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steve Global Moderator From Sunny Ilkeston Posts: 6,710	Poorly fern gametophytes Jan 14, 2012 9:20:48 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Jan 14, 2012 9:20:48 GMT I have a couple outside that came through the last 2 hard winters and are thriving I'll look the name up, it is pteris though and a friend brought them back from Nepal which accounts for the hardiness ;D
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grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,750	Poorly fern gametophytes Jan 14, 2012 16:54:29 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Jan 14, 2012 16:54:29 GMT did any of the eden ones come up?

wildlifefriendly Guest	Poorly fern gametophytes Jan 14, 2012 16:59:02 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by wildlifefriendly on Jan 14, 2012 16:59:02 GMT Jan 14, 2012 16:54:29 GMT grindle said: did any of the eden ones come up? Yes, I have two pots of those, the first one I forgot to sterilise the soil so I did a second one to be safe, they are both doing well.

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,750	Poorly fern gametophytes Jan 15, 2012 4:58:43 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Jan 15, 2012 4:58:43 GMT ;Dthat's good news

steve Global Moderator From Sunny Ilkeston Posts: 6,710	Poorly fern gametophytes Jan 15, 2012 9:14:20 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Jan 15, 2012 9:14:20 GMT Of course not all those gametophytes will go on to produce a tiny frond and not all the ones with a tiny frond will go on to survive so they do get thinned out in due course
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wildlifefriendly Guest	Poorly fern gametophytes Jan 15, 2012 18:35:35 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by wildlifefriendly on Jan 15, 2012 18:35:35 GMT This is the first time I've tried growing from spores so I don't know what to expect. Natural thinning sounds good, I'm not very good at restricting the number of seedlings I prick out to the number I need

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Poorly fern gametophytes Jan 30, 2012 10:29:00 GMT

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Post by wildlifefriendly on Jan 30, 2012 10:29:00 GMT

I took this photo of the gametophytes which I split, they seem to be growing well. I took it so I could get a much better look at it and to see if I could spot the beginnings of fronds.

It is just time that is required, the warmth of spring or both?

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Poorly fern gametophytes Jan 30, 2012 12:33:56 GMT

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Post by steve on Jan 30, 2012 12:33:56 GMT

They still look healthy, and can take up to a year sometimes more to change in to a fern, The gametophytes produce both male and female sex cells and spraying them with water with a hand sprayer will help them to merge

Have a read here too

website.lineone.net/~margaret_cole/SFG7/growing%20ferns.htm

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Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Poorly fern gametophytes Jan 30, 2012 13:13:35 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Jan 30, 2012 13:13:35 GMT They look pretty good, Wf! I'm very impressed.

Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	Poorly fern gametophytes Jan 30, 2012 14:07:07 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Jan 30, 2012 14:07:07 GMT This is fascinating stuff WF....you should have plenty of young plants for your stall
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wildlifefriendly Guest	Poorly fern gametophytes Jan 30, 2012 16:10:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by wildlifefriendly on Jan 30, 2012 16:10:25 GMT Thanks for the link, it seems I have a while to wait yet. In future I must remember to make a note of the date I sowed them.

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,750	Poorly fern gametophytes Jan 30, 2012 17:26:02 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Jan 30, 2012 17:26:02 GMT they're looking good WLF

wildlifefriendly Guest	Poorly fern gametophytes Apr 15, 2012 9:15:05 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by wildlifefriendly on Apr 15, 2012 9:15:05 GMT The first fronds on Pteris have grown. The spores I collected at the Eden project are producing fronds too. Do you think I'm too late to separate them like I did the Pteris or should I leave them now? The second pot from Eden has died.

steve Global Moderator From Sunny Ilkeston Posts: 6,710	Poorly fern gametophytes Apr 15, 2012 11:32:51 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by steve on Apr 15, 2012 11:32:51 GMT They need separating so they have room to grow on and expand Sue, looking very good
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grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,750	Poorly fern gametophytes Apr 15, 2012 12:17:45 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Apr 15, 2012 12:17:45 GMT they're looking good, I didn't get to see the others ;D

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