Ferns

[Yellow Turtle01]

Can you propagate ferns? Like, to just put a cutting in water? I can't seem to find much about this on the interwebs...
Thanks

 

[lismar79]

This is what I found:
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090108071245AAxUYyc

Looks like they propagated by spores.

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Thank you I'll have to check for spores... I'm not sure what time of year they'd be 'seeding' so I'll look!

 

[ZEROPILOT]

They'll be little black dots on the undersides of the leaves. I'm not able to view the link.

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

I found this today-http://www.hardyferns.org/fern-info-propagation.php

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

It doesn't appear my ferns have grown any yet, the leaves are plain green with no flaps or hatches

 

[lismar79]

That link said once you do have spores to just wad the leaf up and bury it in dirt. Pretty cool huh?!

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Sounds easy enough that even I can do it (I kill everything )
I'd like to grow some more so I have a plentiful supply... plus they are low-light, easy to care for, and can tolerate abuse very well, so I was thinking a couple ferns might be victims 9&10 in my russian tort's table