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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tortoise Tom" data-source="post: 149091" data-attributes="member: 27883">Any decorative plants bought at a store come from a commercial nursery. All are grown with systemic pesticides that can last a year. These pesticides are taken up into the plant's tissues and cannot be washed off. This being the case, you'll have to start your own plants from seed, or from cuttings off of mature plants that aren't laced with toxins. I know this because of the tortoises. They will try to eat these plants so we have to be careful.The other issue is that most plants need strong lighting. Your spider doesn't want or need strong lighting, but can probably tolerate it with enough shade.</blockquote>