Care Tips For Ferns | Houseplant Tips & Tricks Ep. 14

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Plants used in today's project:
Asplenium dimorphum x difforme (Austral Gem Fern)
Cyrtomium falcatum (Japanese Holly Fern)
Davallia fejeensis (Rabbit's Foot Fern)
Platycerium bifurcatum (Staghorn Fern)
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[@horace6851]

Ferns do great in direct sunlight, maidenhair can grow in full sunlight outside :) but the more light you give them the faster they grow and they'll need even more water. I can't imagine growing Boston in full light in a regular pot. When I was growing my Boston in a full giant west window with 5+ h of direct sunlight I had it standing in a gallon bowl of water which I had to refill weekly. It was in a 6 inch pot and was going through a gallon of water a week, the bowl would get bone dry. It did great btw :) I had to give it up, it was too big. Ferns looove light and water. I wouldn't leave any hardy fern standing in water, those can actually rot. But any fluffy thin leaved ones like Boston, Maidenhair, Silver dollar (my favorite! really check it out!), Button, Japanese painted, Autumn or Cotton Candy do great just standing in water with plenty of light.

[@user-ro5iu6br4f]

Someone's growing older! I remember your frustrating over ferns like it was yesterday! That's great. You've become more caring and patient.

[@b1merio]

Self-watering planters have been the solution to keeping my ferns alive.

[@kyrad6543]

Same here. I live in a very dry climate and it has been the only way I can keep them alive.

[@pinkholly100]

“Use your brain a little bit there” 😂 I love you and your sass

[@sarahthomson9649]

Love your Japanese Holly Fern, I am adding it to my wish list. Its interesting to me how I have many happy outdoor ferns in my garden (in Minnesota of all places) that are happy and thriving yet it can be a struggle to keep them indoors! I even have a happy maiden hair outside.

[@ginakapuscinski9698]

SO good to see you again! Hope things are going well! My Kangaroo Paw Fern (thanks to you) is my favorite companion plant. What a reliable friend Fern! I am grateful you turned me on to the plant!

[@joannanovara815]

I find blue star fern and staghorn fern to be on the easier side especially considering my dry environment in CO.

[@cindyvan635]

Your mounted fern is loving it!!! Looks so happy🤗🌱💚

[@kyrad6543]

I love your mounted Rabbit's foot fern! It's so cute!

[@wonsunparque4788]

Hope all is well with the move, Nick. Glad that see a new video today! Happy weekend!

[@adilyamarie]

Dude! I have never heard of mounted ferns but I promise you that my rabbit foot fern will be mounted as soon as I educate myself on it! Most definitely making art!

[@angelofmyheart1967]

Good video, Nick. I have killed many ferns over the years and agree with you on sticking with the hardy ones. Currently, have a crocodile fern that's doing great.

[@look4keith]

I killed four crocodile ferns almost as soon as I bought them. I ended up sticking their roots in some contained moss and they're regrowing slowly at this point. Hopefully, they will rebound. Fingers crossed.

[@angelofmyheart1967]

@@look4keith Sounds like a plan.👍 Good luck!🌿🙂

[@asmasayyad6175]

Missed your planty videos, Nick! Good to see you back!

[@verdasney]

I definitely agree with him that boston fern is very difficult to care for especially in dry climate. I have 15 types of houseplants, and my boston fern is the most difficult one

[@PlantHouseGarden]

Nice video, I also realized that they need much more light than we thought. I keep mine on a north facing window and they are lovely 👌🍃🤍

[@sandyg8794]

Hi Nick! I keep watching for rePotme to restock the wood slat mounts so I can get my rabbits foot fern and staghorn ferns mounted. Hope they get them back in soon. I'm on the list to notify me when they're back in stock. You gave good tips for ferns. I will do them if I get any more ferns. I hope you're going to start posting more videos, and I hope you'll do a full tour of your new apartment. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@debbie8783]

I add sphagnum moss to the medium. Provides the right level of moisture and you can avoid watering everyday.

[@ameliamurphy8416]

As always some great tips and advice. Thank you for sharing. It was different to see a video from you, and not from your old kitchen… great to see you again!

[@erinjoy5625]

I got my first fern a few months back, a blue star fern fo $5 at my local grocery store. But it on a shelf directly in my kitchen window and it's doubled in size. Love her so much I dnt let anyone touch her 🤣 scared they will rub off her colour or something 🤣🤣🤦

[@angelsmith2944]

So happy your back I been patiently waiting 🍃🪴🙏🏾

[@Rayasratchetplants]

I love my rabbit foot ferns! I never thought of mounting them...thanks for the idea. Great video.

