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Post by wildlifefriendly on Jan 12, 2012 17:20:59 GMT
I had a look at my fern spores yesterday and one of the pots looks like it is growing mildew, is there anything I can do? I thought about watering with copper sulphate or chestnut compound but I’m not sure what it will do as the pot is only at the gametophytes stage.  |
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Post by steve on Jan 12, 2012 18:30:21 GMT
They are going so well too! remove them all in clumps and repot them up, they look to be about that stage anyway, this gives them more space to grow....remove clumps about the size of your little finger nail and space them out in new pots of compost, this could also do way with the fungus by disturbing it and getting more air around the sporelings
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Jan 12, 2012 18:54:47 GMT
Should I sterilise the new compost first?
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Post by steve on Jan 12, 2012 18:58:13 GMT
It would be best if it's home made stuff, shop bought should be ok, there's possibly hundreds and hundreds of ferns there so why not try both methods and compare for future growing  |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Jan 12, 2012 19:09:02 GMT
What a very sensible suggestion |
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Post by Cherry on Jan 12, 2012 19:41:19 GMT
Gosh, that is a whole new language we have to learn for growing spores of ferns. That looks clever.
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Post by hywel on Jan 12, 2012 21:58:25 GMT
Well done. I've never tried sewing fern spores. Interesting to see
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Jan 13, 2012 9:17:27 GMT
All the terminology was gathered from the internet, it might make it sound like I know what I'm doing but this is the first time I've tried growing from spores.
So far it has been relatively straight forward but has taken a long time to reach this stage.
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Post by Geranium on Jan 13, 2012 17:10:08 GMT
I'm full of admiration for you!  I'm just wondering what you'll do about 'hundreds and hundreds' of baby ferns, though!  |
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Post by grindle on Jan 13, 2012 17:19:27 GMT
it will be brilliant if you succeed with them, they were great ferns |
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Post by steve on Jan 13, 2012 18:27:00 GMT
All the terminology was gathered from the internet, it might make it sound like I know what I'm doing but this is the first time I've tried growing from spores. So far it has been relatively straight forward but has taken a long time to reach this stage. You've done the hard bit in getting the spores to germinate, very soon you should be noticing a very tiny frond emerging from the centres |
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Post by Tel on Jan 13, 2012 19:59:08 GMT
Will you have the room for them in that small garden of your's WF  ;D |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Jan 13, 2012 20:17:24 GMT
I potted them on as Steve explained. There were a lot in that pot, I filled eight pots and still had loads left so I filled a seed tray too. If I was sensible I should have stopped at the eight pots  I’m also wondering what I am going to do with hundreds and hundreds of baby ferns. ;D Perhaps this isn’t a good time to say I have another six pots at around the same stage as the one in the photograph, they are all different ferns but ferns none the less. If fern spores are difficult to germinate I will put it down to beginners luck. I did keep them in the conservatory where a lot of my ferns have self seeded by themselves, the conditions must be good for them in there. |
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Post by grindle on Jan 14, 2012 5:39:11 GMT
you could find yourself digging more beds |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Jan 14, 2012 7:28:16 GMT
This first pot is Pteris Ensiformis, half the hits say it is hardy, half say it is not, we will see.
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I'm just wondering what you'll do about 'hundreds and hundreds' of baby ferns, though! 
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I’m also wondering what I am going to do with hundreds and hundreds of baby ferns. ;D
