My maidenhair fern is a few years old. Went so crispy I cut it back to the soil and dumped it in the conservatory, kept soil moist, in bright diffused light. Four months later it is enormous! I mean, the size of a dustbin lid!! I cannot believe it! It’s growing so fast and not a single brown frond! All I do is keep it moist at all times. It’s on a table in a north facing window. Absolutely my prize plant just now!
I understand your point about recommending people try this fern (considering availability and lower price) before other ferns since it's a harder one. I started with easier and cheaper pants and by the time I got an anthurium crystallinum, I realized my current plant experiences didn't really prepare me for her even though I watched your video, read tons of care guides, and watched other people's experiences. Less than 5 days after my crystallinum arrived, the leaves fell off and now I have a stump that I have no idea how to rehabilitate because my forgettis are so easy. But, since I have fallen down the rabbit hole, I guess this is an opportunity to learn how to get it to grow again before getting other anthuriums. I know crystallinums aren't the hardest anthuriums, but it was for me because nothing I did based on my research saved those leaves. 😑
Ok I really took this vid to heart 😂 I put my sickly heart shaped in LECA (I’m betting on LECA and pon being the same 🥴) and potted up another fern I just from a big box store with a wicking rope thing. After a week I can tell the rope is a winner. The LECA I’m not sure what’s happening lol
I love ferns! They're not necessarily easy, no, but neither are a lot of the popular aroids a lot of people want, it seems? I like houseplants that look sort of like they might grow out in the woods where I am, so I don't have any aroids at all. So far I've found Asplenium dimorphum varieties quite hardy. I've had one of mine for about a year, it survived last summer and didn't crisp up even when I was away for a couple of weeks. They have thick and hard leaves, wilt visibly when they're dry and perk up when you water them. I think it takes a lot of neglect to make them lose fronds. Mine never has, and I forget to water plants sometimes if they're not right in front of me. Rabbit's foot fern (Humata/Davallia tyermanii) is supposedly another relatively easy one, with thicker leaves and rhizomes to store some water, but I haven't had mine long enough to be sure. I have an antenna fern (Doryopteris pilosa, probably) which is doing well under a bell jar with a hole in the top, but I've only had it for four or five months. It's strongly dimorphic, delightfully weird-looking and I just love it. It might be my favourite houseplant, so I hope I can keep it alive. Not sure it really needs the bell jar, but it seems to like it well enough. I got a maidenhair fern and lemon button fern (Nephrolepis cordifolia 'Duffii') in tiny 5 cm pots a couple of months ago, just to see if I can keep slightly more finicky ferns alive. They're not dead yet. The lemon button fern seems like another reasonably easy one so far. Not as easy as the Aspleniums, it drops leaves from the fronds if the watering is too much or not enough, but it's growing and doing reasonably well. The maidenhair fern was hard to keep evenly moist in that tiny pot and lost a few fronds, but it's still alive, in a slightly larger pot. It's doing nothing right now, as far as I can see. Not crisping up, not growing visibly either. Hopefully it's growing roots. Time will tell. I have a book about ferns (The Complete Book of Ferns, Mobee Weinstein), and the author suggests growing ferns in smaller terracotta pots nestled inside a larger pot filled with fine sand (soil or sphagnum moss works too) up to the brim of the inner pot. Both pots should have drainage holes. The layer of sand between the two pots works as a sort of water reservoir, keeps the inner terracotta pot soaked and helps maintain that even level of moisture a lot of ferns like.
Hey Memo, I have been growing stag horn ferns from spores, and I would say that you are basically doing a less sterile version of TC. You need to sanitize the soil and keep it sealed for at least 2 months, so there could be many things that can go wrong. It takes soooo much time for then to grow because spore has no nutrients to jump start the growth. My stag horn seedlings are still microscopic after 4 months of growing. The first plantlets you are getting from spore are not the true plant, they are just there to produce the gametes. After the spores are germinated, you also need to shower it to allowing the sperm cells to travel to another plantlet to make fertilization happen and complete the life cycle (this also means you can mix spores to produce hybrids/crosses). I find that part most challenging because showering left too much water in the medium, and when you seal it back you can get all sorts of mold and cyanobacteria and algae. It’s definitely not worth it for the maiden hair fern, but I would absolutely do it again for some of the rarer platyceriums
As an Australian who lives where this plant is native, yes - yes it can be a finky plant! Not just inside either, but outside too!😂 my pop had a few that were luxurious but he loved growing ferns so there was a good reason his survived😊
I have one I bought three years ago, had it in the house and it shrivelled up. Threw the pot in the shed and a month later I noticed it was growing, so its now kept in the garage, it’s pretty big, and I try make sure it stays damp, as they just crisp up when dry. Keep them in a bright area, no midday sun, keep the soil moist and feed lightly. They aren’t difficult when you get the hang of them, certainly easier than a Boston fern in my opinion. I love them, so pretty, and I’ve got a couple of outdoor adiantums now which cope well with any weather. One is an Aleutian variety, the other is a Himalayan.
