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My spider plant is growing 3 thick stems. I cut 3 off already because friend said they zap life from plant. Do I keep them? Will they produce babies?

enter image description hereenter image description hereI am trying to figure how to add a photo and not sure this will work. This is a picture of the end of a stalky stem that is growing up, out of the spider. A couple weeks ago a friend said cut it so i cut 3 then 3 more have grown.

Niall C.
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April
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  • Please use the [edit] link underneath your post if you want to update it with new information. Thanks and welcome to the site. – Niall C. Nov 07 '20 at 01:36

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Assuming you mean the common green or green-and-white-leaved houseplant, then there's no reason to cut the stems off the plant unless you don't want little plants hanging down several feet from the mother plant. Leaving the stems on won't harm the plant in any way. Here's a plant that is horribly root bound (and will be until I repot it in March or April). It's in its winter quarters in my basement

Spider Plant with offsets

As you can see, it has more than a few babies.It's also blooming.

UPDATE

Thanks for the excellent photos! They show the offsets forming from the mother plant, before they start drooping. In fact, the first photo actually shows the flower buds while the second seems to show a stem that's beginning to branch. Don't cut these and your plant will flower along the stems, with the plantlets forming a little later. Because your plant is trying to flower, I recommend leaving these stems because cutting them will actually weaken the plant—it will keep growing offsets to replace the ones you cut off. If you don't want the plantlets, then cut the stems after the flowers fade.

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  • Thank you. These things aren't like the usual stem that grows babies. It's extremely thick and the end looks like wheat. It may be normal but I have never seen them this thick. – April Nov 05 '20 at 15:27
  • That is a beautiful spider !!! – April Nov 05 '20 at 15:27
  • Thanks - she's about 8 years old. Can you post a closeup of the think stem? I'm wondering if it's a root. I'll also try to post a closeup from my spider if I can find a root. – Jurp Nov 05 '20 at 15:35
  • I cannot figure how to add a photo, I will keep trying to figure it out – April Nov 07 '20 at 00:16
  • I am trying to figure how to add a photo and not sure this will work. This is a picture of the end of a stalky stem that is growing up, out of the spider. A couple weeks ago a friend said cut it so i cut 3 then 3 more have grown. – April Nov 07 '20 at 00:45
  • Jurp i hope you can see this – April Nov 07 '20 at 00:51