PillsburyDoughboy
Washington
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| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:45 pm Post subject: Curse of The Spider Plant? |
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Am I the only who has herd this one before? If you own a spider plant you will be cursed with bad luck. So anyone herd this old tale or know someone who owned the plant and had bad luck until getting rid of it? Odd I can't seem to find anything online about the topic but I herd it from someone so I wondered what you all thought.
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Kay
Lincoln, Nebraska
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| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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I've never heard of a curse of Spider plants.
 I sure hope there isn't one, because I have several and I like them!
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Netty
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Southern Ontario zone 5a
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| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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Ive never heard that either! But Spider Plants are so vigorous and always making new shoots that someone might call that a curse. I like them ~ they are great air cleaners.
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Newfpaws
Idaho
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| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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Why do you call them air cleaners Netty? I have one but the light in my house in the winter is atrocious so it only does okay. One of the downfalls of living in the shadow of the mountain.
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Kay
Lincoln, Nebraska
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| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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Isn't it because they take in carbon dioxide and put out oxygen? It's something like that...(without googling it) There are a lot of houseplants that are good for purifying indoor air!
I don't think my pretty Spider plants have given me any bad luck... They are well mannered and make me happy 
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kuntrygal
Texas ~ Zone 8
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| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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Never ever heard that! And I have had many over the years.
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Bluewing0
Upstate NY
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| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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I sure hope that's not true either. I would be in for a world a hurt with three of them 
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live2garden
Western North Carolina
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| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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Geez, is that what happened to the economy? All of us with our beloved Spider Plants! We must have jinxed it!
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Droopy
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Western Norway
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| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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I've owned several, and whatever bad befalls me I'm not about to blame it on a plant.
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Newfpaws
Idaho
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| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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Amen Droopy!
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glendann
Texas
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| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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I have never heard that about any plant.
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crystalblueatmosphere
NH
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| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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I would disagree, spider plants take so much less work to keep healthy so if anything I'm guessing they are a good luck charm for the novice gardener. Mine always grow like crazy and don't mind if they're a little neglected from time to time.
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daisybeans
annapolis md
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| Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 3:00 am Post subject: |
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I think all plants are for good luck... none for bad...
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