Interesting. Weird that everybody has a type of fern that grows best with them. For me the Boston fern grows like it has no care in the world. Dutch greetings!
Blumat plant spikes, i call them rork v drips. Had a maiden hair in an unglazed clay pot for three years. Forgot to fill its iv and it shriveled up. Cut it back, stuck it in a clear storage bin for a bit and its on its way back.
My tip for growing maidenhair ferns is to give them a HUGE pot. (Conversely, give plants that are prone to root rot a small pot!) This way there is wayyy more space for neglectfulness and I don’t have to water mine that often. Another tip: prune off all the fronds right before going on a trip.
I accidentally killed my maidenhair by freezing it on the sill last winter. I feel like they look really good during the growing season, but all the fronds can die back en masse. When I first got it, it was a tiny 2-in plant. Medium to bright light under a grow lamp (natural humidity 50%). Watered daily and it survived and grew. At some point the middle of the leaves got black. I figured out it was because the daily watering flushed out the nutrients in the soil. Added fertilizer, reduced watering to weekly. It bounced back next growing season. It looked great during summer and produced spores until I killed it. :) They're pretty hardy and will revive if cared for soon enough. I would definitely give it another try if I see it again. They can grow in boggy soil (no drainage hole pots). I think people mostly kill them because they're not in enough light. Ferns aren't really as "low light" as people believe.
I bought a variegated Boston Fern, and stuck it in the bathroom hanging from the shower rail, and it went downhill quite quickly, even though it was away from direct light and getting watered on a near-daily basis. It went from a lush, full plant down to 4 fronds quite quickly, so I chucked it out in the greenhouse, in summer, and just left it sat on my self-watering tray. It started to pick up really quickly due to the high humidity and constant supply of water through the wicking mat. In late autumn, I thought about getting rid of it, as I thought if I bring it inside it will just go downhill, but I fell back in love with it. So, I bought it back in, popped it into a large, sealed plastic storage box keeping it sat in a cm or two of water at the bottom, and kept it right by the radiator all winter, and it has loved it. Unfortunately, because we are due to move, and there will be no room for the greenhouse, I won't be able to repeat that this summer, so it will probably go into some sort of permanent water reservoir back in the bathroom. At least I will actually get to look at it 🤣 Now, I might just try again with a Maidenhair Fern after seeing that you've managed to keep yours alive using the water reservoir and pon method. Maybe 🤔
I bought one not that long ago, a tiny one I thought was so cute. Half of it dried out on the way home ^^ I try to keep it happy now, but I'm not sure I'll see it grow at all.
Thank you for sharing the tip with pon: I heard of it, but was a bit sceptical and wasn´t keen on trying. So I´m happy you tried for a year and can verify that it works well :-) Now I´m not afraid to try it too :-)
Tried the Madden Hair a couple of times about 20 yrs ago lol an haven’t ever tried it again but maybe give it another go in Pon ect. The Crock is holding its own so far. 💚
I have 3 ferns currently...heart leafed fern, blue star and crispy wave fern. They all are doing well although I do need to keep my eye on them...temp, humidity and water! I do love a Maiden Hair fern and may need to get one. I also would like a lemon button fern!
I really want to try a more thin fern I do love them and remember the one my mum had was a kid and she was very hit and miss with it. But the ferns I have are the Hardy thick types. It may be time. Really useful video thank you
I have one 10 years old, not much larger than yours. Lives outdoors in high shade in a ceramic pot with really no care here in florida. 85% humidity and almost daily rain. ❤
Bueno imagino que como yo soy una mujer más sencilla que el mecanismo de una rueda , me gusta el Culantrillo del pozo ( veo que vosotros le llamáis , cabello de doncella y entiendo el porqué) , me gustan los helechos quizás por qué son plantas prehistóricas y ellas nos acompañan desde el comienzo , no se porque , creo que tienen algo especial . Un saludo 💌
Reused plastic...oh yes - yogurt´(just covered with white paper... look great) as cash pot and old plastic cup as pot :o) And Leca work for ferns - I just use bottom one - more finest pebbles...