[@MerryMoss]

I was always very surprised whenever you'd say: "don't even get ferns, they will die", because I have two ferns (Boston, I think) and they've been doing pretty darn well for me. Especially since I've been a little bad at watering my plants consistently recently.. I'd like to get back on top of it, but yeah.. they're doing good 😊🌿

[@lauriebrown9714]

Brilliant idea putting ferns on Leca in a cover pot. Trying that with a struggling heart fern this weekend.

[@MsRoun]

Hi Nick! Hope you are well. Been waiting for your video. Happy Weekend! 💚💚💚

[@MrFkoller]

I use that same keeping water at the base to keep my maidenhair ferns happier longer 🙃 Works like a charm 😉 I recently got a heart fern, hopefully I don't kill it. Have you ever grown a mother fern? I've tried them twice, no luck long term or at propagation, the bulbils take for ever to grow into significant and strong plants 🤨

[@thegreenthumb6184]

I've been loving ferns so far. I've finally mastered growing the Boston ferns. I have two of them one I've been growing for a year so far and the other for two. I also got a macho Fern and rabbits foot Fern and staghorn fern now! Hoping to get more eventually!

[@Cleanburrito]

HOW lol seriously, how do you care for your Bostons?

[@thegreenthumb6184]

@@Cleanburrito well honestly from what I learned is you gotta kinda beef them up. Take them outside in a shady place during the summer time. Let them fill out in the pots. Keep them by a window that will not get direct sunlight. And keep the soil moist. I mean I mist mine sometimes but not like everyone says. I call it a weekly spa day. And let them kinda stay cramped in there pots. And if I have to repot. I try to never go to much bigger. This seems to kinda be the secret for me. I think I went through 8 Boston ferns before I learned this tbh.

[@KK-FL]

I have killed so many lovely ferns. I like the tip to use glazed ceramics. I'm gonna keep trying!

[@joannmiller3020]

Nice to see a new video as always great video thanks

[@pacificrules]

First of all Nick, I just LOVE your shirt. Lastly, I just LOVE your shirt 👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚

[@fatal_moon4570]

Had to subscribe after watching this video! So informative and such good vibes! 👌

[@asmasayyad6175]

Nick please upload more videos. I am missing them. You have not uploaded plant of the week this Monday...🌱🌲🌳🌴🌵🌾🌿

[@madamplant]

That Staghorn is crazy!

[@anitajones7090]

With the Lecca pebbles, since the roots have attached, how would you re-pot? Will you have to cut the nursery pot?

[@arianacheda]

Thanks, Nick

[@RandomRob3000]

I'm wondering if people are over-watering their Boston and Maidenhair ferns. I live in the desert southwest (Lake Powell, AZ) and I only water them maybe once a week, unless they're outdoors on my NW patio - where they spend the Summer (daily then, 'cuz it's over 100F every day and there's no roof over it). We even have Maidenhair ferns growing wild here in protected areas of Glen Canyon. The do love A LOT of light, I'd even say they prefer an hour or two of direct sunrise/sunset sunlight. My Boston really went downhill when I moved from Las Vegas, NV (where it was on my semi-shaded South Facing patio) to AZ where I put it in a shaded North window, it's much happier now near my West window or on my patio where it gets early evening sun. I've tried mounted ferns indoors, but they dry out way too fast with our low humidity - felt like I was having to water those almost twice a day, so my Rabbit's Foot is back in a plastic nursery pot and thriving there.

[@b.r.v.8609]

I have a staghorn and crocodile, they’re both thriving!

[@eljardindesofi6288]

Que belleza de helechos

[@1101naomi]

How often do you water the mounted rabbit foot? And how do you feel about wicking the ferns or using moisture control potting mix?

[@Lea31706]

I have both of these in my north of the Uk garden x

[@aub_k2819]

Ohmygosh! I love this video so much! I have an ant fern and rabbits foot fern and I really want to mount them... but I'm scared 😱

[@djoris6423]

An online store where I live is selling terra planters which is like a terra cotta cone on which you can grow plants and apparently ferns as well, would love to put my struggling maidenhair fern on one of those but I have no idea if those things actually work.

