Like most houseplants, spider plants prefer to be moist, but never soggy. Futeral recommends not watering until your soil is ...

Pot Size. When you first pot a spider plant, Ramos recommends a container that's one or two inches larger in diameter than the current root ball.

Spider plants have long thin leaves from a central clump. When slightly pot-bound they grow long hanging stems with small white, star-shaped flowers.

Juliet Howe, a horticulturist and founder of Twigs Design, says to expect to water your spider plant about once a week, but maybe less. "A plant in a warm, sunny window will want to be watered more ...