I love ferns , unfortunately they don’t love me 😂 . After killing several ferns this one’s next on my hit list . Boston ferns are the worst . I keep moist , 65-70 humidity south facing light , now in north facing . Please can you tell me what I’m doing wrong ? Would love more care videos on “common “ houseplants as I really enjoyed this one ❤
Boston ferns are difficult without a doubt, I’ve binned two in the past few years, however, 20 years ago I had a huge Boston which was doing amazing under a velux window, south facing in my bathroom. I gave it to a friend about 10 years ago and it’s still going strong. My guess is if you get the conditions right, they thrive. If you want an easy fern, get a rabbit/ hares foot fern, I’ve got one and it’s a doddle and looks beautiful.
@@jmacd98 I’ve also had a Boston fern many years ago which was grew from a tiny plant into a massive one with little care . Since moving house I struggle with most plants even with a south facing window. I just killed a blue star and rabbits foot fern , though I did cover the hairy feet on the rabbits foot so not surprised it died . I have good humidity and keep them moist so can’t think what I’m doing wrong to the others though
@@Houseplantygoodness yes, even the pot. In libraries and banks they had dragon trees in nursery pots burried in a sea of leca. And last time i bought pumice for my cactus mix, it was a brand for semi hydro and this is how it was described on the package.
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My maidenhair fern is a few years old. Went so crispy I cut it back to the soil and dumped it in the conservatory, kept soil moist, in bright diffused light. Four months later it is enormous! I mean, the size of a dustbin lid!! I cannot believe it! It’s growing so fast and not a single brown frond! All I do is keep it moist at all times. It’s on a table in a north facing window. Absolutely my prize plant just now!
My blue star fern is also enormous! So happy x
I understand your point about recommending people try this fern (considering availability and lower price) before other ferns since it's a harder one. I started with easier and cheaper pants and by the time I got an anthurium crystallinum, I realized my current plant experiences didn't really prepare me for her even though I watched your video, read tons of care guides, and watched other people's experiences. Less than 5 days after my crystallinum arrived, the leaves fell off and now I have a stump that I have no idea how to rehabilitate because my forgettis are so easy. But, since I have fallen down the rabbit hole, I guess this is an opportunity to learn how to get it to grow again before getting other anthuriums. I know crystallinums aren't the hardest anthuriums, but it was for me because nothing I did based on my research saved those leaves. 😑
Ok I really took this vid to heart 😂 I put my sickly heart shaped in LECA (I’m betting on LECA and pon being the same 🥴) and potted up another fern I just from a big box store with a wicking rope thing. After a week I can tell the rope is a winner. The LECA I’m not sure what’s happening lol
I love ferns! They're not necessarily easy, no, but neither are a lot of the popular aroids a lot of people want, it seems? I like houseplants that look sort of like they might grow out in the woods where I am, so I don't have any aroids at all.
So far I've found Asplenium dimorphum varieties quite hardy. I've had one of mine for about a year, it survived last summer and didn't crisp up even when I was away for a couple of weeks. They have thick and hard leaves, wilt visibly when they're dry and perk up when you water them. I think it takes a lot of neglect to make them lose fronds. Mine never has, and I forget to water plants sometimes if they're not right in front of me. Rabbit's foot fern (Humata/Davallia tyermanii) is supposedly another relatively easy one, with thicker leaves and rhizomes to store some water, but I haven't had mine long enough to be sure.
I have an antenna fern (Doryopteris pilosa, probably) which is doing well under a bell jar with a hole in the top, but I've only had it for four or five months. It's strongly dimorphic, delightfully weird-looking and I just love it. It might be my favourite houseplant, so I hope I can keep it alive. Not sure it really needs the bell jar, but it seems to like it well enough.
I got a maidenhair fern and lemon button fern (Nephrolepis cordifolia 'Duffii') in tiny 5 cm pots a couple of months ago, just to see if I can keep slightly more finicky ferns alive. They're not dead yet. The lemon button fern seems like another reasonably easy one so far. Not as easy as the Aspleniums, it drops leaves from the fronds if the watering is too much or not enough, but it's growing and doing reasonably well. The maidenhair fern was hard to keep evenly moist in that tiny pot and lost a few fronds, but it's still alive, in a slightly larger pot. It's doing nothing right now, as far as I can see. Not crisping up, not growing visibly either. Hopefully it's growing roots. Time will tell.
I have a book about ferns (The Complete Book of Ferns, Mobee Weinstein), and the author suggests growing ferns in smaller terracotta pots nestled inside a larger pot filled with fine sand (soil or sphagnum moss works too) up to the brim of the inner pot. Both pots should have drainage holes. The layer of sand between the two pots works as a sort of water reservoir, keeps the inner terracotta pot soaked and helps maintain that even level of moisture a lot of ferns like.