[@petersalt]

struggling with my maiden hair fern. It's the only one I struggle with, but it is alive lol. Great post Nick. PeterInHalifax.

[@horace6851]

give it lots of light (like a west window with direct sunlight) and water daily. It will thrive

[@PlantBasics]

@@horace6851 I concur with this lots of light and constantly moist

[@dhaarini04]

I have a maidenhair fern growing in my bathroom with skylight. It is planted in a selfwatering planter. I fill the reservoir weekly. They get 2-3 h of morning or evening sunlight depending on the time of the year. The plant is thriving. In one season it has grown so well from a tiny little plant I started with. I find that ferns do well in selfwatering planters with plenty of light. Some can take direct sunlight without burning and some others tend to burn. It depends where you live. Good luck.

[@ryansmith83]

Is there any concern about root rot with ferns indoors? My family grew them commercially but ours are planted under canopy outside in the ground so it’s a bit different. I’d love to try Arachniodes simplicitor but I don’t want it *too* wet if it will rot.

[@emylucille240]

I love my ferns, I really just have to keep them in a glass terrarium because I kept killing them!

[@PlantHouseGarden]

Try to place them in a brighter position 🤗🍃

[@Peterrdee]

I have western sword ferns native here and I thought I should buy one for my yard but I literally bought the southern fern lmao and it can’t do the winters here

[@mariepatterson7804]

Love staghorn ferns

[@mariepatterson7804]

❤❤❤❤❤thanks sweetie

[@Alwaysherethere]

Great video Nick, but where was sweet pea???

[@dipereira2537]

Linda planta

[@LauranceTanza]

Plant ferns in wet sphagnum moss. You will see the difference.

[@wendy3964]

Do you think a stag horn fern (in a pot) needs as much water as other ferns? Maybe I’ve been under watering mine 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@AbbiZika]

Staghorn ferns seem to be the most hardy, in my opinion. I have forgotten my potted stag several times when watering my needy guys and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger! My mounted staghorn fern (mounted like Nick's) needs much more frequent watering:) hope I could help at all

[@PlantBasics]

In a pot, definitely not I allow mine to dry out just to the point of wilting before I water it again

[@macksir8938]

Hi Nick i have trouble keeping money trees from dying do you have any advice you could share anything would be appreciated. Thank you

[@AbbiZika]

I'm not Nick (unfortunately) but these give me issues too, in my opinion they seem to get root rot really easily. What I have figured out that has worked for me, is to let them dry out almost to critically dry before I water it and then to soak it! Hope that helps at all, good luck

[@horace6851]

start from giving them more light, it solves the majority of plant problems.

[@EricDM88]

Ok. Hear me out. Mounted ferns UP INSIDE your skylight.

[@monicadenise3393]

I accidentally watered my Asplenium antiquum Plant in the center, and now the leaves are turning brown, and the center of the plant looks dark will you give me some tips on how to save my plant😔

[@ann07ps49]

How we take care of our fern.. Don't clean your damp mossy sewage.. Nice to live in tiny village in tropical country.. Funny some years ago some dude (not from our village) collected our fern from our sewage to sell. The same happened to our wild amaryllis bulbs

[@iddybiddyladybugleeza262]

I was given a bird’s nest fern for my birthday (Aug) and I put it in a self watering pot (in case I forget about it) well it’s still struggling🥺 🥹

[@PlantBasics]

Birds Nest Ferns are epiphytes so I wonder if your self watering pot might not be keeping it a bit too moist?

[@sylviagutierrez7676]

Ferns are beautiful ,but I gave up on them😂 💚🌵☘️🌱

[@MrWelfarehater]

DUDE! SELF WATERING POT! SELF WATERING POT! SERIOUSLY! Did I mention using a self watering pot. I have two maidenhair fern divas. Both in homemade self watering pots. Both thriving. Rabbit foot fern and Kimberly Fern are in self watering pots.

[@_sabsab_]

can't believe i found this vid the day after buying a maidenhair fern djaiowjtfioada HALP

[@kriblar98]

i saw a huge varigated hanging fern that i knew damn well wouldnt thrive in my house

[@PlantBasics]

😂 was it the Tiger fern?

[@mariepatterson7804]

I have mine in a hanging basket

[@shnuggumz]

I can appreciate the need to attract sponsorships, but this was just an infomercial. Slightly disappointed on this one Nick.

[@VictoriaLeeCreates]

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