i do my best i can always except that. Even my Triostar is in good shape not perfect but good none the less. Great vid mate thanks.

Yes. I've heard chlorine can cause the brown tips. When I think about it I let the water sit for awhile and hopefully the chlorine evaporates.

I have a water filter for my drinking/cooking water. Hopefully that water is okay for my spider plant.

oh cool about the cutting away the brown tips...thx for all the great iinfo...from Northern Canada

I really enjoy your videos, especially the fact that they always have great tips in them. Would be interested in making a video about the plants that should absolutely be watered with distilled water?

Tks ...Pak sudah berbagi ilmu nya👍

You can use tap water, just let it sit in the bucket overnight or for a few days after the chlorine evaporates. You can grow them in an aquarium, just remove all the soil, it's great for filtration; the aquarium water has lots of oxygen and nutrients from the fish waste and also can be grown in a vase of water, just remember to remove all the soil and the water has to be changed weekly.

Коли я пересаджувала росли5у часто , то вона не мала сухих кінців . Я зрозуміла що в грунті накопичуються солі і це шкодить рослині .Дякую за відео !

Thanks, that was helpful. My spider plant is hanging in a bay window, but I did notice some brown tips. I'll try moving it away from the window. I've had the plant for about 3 years and it has gotten to be a good size, but it still isn't putting out any spiderettes. I've been told this doesn't happen until it is root bound. If you have an aquarium, water your plants with the used aquarium water after water change. It's got lots of good stuff in it.

Luv luv luv your work, Thanks for sharing Please make fidget jewelry n a planet/galaxy pendants, please😊

Spider plant also love Milk. Half a glass do wonders try it 😊

Please make a video about stunted grow and how to avoid it, fix it!

I switched to using filtered water and presto no more brown tips on any plants. I also switched from using potting soil to Aroid soilless medium which drains and breathes well.

I had 7 beautiful thriving spider plants but I recently moved from bring on the 8th floor apartment. I kept my spider plants on my enclosed window ledge year long. Since moving to a new apartment on the ground floorand we can’t put plants outside (only to get sun during the day.). I’ve lost 5 of my plants. They all died. I have two left and I’m devastated. What’s wrong with them?

Thank you Mr Sheff' : )

🙏🤩 thx for the vid - I have several spider plants - I’ll try some of these tips

i have never seen a spider plant in estonia (northern europe) with white stripes. they are all dark green color and if they get too much sun, they go light green but no white stripe

Wondering if you have any advice on plants that have been exposed to smoke (not heat) from a house fire? Are they safe to bring into another home and any suggestions on cleaning them and if they should be repotted? Thank you.

I am a very very new plant parent and am starting with a spider plan someone gave me. However, the leaves are very thin and yellow. There were some new shoots around the two main ones, but they have turned brown and wilted. I feel like I might be in over my head on this one. I love all the tips in your video and have put it in a slightly sunny area with out direct sunlight and have cut back on watering. Is there anything else I should do to help it be successful? Thanks so much for sharing so many useful tips with us.

My medium-sized spider plant was growing well initially. But after several months, the new leaves and new grown parts of old leaves turn very thin, brittle and light green. I already put fertilizer every now and then, but it doesn't help. What should I do? Really need your help and advice. Thank you so much !

I use water out of my fish tank and my plants love it

This is crazy. This is the girl that was gifted her Mom's 9 foot skinny snake plant from Canada. I'm also the girl the went on a plant buying spree yesterday. Believe it or not, three days ago my friend gifted me three spider pups. But I decided to grow them in water in this awesome glass jar. We will see how it goes. I just don't want bugs. Love and Peace.

Would the water from my dehumidifier be ok or better than tap water?

Thank you for this ♥♥

Fluoride and chlorine are poisonous to humans too. Let your tap water sit for a couple days and the chemicals should neutralize. Also you can use aquaria neutralizer too. That is what I do after letting tap water rest for a day or 2.

mine do well in the window in winter (summer its a in the shade) I just let the leaves die back.

Great video, as usual. I need to check my soil and upgrade it and the water I use. Have a water butt, so I'm going to use that.

When changing the soil when root bound how do i get rid of the old soil around the roots without damaging the roots? Eveytime i try use my fingers to break up/pull out out the soil i end up not being able to get rid of the soil without a good bit of force which inevitably breaks a lot of the roots

i enjoy You & Planterina. Thanks!

I have a few spider plants and a few large I keep my largest one in full sun if you introduce it to the sun in early spring and over a couple weeks slowly put closer to full sun I can handle it most plant can if you do this

I cut the brown tips of like you do. They just keep getting brown up the leaves

I have found with trimming the brown tips off, that if you cut through the main vein through the middle of the leaf(regardless of type of plant) the brown tip will only grow back. if you leave a TINY amount of the brown on it when trimming, it will not. So, why in the world do they keep coming back otherwise on this plant?

I learn the most w/ your videos! 😊

love your channel.. can you do a video on ponytail plants?? thanks

I'm wondering how to filter rain water. What would you suggest? Thank you for your informative video's!

I only put my spider plants in water no soil using tap water and there very healthy and very easy to to look after?

My spider plant is such a pale shade of green which white middles, and it doesn’t stand up at all. It’s more like a hanging plant instead of standing up like some pictures I see

Is it possible that you do an experiment using tap water vs well water vs rain water? I love your vids and this would be very cool and informative 🥰👍

I put diatomaceous earth on the soil, then river rocks on top, decent sun

I saw a video on growing it in water.

I have this plant and alot of them lol, I wonder if my dads allergies are because of this plant its next to a A/C and wondering if its causing his allergies

Love your videos

What is the best soil for them? 2 years ago I planted some with a bag of soil my parents had at home. They grew big and healthy and I gave a couple of them to friends. Well a couple months ago my dad threw away my spider plants in the compost saying they were "dead" when they were totally normal and healthy! I ran into the garage and dug them out of the compost, he destroyed them by ripping up all but one and I also managed to save a couple of clippings. This really breached my trust. But I went to the store right away to get soil to replant them, asked the man in the garden section and he told me Miracle-Grow but it made my plant sick and caused it to grow mold in the dirt and I know it's the soil since I only water once a week and I give it plant food too like normal. Then I tried AGAIN with another soil brand. Thankfully it's not molding, but my plant is turning brown even though I'm doing everything else right. I wish my plants never got thrown away otherwise this would have never happened. Can someone please help me by letting me know a good brand of soil for spider plants?

Awesome...when you bottom water how long do you give your plant to drink what they need before discarding the excess?

I lost a beloved spider plant gifted to me by a colleague who has since died. I drowned it trying to fix its brown tipped leaves. After watching this video, that won't happen again.

I just took my dying brown spider plant and put it on a table outside and ignored it and it fixed itself ahaha

thank you

Thank you for your video

I was using dechlorinated tap water, super hard tap water, on mine. It’s now showing signs of being too dried out and has trouble pulling in water. So I’ll be repotting it and using distilled! Going to give the roots a good rinse with it too. Also, do you knock out all the old soil from their roots when you repot them? Also also.. I live in Alaska, we have 20-30% humidity most days. My poor plant, lol.