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Best indoor potting compost for spider plants?

juliastanbridge1234juliastanbridge1234 Posts: 2
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Hello everyone, I'm about to re-pot two indoor spider plants after they've been living in garden soil for about a year. Can anyone recommend a good over-the-counter compost, please?
Thanks ever so much,
Julia.

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    The closest to garden soil would be John Innes compost - either JI2 or JI3 but it would need some horticultural grit added ideally, to help with drainage.
    But spider plants are pretty tough, so any ordinary multi purpose compost will keep it happy.
    Welcome to the forum :)

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  • BiljeBilje Posts: 811
    Mine get repotted in ordinary multi purpose compost, whatever is available/cheap. They’re tough plants and cope with my regular neglect. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Bilje said:
    Mine get repotted in ordinary multi purpose compost, whatever is available/cheap. They’re tough plants and cope with my regular neglect. 
    Same here 👍 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • juliastanbridge1234juliastanbridge1234 Posts: 2
    Thank you Pete, and thank you Bilje, for your thoughtful comments and for welcoming me to this site. I shall take your comments on board and am sure my little ones will be thrilled with their new compost!
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    They're definitely not too fussy. I've got some that have self-seeded into a pot with a large succulent and that's got a very free-draining cactus compost mix in there which they've thrived in.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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