About ferns
By TerryZ
@TerryZ (22076)
United States
September 27, 2007 3:30pm CST
I have a beautiful fern I got a month ago and its doing so good for me. I was wondering if anyone knows if I clip a piece off can I start another one? Do I start it in water? Or do I just plant it in dirt? I really want to start another one. Thanks
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@thefortunes (2367)
• Netherlands
28 Sep 07
Hi TerryZ, read this page here: http://www.uvm.edu/pss/ppp/articles/fernsin.html and if I were you I'll defnitely try it out by cutting a small piece and set in water, and when it gets roots plant it in some good soil. :)
TheFortunes
@thefortunes (2367)
• Netherlands
29 Sep 07
Glad you found it helpful, and where would have we been without the blessings of so much knowledge that is readily available on the Internet :)
TheFortunesd
@Darkwing (21583)
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1 Oct 07
I think it can be done. What I do when I take a cutting, is cut the stem at a slant, then fill a milk bottle or vase with water and stand the cutting in there. If you have some rooting powder, add it to the water and the cutting should root in a couple of weeks or so. Then all you need to do is plant it out in some rich, woody soil and it should prosper.
I'm lucky, I have three ferns in my garden which the birds planted for me, four lupin plants and three wild strawberry plants. Then I have an oak tree, which I have put in a pot to stop it growing too big for my garden. I've made it into a kind of bonsai oak. lol. I love it. It's about two feet tall now.
Good luck with your fern. Brightest Blessings.
@mamasan34 (6518)
• United States
1 Oct 07
I love ferns. I was reading the other comments and I thnk I will have a go at trying to take a cutting off my fern and see if that will work. Thanks for posting this discussion!
@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
27 Sep 07
Could you tell me what type of fern this is?....Is it an Indoor or Outdoor Fern?