Hey Memo, I have been growing stag horn ferns from spores, and I would say that you are basically doing a less sterile version of TC. You need to sanitize the soil and keep it sealed for at least 2 months, so there could be many things that can go wrong. It takes soooo much time for then to grow because spore has no nutrients to jump start the growth. My stag horn seedlings are still microscopic after 4 months of growing.
The first plantlets you are getting from spore are not the true plant, they are just there to produce the gametes. After the spores are germinated, you also need to shower it to allowing the sperm cells to travel to another plantlet to make fertilization happen and complete the life cycle (this also means you can mix spores to produce hybrids/crosses). I find that part most challenging because showering left too much water in the medium, and when you seal it back you can get all sorts of mold and cyanobacteria and algae.
It’s definitely not worth it for the maiden hair fern, but I would absolutely do it again for some of the rarer platyceriums
As an Australian who lives where this plant is native, yes - yes it can be a finky plant! Not just inside either, but outside too!😂 my pop had a few that were luxurious but he loved growing ferns so there was a good reason his survived😊
I have one I bought three years ago, had it in the house and it shrivelled up. Threw the pot in the shed and a month later I noticed it was growing, so its now kept in the garage, it’s pretty big, and I try make sure it stays damp, as they just crisp up when dry. Keep them in a bright area, no midday sun, keep the soil moist and feed lightly. They aren’t difficult when you get the hang of them, certainly easier than a Boston fern in my opinion. I love them, so pretty, and I’ve got a couple of outdoor adiantums now which cope well with any weather. One is an Aleutian variety, the other is a Himalayan.
Interesting. Weird that everybody has a type of fern that grows best with them. For me the Boston fern grows like it has no care in the world.
Dutch greetings!
I am thinking about her for two weeks now, definitely have to have it
Blumat plant spikes, i call them rork v drips. Had a maiden hair in an unglazed clay pot for three years. Forgot to fill its iv and it shriveled up. Cut it back, stuck it in a clear storage bin for a bit and its on its way back.
My tip for growing maidenhair ferns is to give them a HUGE pot. (Conversely, give plants that are prone to root rot a small pot!) This way there is wayyy more space for neglectfulness and I don’t have to water mine that often.
Another tip: prune off all the fronds right before going on a trip.
I accidentally killed my maidenhair by freezing it on the sill last winter. I feel like they look really good during the growing season, but all the fronds can die back en masse.
When I first got it, it was a tiny 2-in plant. Medium to bright light under a grow lamp (natural humidity 50%). Watered daily and it survived and grew. At some point the middle of the leaves got black. I figured out it was because the daily watering flushed out the nutrients in the soil. Added fertilizer, reduced watering to weekly. It bounced back next growing season. It looked great during summer and produced spores until I killed it. :) They're pretty hardy and will revive if cared for soon enough.
I would definitely give it another try if I see it again. They can grow in boggy soil (no drainage hole pots). I think people mostly kill them because they're not in enough light. Ferns aren't really as "low light" as people believe.
I bought a variegated Boston Fern, and stuck it in the bathroom hanging from the shower rail, and it went downhill quite quickly, even though it was away from direct light and getting watered on a near-daily basis. It went from a lush, full plant down to 4 fronds quite quickly, so I chucked it out in the greenhouse, in summer, and just left it sat on my self-watering tray. It started to pick up really quickly due to the high humidity and constant supply of water through the wicking mat. In late autumn, I thought about getting rid of it, as I thought if I bring it inside it will just go downhill, but I fell back in love with it. So, I bought it back in, popped it into a large, sealed plastic storage box keeping it sat in a cm or two of water at the bottom, and kept it right by the radiator all winter, and it has loved it. Unfortunately, because we are due to move, and there will be no room for the greenhouse, I won't be able to repeat that this summer, so it will probably go into some sort of permanent water reservoir back in the bathroom. At least I will actually get to look at it 🤣 Now, I might just try again with a Maidenhair Fern after seeing that you've managed to keep yours alive using the water reservoir and pon method. Maybe 🤔
I bought one not that long ago, a tiny one I thought was so cute. Half of it dried out on the way home ^^
I try to keep it happy now, but I'm not sure I'll see it grow at all.
i grow mine in aquaponic in clay balls with a rather low light and its perfectly happy
Thanks for the info. 💚
Ohhh interesting, I would have thought the clay pebbles would have meant too much air spaces, gooooood to know 👍👍👍💚🌿
Looovvvveeee maiden hair ferns ❤ We have a beautiful specialty fern nursery in my town and it is magical 😊
Ohhhhh that does sound magical, must be like walking into a forest / jungle 😍💚🌿
Thank you for sharing the tip with pon: I heard of it, but was a bit sceptical and wasn´t keen on trying. So I´m happy you tried for a year and can verify that it works well :-) Now I´m not afraid to try it too :-)
You can plant it in your garden. Have had one for many years in my garden in the Netherlands in a shady place
Ohhhh really??? Does it need protection if it goes to freezing or does it come back each summer?
