This was a cool video to stumble across. I'm gonna give this a go. My first thought was "Aw, I'm not patient enough for that," but then I thought - hang on, most of the process is ignoring your plants for months? I can do that! That's my specialty!
@corazonviola6532 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your video Jim, I followed it and was able to grow some Platycerium superbum fifteen years ago, gave to five of my friends and they are huge now, Did another sowing of spores 5 years ago and have now more than 20 of them growing /thriving successfully . Thanks again!
@calmahoney59599 жыл бұрын
please don't let those who would like to criticize and pick at everything discourage you , Ignore those dim dums and keep up the good work !!!
@alicewilliam5223 жыл бұрын
It's not very often Ive been impressed however watching this really caused me to say wow but have you looked at the resource called gregs mushroom grower just google for it
@Clutchpearls3 жыл бұрын
I know this is 6 years late, but I agree! I hate that people tear one another down because they may do something differently! This is just how this man does it and if it works for him and he's teaching others then what's wrong with that? I never try to say anything bad about anyone doing something in the plant industry that I may do differently, this is a beautiful hobby and business and we need to support one another!
@Clutchpearls3 жыл бұрын
@@alicewilliam522 I am now! Thanks!
@hola-munecas8 жыл бұрын
Wow. That was so cool!!! If I had the patience I would do this but I want a fern NOW. Thanks for sharing the video.
@61mab9 жыл бұрын
I used your tech and it worked perfectly (in slow motion). I import spores from Siam...site and have four species going. I have been growing and collecting Platy's and other exotics for about thirty years successfully and this is just another really cool adventure and like any other culture, sour dough,yogurt etc. has it's hits and misses, but as the saying goes, "Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained" I've imported a few other rare ferns and will try to propagate them sometime along the line. The nice thing, that green growth starts in just a few days and that "sows" great motivation! (although that mold looking growth is only the start to a long journey) So thanks, I watched this many times as further reminder.
@ScottRiddleArtist10 жыл бұрын
Oh Lord.I tried this- It took 5-6 months to see life. And then. Just as they started to form recognizable. Something wiped them out. I was so excited! It seems like you have to have surgical hygiene to succeed at this lengthy process. I'm trying again though.
@craigsmith19488 жыл бұрын
Hi jimb, I have a 9 foot Cyathea Cooperi which has been dropping spores every year for the past 3 or 4 years. Last year I found some baby ferns in other potted plants on my court yard. This year those 12 babies are in one gallon containers and doing great. So this year I've decided to collect the spores like your video show and try your method. I'll let you know how it comes out. Thanks so much for the excellent video!!!
@amberessencemyrrha98096 жыл бұрын
This was a beautiful learning video...I have always wanted to start growing from scratch and here you have it...very easy to follow,along with the start up kits. You're a Star in my book!!!! Wonderful blessings. 🌴🌴🌴🌴
@smertvorogam63545 ай бұрын
Дякую добра людина, 14 років відео, але дуже корисне та інформативне! Thanks!!
@cathyanderson81977 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, that was simple and easy to understand.
@truthoutmedia14 жыл бұрын
Dear fernfactory, your video has proved very informative indeed. Have a great day!
@Justafan3336 жыл бұрын
Tiny baby tree ferns. Sooooo cute 😍. Great video. You must be a very patient guy.
@bloodroses35714 жыл бұрын
Extremely helpful. I just purchased a huge rabbit foot fern loaded with spores and wanted to give this a try. Thanks for posting!
@shemeshaduma5 жыл бұрын
Very informational! Thank you. Where do you keep the container with the spores in the first three months? Does it need light or can be put in a darker place? What should be the temperature of the room? Thanks
@leoniekotze64749 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video, now I can do what I always dreamed off. I'm very excited to start.
@cynthiagrossman5694 жыл бұрын
I grew some ferns from spores. I couldn't believe I accomplished that. What I would love to see is what you do with the newly sprouted seedlings to keep them happy such as when to remove from the original container then do they need to be uncovered and soil mix changed and basically get them from new seedlings to young adults.
@94cd56 жыл бұрын
Nice video, it's interesting to see how different it is growing ferns compared to growing flowering seed producing plants.
