Blue Star Fern Repot & Care Guide ~ Phlebodium Aureum

Today it's time to repot my Blue Star Fern and give a little care guide too.
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Care Guide:
Light: Normally ferns prefer lower light levels but this Blue Star Fern enjoys the brighter indirect environment, but no harsh direct or hot sun.
Watering: More than your average houseplant, the soil should remain moist at all times.
Temp: They can tolerate short periods of lower temperature but like most houseplants 15c or 60f is as low as they can tolerate long term so avoid unheated conservatories or porches over winter.
Humidity: They prefer higher humidity so regular misting or gravel humidity trays will help with this.
Feeding: Regular feeding isn’t really necessary with these plants as they take in nutrients from the air via the rhizomes but if you do a weak solution in spring would be sufficient.

[@beckyowens8232]

That's a really lovely pot. Finding the right nursery pot is always the hardest part!

[@HouseplantHacks]

Thanks Becky! 😃

[@Wal48]

In case anyone wonders, having cut of every last leaf and stem, I repotted into a very slightly larger pot and kept moist. I now have around 19 new shoots varying up to just over three inches! Looks like this is going to be OK, if anyone else needs to restart one!

[@HouseplantHacks]

Great advice!

[@theresabrennan9685]

I'm going to try that as mine is not doing well. Yellow leaves and crispy brown. It was doing fine then suddenly took a turn. :(

[@eckehareckbert2731]

Done. Thanks

[@HeySeanPage]

I just bought one as a rescue and it’s been very finicky. Noticeably I need to add more humidity as the tips keep browning

[@treciaskursas5543]

today is a good day because i found your channel. I appreciate all the information! Thank You

[@HouseplantHacks]

Thank you! 😃

[@katrinalay4189]

They are such pretty plants. I've had mine for 3 years, they aren't very happy though, but hanging on in there. So thanks for your advice 🌿💗🌿

[@HouseplantHacks]

Good luck and keep us updated with with how it's gettig on. :-)

[@CSG22556]

Adore this plant! Thanks for covering it a couple different times. I’ve learned something in each video.

[@HouseplantHacks]

Thanks! I love it too! :-)

[@KathyGallagher01]

Love that pot suits the blue star perfectly 👍

[@HouseplantHacks]

Thanks Kathy! I agree it does look well in it.

[@desgoulding7154]

Nice size Pot for it. Also. Many thanks for sharing another great video mate.

[@HouseplantHacks]

Thanks for watching Des!

[@chuckcummins9149]

My country calls them Breadfruit ferns ... make great hanging baskets luvs moisture but good drainage mature plants send out many air roots which as you know are essential coconut fibers they luv as well ... my take on them they enjoy being rootbound .. your thoughts ?

[@jessicadaniels536]

Awesome Video, I am thinking I need to up pot my Blue star fern now. I'd love a House Tour To see all of your house plants Please.

[@dianehughes6250]

So helpful about the rhizomes. Just what I needed ti kniw. Thank you

[@HouseplantHacks]

You're walcome!

[@peggyhofmann9187]

In this fish-scale patterned pot the blue star fern looks like seaweed - a perfect match for the bathroom! 🐳

[@HouseplantHacks]

It does a little doesn't it! :-)

[@aaronrdomanais]

mine doesn't look as bushy but hopefully it grows more leaves soon :)

[@HouseplantHacks]

If you keep it watered and keep it happy I'm sure it will grow many more leaves really soon Aaron. Enjoy it! :-)

[@eckehareckbert2731]

Same as mine, does this fern likes weekly watering, pls help mine is getting brown leaves & almost dying, I got it as free from my purchase and I want to keep it alive but almost giving up hehe

[@datlaichelle2736]

You didn’t show the update of the first, seemingly. It’s the one that you repotted due to the soil drying out too quickly. Please do the update if you have not done so. Many thanks 😊

[@HouseplantHacks]

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[@jillpickup9981]

Thank you x

[@HouseplantHacks]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@pseudoelectric]

Hi! Is it important to leave the rhizome exposed at the soil level? I just repotted, it’s winter here in North America. I’m wondering if it’s because I buried rhe rhizome (only by about .5 to 1cm) or because it’s dormant. Thank you so much!

[@HouseplantHacks]

Yes, I believe the rhyiome needs to be on the surface, maybe you can brush the soil off to expose it?

[@pseudoelectric]

I did in fact expose the rhizome and now there are 4 new leaves! TY for the info.

[@coolbirth]

hi there, i have two blue stars and they're doing nicely, but there's some old damage: gray-ish, dry-ish discoloration, dark brown on some tips or brown crisping, and sometimes a yellow-ed leaf that easily pops off. do you know what each of those indicates? too much sun, not enough water, too much water, not enough humidity? i can't figure it out and feel like a floundering miss marple trying to put it all together! also, should i remove those old damaged leaves?

[@pseudoelectric]

A lot of people say that blue star can be really picky about water. Hard water with a lot of minerals can cause the crispiest and dry edges.

[@HouseplantHacks]

Not enough water is often the case and hard water from taps is also an issue so rainwater helpss if you can get it.

[@darrellcampbell5022]

I've just bought one of these from a garden centre and being a bit of an amateur I picked the one with the nicest foliage and didn't look properly at the base. When I got it home and looked properly it looks like its got some kind of moss at the bottom at one side. Some of the front have grown through this so its obviously not affected it's growth, but it just looks weird. Is that normal? I know that the Rabbits foot fern gets those furry roots so wondered if it was like that?

[@darrellcampbell5022]

And I've just got to the bit where you explain what they are 🤣

[@HouseplantHacks]

@@darrellcampbell5022 Glad you didn’t cut them off or something! 😄

[@Martha2096]

Hey, and thank you for a r fee eta video! My blue star fern’s leaves are dropping and drying out. Do you know what could be wrong? Thank you!

[@HouseplantHacks]

It can be a lot of different things but for this plant it seems to be lavck of water most often, the roots get very dense and so it can dry outr quite quickly, make usre you give it a good water so it runs out the bottom of the pot for some time, they keep an eye on it over the next few dayas and see how long it takes to dry out again.

[@Martha2096]

@@HouseplantHacks thanks so much! Will give that a try.

[@Wal48]

I bought one of these a while ago, but neglected it and decided to cut off all the leaves in the Hope it will restart. Do you think I’ve done the wrong thing?

[@KayNelms]

I believe that is a kangaroo paw fern

[@HouseplantHacks]

There are many nicknames for different houseplants around the world.