Monday, January 17, 2011

Part of my lesson in not giving up hope...
I like to keep my spider plants outside in the summer...they do so much better with the humidity and lots of natural light.  One of the plants I have had since I was in college over 20 years ago and the other I potted up, using "babies" from my main plant, for my husband when we were dating...also over 20 years ago.  Obviously, spider plants are very forgiving!  I made the mistake of leaving them out on night this past fall when we had a freeze.  I came home to limp, brown leaves and both plants looked beyond hope.  I couldn't bear to throw them away however.  I brought them into the potting shed (which is heated), watered them, and let time pass. 
One day a green shoot started on one pot.  I couldn't believe it!  For all practical purposes, these plants were dead!  Now I have 2 plants that are starting to fill out a bit.  Nothing like they used to be by any means, but getting there.  I still have to finish cleaning out the dead foliage, but I am just happy that they weren't gone for good!

4 comments:

Katie said...

Beautiful blog, great story about the spider plant. I have a Christmas Cactus and a Pothos I brought with me on the plane (checked luggage) when we moved from Indianapolis to Arizona 10 years ago--both still thriving. Cheers!

T2Nashville said...

What a great story! I still have a green plant from Daddy's funeral and from Mama Tate's funeral that have thrived for me when others didn't. I have no green thumb at all, so it's a miracle! Makes me think of them whenever I water them, and that's a good thing!

Peggy said...

For saying that you have no green thumb, you must be doing something right, Tammy! :)
I had an African Violet for many, many years after Dad passed away. By the time it died, I was a little sad, but it was okay. I have 2 plants from Mama Tate's funeral thriving in my shed now.

Corner Gardener Sue said...

How cool! When I first saw the photos, I thought you had planted some offshoots of a spider plant. Are they getting larger by the day?