Mine stays green in the winter (also in the Netherlands) but we only had temperatures minus 5 degrees so I don’t know if it can withstand severe frost
Tried the Madden Hair a couple of times about 20 yrs ago lol an haven’t ever tried it again but maybe give it another go in Pon ect. The Crock is holding its own so far. 💚
Might be worth a try, I found pon to be a bit of a game changer if I am being honest. Yeah crock is doing ok for me too 😊
I always buy it for my cat. She loves eating it and it keeps her away from my other plants
This is such an epic tactic never even thought of that, such a great idea 💡 👍 💚 🌿
Proud that you remember Lowe’s with the wick! Do you still have Sainsbury’s? Thanks for sharing.
I have 3 ferns currently...heart leafed fern, blue star and crispy wave fern. They all are doing well although I do need to keep my eye on them...temp, humidity and water! I do love a Maiden Hair fern and may need to get one. I also would like a lemon button fern!
Thanks Memo for this video 💚🪴
I really want to try a more thin fern I do love them and remember the one my mum had was a kid and she was very hit and miss with it. But the ferns I have are the Hardy thick types. It may be time.
Really useful video thank you
I have one 10 years old, not much larger than yours. Lives outdoors in high shade in a ceramic pot with really no care here in florida. 85% humidity and almost daily rain. ❤
Bueno imagino que como yo soy una mujer más sencilla que el mecanismo de una rueda , me gusta el Culantrillo del pozo ( veo que vosotros le llamáis , cabello de doncella y entiendo el porqué) , me gustan los helechos quizás por qué son plantas prehistóricas y ellas nos acompañan desde el comienzo , no se porque , creo que tienen algo especial . Un saludo 💌
Reused plastic...oh yes - yogurt´(just covered with white paper... look great) as cash pot and old plastic cup as pot :o)
And Leca work for ferns - I just use bottom one - more finest pebbles...
I love ferns , unfortunately they don’t love me 😂 . After killing several ferns this one’s next on my hit list . Boston ferns are the worst . I keep moist , 65-70 humidity south facing light , now in north facing . Please can you tell me what I’m doing wrong ? Would love more care videos on “common “ houseplants as I really enjoyed this one ❤
Boston ferns are difficult without a doubt, I’ve binned two in the past few years, however, 20 years ago I had a huge Boston which was doing amazing under a velux window, south facing in my bathroom. I gave it to a friend about 10 years ago and it’s still going strong. My guess is if you get the conditions right, they thrive. If you want an easy fern, get a rabbit/ hares foot fern, I’ve got one and it’s a doddle and looks beautiful.
@@jmacd98 I’ve also had a Boston fern many years ago which was grew from a tiny plant into a massive one with little care . Since moving house I struggle with most plants even with a south facing window. I just killed a blue star and rabbits foot fern , though I did cover the hairy feet on the rabbits foot so not surprised it died . I have good humidity and keep them moist so can’t think what I’m doing wrong to the others though
Do you have a staghorn fern? Is that a easier one!
Love the vids 😀
You have variegated Boston fern if you want a chimeric fern.
Ohhhh nice, didn't know that existed thanks 😊 💚🌿👍
I ❤ this plant but never buy it because of the level of difficulty . I may need to try with the wick.
Well your method of growing a fern in pon is how you were supposed to grow plants in semi-hydro before the pandemic.
Ohhhh really, that is really interesting so keeping the soil within it?
@@Houseplantygoodness yes, even the pot. In libraries and banks they had dragon trees in nursery pots burried in a sea of leca. And last time i bought pumice for my cactus mix, it was a brand for semi hydro and this is how it was described on the package.
Yes it'difficult..for advanced level person the only one who could take care adiantum maidenhair fern
My nemesis 😅
For many prople I think 😅😅😅😅💚🌿
Good for you for reusing plastics! Can we ALL try to stay away from plastics as much as humanly possible? Not just for our sake, but for all life on earth. 🌍 🫶🏼