@20mymysf4 жыл бұрын
I just ordered my first kit! Totally inspired from this video. Thanks!!!!
@rajivkamat18034 жыл бұрын
Very informative. Thanks for the valuable time you have put in for this video.👍
@Soldier9577 жыл бұрын
I grew ferns by mistake once. All you have to do is drop spores on soil that is always wet. Done.
@Priya-es5gs2 жыл бұрын
Whoa...that sounds so easy 😯...What about the light and temperature?
@ENGLISHFORITALIANS12 жыл бұрын
Thank you Very much for this intresting tutorial.your passion for ferns is obvious.GOD BLESS,Tremendously.
@renejames8207 Жыл бұрын
You are brilliant!!!!! Amazing. Thank you so much for sharing
@53cateye110 жыл бұрын
Gives me a better idea of what to do than I've had! Thanks cobber.
@halogenburn13 жыл бұрын
I attempted this about a decade ago, when there was only one or two website on the process. Didn't work out. Interesting how times they do change. How long would it take to get a decent size fern? And how long did it take to grow that giant staghorn there?
@catherinemichael28517 жыл бұрын
VERY helpful, once you get the spores grown and they are about 7-8 months old and get planted out into 4" pots, what is that soil made off? What is the consistency of the potting mix! thanks
@blackwidowsk84 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jim, will try this with the next batch of spores I do!
@gardeningwithgabriel669812 жыл бұрын
Dude!!! Thank you SOOO much, I am going to try my Huperzia and Platycerium from spore. God Bless you.
@funkydudey11 жыл бұрын
Awesome, you make it seem quite simple and easy, thank you
@mrbellman018 жыл бұрын
Hi thanks for the video, very helpful. Can the spores be grown in coconut husk. I got it from the pet store because i was sanitized.
@scottkerr565511 жыл бұрын
What a excellent easy to follow instructions for a horticulture student :) i am now going to try that as one of my new projects.
@Superstarfruit88812 жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorial, thank you. Will be checking out your site.
@allansullivan438312 жыл бұрын
buenas tardes. Le felicito por su video. Me puede informar en cuantos dias se observan los nuevos elechos y si en el proceso hay que guardar el contenedor en luz o a media luz. Gracias.
@nippynf4l8312 ай бұрын
Thank you. Im excited about trying this!
@rozwyo19 жыл бұрын
Your video was very informative and now I will try doing the spore.. I watched a video earlier how to transfer the fern onto a board. He mentioned your name.. Thanks
@areenaltahtamouni69644 жыл бұрын
This is insane I love it u dude I like to make but brhh I don’t have fern or spores u are factory but www and good luck to the next experience and thanks for sharing this video with us...☺️ and to make it better comment I am watching this video in 2021 lol OMG
@Ivan3230413 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video! If microwaving was to sterilize, shouldn't you keep your hands off the soil after you do that? I basically tried your method using spore from my staghorn, but didn't boil my water, and after 3 months am finally seeing babies! I poured a spot of water with african violet fertilizer and some horticultural charcoal in the middle of my container yesterday, hoping its ok, but it really takes patience for these! Wonder what would be the ideal fertilizer. Thanks thanks thanks.
@TheAverageWhiteGuy7 жыл бұрын
Worm castings top dressed
@NMranchhand4 жыл бұрын
Very well done. Thanks.
@ryanwilson52922 ай бұрын
Watching and wondering if all the sterility is necessary. How are these propagating in the wild? Rain water, okay, but who is cooking the dirt outside?
@LG-nh4bs5 жыл бұрын
So during this time they dont need lights at all?
@SharonCullenArt4 жыл бұрын
I am unsure if you are aware of a perched water table but adding perlite to the bottom, or stones or anything for drainage does nothing but shorten the depth your roots ability to breathe. No matter how deep or shallow your soil it will always develop the same perched water table. Watch Betsy Begonia’s explanation as it is very well done. I believe she titles it, don’t put stones in bottom of your pot for drainage or something like that.
@155beverly7 жыл бұрын
Can the female leaf of a Staghorn Fern be planted/rooted by itself, or would i need the male part also. i picked up the female parts i found someone had thrown away and was wondering if they would take root. I will be scraping off the spore from the tips of these and try this method. Thanks.
