I'm leaning towards, the soil isn't draining well enough and the plant is still trying to root. That is a cutting, correct? I would take it out of the pot carefully, today if you can, clean off the dirt, and try placing it in water, and let the roots grow for a while. Then it would be ok to put in the small pot.

I think it's best to really root a spider plant baby in water until the roots look thick enough that they can move in regular soil. If this has been going on a while, there may be a possibility it just will not take up water any more, and then it's best to start over. But try it in water firstl :)

P.S. Meant to include that I would take one or two of the babies, cut them off and put them in water now. That way you increase your chance of having a good plant. (and two or three plants can be fun also)

If it's actually in a gritty mix, drainage wouldn't be an issue, unless the hole is blocked. There also wouldn't be any dirt to clean off, as gritty has no dirt. Haha.

Anyway, op, can you tell us more? How long have you had it in this mix? Did you just recently root it? It looks tiny. How much light does it recieve? How often do you water? Have you inspected for pests?

spider plants are pretty much just weeds and will tolorate a lot. I'm sure it'll come around.

Side note, while its a death sentence, I'm going to plant one of my spider plants in the ground this summer and see how big it'll get. Frost will kill it in the fall, but I like the experiment idea.

It needs more water. The leaves are curling to conserve moisture in the leaves. Spiders are heavy drinkers and need more water than most people realize.

I agree. I have some of mine in regular peat based soil and one in a 5:1:1 mix as a test. It's annoying how often I have to water the latter. Even the ones in a peat based mix need water twice a week right now.

I agree with Mentha's comment as well, my spider plant has also folded up its leaves when I forget to water it.

Thank you all for the helpful feedback! This plant was repotted not too long ago, and yes, at a very less than ideal time for undergoing such a transition. It had been in a nasty nursery mix and was too tempting to not get into the gritty mix, despite the mid-January timing. Since the repot, I've watered regularly and waited the two weeks prior to fertigating; it's seemed quite healthy up until this new curling development began. The plant is in a 6 inch TC pot and is much larger than the pictures convey. I suspected that my impatience led to this curling, but wasn't quite sure. Spider plants do seem to be resilient specimens though, so I am not giving up on this one. I'll keep it watered well and be sure to keep GW updated.

Here are some photos from the repot!

Wow- it looked like a 4" pot in the original photos so I thought it was just a small starter. Those are some roots!

Haha yes! First set of roots that I've ever seen like that! Noting how it had been in a square 4 inch plastic pot, it certainly seemed like a repot was in order. I trimmed some off from the bottom but that was it!

After thoroughly watering since posting my original thread, it is looking like the curled leaves are spreading back out again. Due to this, I'm led to believe that it was a symptom of under-watering. Great suggestions and input everyone!

Many thanks

Spider plants don't need a gritty mix. They like lots of water.