@catherinemichael28517 жыл бұрын
Is there a better season over others to start this process.
@lisascenic Жыл бұрын
Wow, that’s absolutely fascinating!
@MichaelHarlow14 жыл бұрын
Great and informative video. Thanks so much. I appreciate all your help.
@nataliegruhne54277 жыл бұрын
what happens if you dont have a microwave? also one question... isn't water from a tea kettle like the opposite of distilled? but I guess if it works its work right..
@TropicRony912 жыл бұрын
Thank´s for sharing your videos, they are very interesting. Have you any personal experience with growing fern from genus "Pyrrosia" ? Thank you.
@fortheearth4 жыл бұрын
Great video. Many thanks.
@TheMmenem9 жыл бұрын
great video!!! i have a question, could you do this with maidenhair ferm? how do you collect the spores? letting the leave overnight on a pice of paper? thank you so much!! :D
@Dom-pf8wd5 жыл бұрын
Hi, Great video!I have a Tree Fern that is a few years old that has a "pup"(?) growing off the side of it.Can the pup be separated from the "mother" and planted much like an agave pup or will it not survive the separation? Thanks. Best of Luck!
@HugoMVD4 жыл бұрын
instead Peat moss, can I use other type of moss?
@hpt84848411 жыл бұрын
You don't need distilled water, but you do need bacteria free water, so boiling is a good idea.
@davidavery31824 жыл бұрын
half correct, treated water usually contains chlorine. pure water distilled water etc avoids bacterial and chemical contaminiation.
@catherinemichael28517 жыл бұрын
are you doing any off this while the water is hot. seems to me hot would burn the spore and kill it?
@lisascenic2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! Thank you!
@milosgraonic31919 жыл бұрын
Can I grow Boston Fern in plastic zipper bags that are in pockets of vertical garden planter? I got a some of does 4 pocket vertical pockets planters that are for outdoor use. Now since I live in apartment, I have no good outdoor space. Of course, I do not want to screw up my wall with water, so I thought to use zipper bags to fix water leak problem. Can something like that work or do you have any better ideas? I am a beginner in this, so any advice would be more than appreciated :)
@12345latinah9 жыл бұрын
Excellent! So thorough!
@ktsbsb8 жыл бұрын
Do you spread the spores on the hot peat moss? Or the cold water it´s enought to cold it.. in the video, it looks hot... Tks!
@ktsbsb8 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@VyNguyen-yd4td7 жыл бұрын
ktsbs
@chrisholbourn27935 жыл бұрын
AWESOME video. THANKS!!
@scottkerr565511 жыл бұрын
Hi there, i was wondering what is the % of peat and moss media??? as i might have to make my own if i can't go buy some from a gardening shop already made up for spore growing.
@lilaclizard45047 жыл бұрын
lol sorry but I can't help but laugh but now I feel bad & so have to answer the question for you. "Peat moss" is decomposed sphagnum, it's a single thing not 2 things mixed. I'm not sure, but I suspect any soil like product you can buy with a name of "peat" on it would be peat moss. Don't add growing moss to your mix whatever you do!!!!!!
@kapa0224 Жыл бұрын
Hi. Can you propagate japanese painted fern like this? Thank you.
@sciense30784 жыл бұрын
can u eat them?
@Clutchpearls3 жыл бұрын
Man the first Fern had ALOT of spores! :O
@jkelectrical3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely awesome, thanks.
@danedwards30155 жыл бұрын
Great video buddy.
@plantguy93 жыл бұрын
Do you have to use boiling water?
@AlbinoAxolotl4 жыл бұрын
Do you have any idea if variegation in ferns is inherited through spores? I wasn't able to find much info in my research. I'd love to be able to spore prop some my variegated ferns and get more variegated ferns!
@likemeoroneouts329912 жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks heaps for this great video. it is very helpful. im going to attempt to do this, i hope that it works, lol. but seriously, you must have a REALLY big microwave. anyway, THANKS HEAPS!!!!!!!!
@joscis58705 жыл бұрын
Great job
@vientodelmar946012 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing... excellent video! I'm starting a garden here in the Ocean View Guesthouse and I want to learn how to grow garden plants so I can start a Garden Plant Nursery here in Old San Juan. :)
@cesargonzalez19038 жыл бұрын
Very useful. Thanks
@yunalesca67869 жыл бұрын
Hi, great video. Can I skip the microwave part, as I don't have one & I don't think I could find a microwave that is big enough to fit a giant container
@HerbHalling9 жыл бұрын
You can grow your spore in 2 inch sauce cups with a tight lid and get more prothallia than you will ever use. You don't need a big container.
@yupiisnaini98683 жыл бұрын
Great video
@GastonPlacide10 жыл бұрын
hi how r u what kind fern can I plant inside the house
@nativeorchids10113 жыл бұрын
my elkhorn spores container has a contamination l have sphagnum moss and it started to grow back it was meant to be dead and what do l do?
@fluttabyii107 жыл бұрын
Why have I got mushrooms growing in mine plz help what have I done wrong??
@meandmynaps14 жыл бұрын
That's awesome!!! Thanks!
@1NATURELOVERJ11 жыл бұрын
Very helpful video. Thank you.
@calgo17113 жыл бұрын
Mmmm, I love trapping myself in an enclosed space and inhaling fern spores and glass dust from perlite, which is made from glass. Fantastic job and information in this video! Though, I worry for your lungs. Please take care around that stuff, it’s real nasty when inhaled. Microscopic glass shards can only be surgically removed🤢😱
@karstent81386 жыл бұрын
Like the use of the stocking spore spreader (~8 6:30
@artlagadar55812 жыл бұрын
can i plant leatherleaf fern in the lowlands with a height of 10-100 masl?
@angelicoriveroelcravioto90766 жыл бұрын
Amazing ! thank u!
@Tommyr12 жыл бұрын
I don't have the patients for that! I love ferns but that is too tedious for me! But the video is very interesting just the same!
@vidaripollen9 жыл бұрын
very nice work!
@yapacreation3 жыл бұрын
Very good vedio 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌙🌙
@TheRedKnight1019 жыл бұрын
Could this method also be used to grow horsetails?
@VikramSinghSaradhana5 жыл бұрын
Nice
@nimorup11 жыл бұрын
Awesome Vid. Great work
@MegaBonnieX66613 жыл бұрын
Wow....Spore Growing!
@sandinyabumcrack7 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid I never knew they had a sperm/egg set up fascinating 😀 we have beautiful tree ferns here in NZ we call them Ponga Tree you called it Australian tree fern bloody aussies always trying to take credit for NZ’s beautiful things !!! AND they’ll never beat us at rugby !!! Lol thanks for the vid I’m trying to relocate some beautiful big ponga but am scared I’m going to kill it ! Wish me luck !
@carpediem.910 жыл бұрын
interesting, I am going to try this, thank you.
@StripyOrange3 жыл бұрын
So interesting!
@devanste507 жыл бұрын
hello how do you plant the just the fern root.
@ngan_khanhhuyen10 жыл бұрын
i love it
@ArtemGoncharyuk15 жыл бұрын
Than you.
@MrCaveman7711 жыл бұрын
Cool vid gona try staghorn and tasmanian tree furn
@cookieismyname6906 жыл бұрын
this was great but woow! 10 month process!
@virtulentcorpse11 жыл бұрын
im not saying this to be rude or dis you. but i noticed you think boiling water makes it distilled in truth yes but you have to collect the water vapor(evaporation of the boiling water) for it to be really distilled so basically you are just adding boiled water which is interesting cause i think they are benefiting from the minerals even though there are impurity's. just thought i point it out and let you know. sorry if i offended you no harm ment. but good instructions none the less.
@turnitupmike5 жыл бұрын
I think he boiled distilled water then lets it cool
@2coryman7 жыл бұрын
maybe a shave brush would release the spores best
@Chatisthisrealquestionmark Жыл бұрын
plants be like.. we dominated internet. propagate the spore of wisdom.
@LLRFILMSLJS12 жыл бұрын
Your right but you know spores. Are not seeds their cells without seed leaf
@ghayath20119 жыл бұрын
That's a good video, but I think it would be easier if you spread them on like 20 cups so you won't have to replant them at the end. Thanks