If you do accidentally miss a watering and it dies back, take scissors and cut off just about two inches from the base. Keep watering and slowly it will grow back. Beautiful new leaves, very forgiving plants. I have about 20 and miss watering one now and then and in about 3 months they recover. I fertilize with a little epsom salts in the water once a month. I don't get any fancy fertilizers here in Africa so epsom salts is what I use for all my ferns mostly.

@HouseplantHacks

Жыл бұрын

Great advice, thanks for sharing. 🙂

@lilij1915

Жыл бұрын

Do you water a little daily?

Great information provided. I love my Maidenhair fern, but I've not been as attentive as I need to be. Now I know!! Thank you so very much! ❤

A weak-strength black tea (a very weak dilution) is a good revivor of maiden hair ferns as it provides excellent amounts of nutrients in ionic form. Secondly, tea is an effective fungal and mould killer. I also suggest placing one cm of stone in the bottom of a decorative pot in which your plastic pot actually houses the fern. This reduces moisture loss through leaves and provides a constant osmotic wicking of moisture, simulating the natural environment of most maiden hair ferns, noting that some maiden hairs may not be terrestrial.

@HouseplantHacks

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting and helpful post Steve thank you for your input. Andy.

Great video! Thank you! I have my Maidenhair on the balcony, and it spreaded almost in all the pots of my plants :). I have one that i forgot to water and dried out all. So i cut all the stems and kept watering as usual. In few weeks new fronds started to grow. The soil should never go dry. Once the plant gets dry it will never revive its leaves as other plants do. In winter i water it almost once at 2 days. In summer i must water it daily or maybe twice a day. Anyway...its a beautiful plant, that spreads so good through its spores (without our intervention), and even if it loses its fronds, will come back. Just dont give up on watering it.

@HouseplantHacks

Жыл бұрын

Great tips thank you for sharig your advice! ;-)

Thanks for the helpful tips, in particularly the balancing act of watering 💧

@HouseplantHacks

9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! :-)

Thank you so much for your great advice and video 👍

@HouseplantHacks

11 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching. :-)

Thank you so mucho. I just got one and I love it. Hope it will not dry!

@HouseplantHacks

3 ай бұрын

Keep the water coming and it will be fine! :-)

Thanks for the info ❤

@HouseplantHacks

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. :-)

Hi, I'd like to try again on those maidenhair ferns. I grew up with those in our garden and along the paths in the hills and mountains in the Philippines, but somehow I cannot get it to live longer here in California. With this video, I now want to try again. Thank you

@HouseplantHacks

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pleased to hear that! Let us know how you get on. Andy

Good explanation, thanks....

@HouseplantHacks

5 ай бұрын

You're welcome.

Oh my god! Just in the right time :D recently bought one and it's already like 80% dead 🙈 Thanks for amother great video!

@HouseplantHacks

2 жыл бұрын

Happy to be of help Juliane! Good luck with the rescue! :-)

@artfan3118

Жыл бұрын

Trim off the dead fronds and don't forget to water this time and it will send up tiny new fronds.

Mine is a north facing window. It's got some browning on some of the leaves- not sure why- I check it with a moisture monitor every day and water if it is 4. However it also has spores on some leaves and I've never had so much new fronds come through on any of the these plants. Can't be getting too much sun is an 18 degrees north window in southern England can it?

@HouseplantHacks

11 ай бұрын

If you're keeping it alive you're doing well! Some of the older fronds will die off naurally that might be all it is. If you are regularly getting new fronds I would say all is well.

Mr Mouse, how'd you like the maidenhair fern? They're pretty easy to take care of just keep them damp huh? Yeah, with all that talk about maiden hair and ferns made me think of medieval times with the castles, knights in shining armor and fair maidens. Yeah, people walk around with giant turkey drumsticks in their hand and beggars beg from you. Yeah, wow look over there josting! Oh, my favorite wait for me!🐀(((((((((🏃((((((((

As an indoor plant for Texas it is easier to water I do not recommend it as an outdoor plant

Your profile hammer has a dark burgundy plant with green edges. Can you tell me what it’s called?

@HouseplantHacks

2 жыл бұрын

They are called coleus and are readily available in Europe and in the US. You can grow them from seed or buy them as adult plants to go straight into borders and pots.

@MeteoricMarlin

2 жыл бұрын

@@HouseplantHacks Thank you so much! I’ll be buying one asap 😊

What do you recommend I do when I go on vacation?

@HouseplantHacks

Жыл бұрын

Ask a neighbour? Or put the pots in a big tray filled with water that will keep them moist for longer.

Can I use miracle grow? If not what makes it happy

@HouseplantHacks

10 ай бұрын

Should be fine.

Hi! With that size, do you water it every day?

@HouseplantHacks

Жыл бұрын

It lasts about three days until I water it again at this time of year, in the summer it's nearly every day yes.

Should it be spritzed with water on the frawns?

@HouseplantHacks

10 ай бұрын

You can mist them but it will have limited impact on humidity after maybe 30 minutes.

mine curls up and brown tips and crispy, I watered with rain water, and filtered light and I don't know what is wrong eventually dies I have had 3 and all in the same way. I even spray it with water everyday. I have hdd different types and they all died in the same way,

@HouseplantHacks

Жыл бұрын

Not enough water I would say, the roots are very dense so you need to make sure the roots are wet all the way through, standing the pot in a sink and running the rainwater water through for a while is a good way and don't let it dry out.

@Daisy.florina

4 ай бұрын

@@HouseplantHacks Is always has water never dried out.

How often do you do the deep soak?

@HouseplantHacks

11 ай бұрын

weekly or just keep some water in the bottom of a tray to soak it up all the time.

I’ve just ordered 2 maidenhair rhizomes and was told to attach them to tufa stone. Can I actually plant them in earth?

@HouseplantHacks

5 ай бұрын

Ys, in the earth is probably better as you can create more humidity and moisturem they don't like to dry out at all.

Hi I live with south facing windows,can I still grow maidenhair fern?

@HouseplantHacks

4 ай бұрын

Yes, just ensure that the direct sun doesn't hit the plants if it's close to the glass, if you can find a spot that gets the sunlight that is farther back from the window by at least a few feet then it should be ok, plenty of water is key.

How to keep them small? Mine are bigger..

@HouseplantHacks

Жыл бұрын

You can't stop them growing but you can divide them next time you repot and so you can create a few smaller plants out of one.

What if the fronds dry out or wilt when transplanted?

@HouseplantHacks

3 ай бұрын

try to keep the roots noist at all times while transplanting, if some fronds dry out the plant will make more but if the roots dry out the plant may die.

Is it adiantum raddianum fragrans or Adiantum capillus-veneris? Or are those two different plants?

@HouseplantHacks

10 ай бұрын

No idea, often the nursary pots are labeled incorrectly anyway.

Maidenhair ferns are ideal in moss terrariums! Just food for thought.

Is that all to grow beautiful fern? For some reason she forgot to talk about fertilizer, which is much more important than too much sunlight or too much of water.

@HouseplantHacks

5 ай бұрын

sorry to miss this out, some plant food occasionally in the growing season, maybe monthly is all it needs.

But what do you feed the maidenhair?

@HouseplantHacks

5 ай бұрын

Sorry I missed this, a general purpose liquid houseplant feed will be fine once a month.

Does the maidenhair fern benefit from misting?

@HouseplantHacks

Жыл бұрын

Slightly yes, although the additional humidity you get from misting doesn't last long unfortunately. A humidity tray would be better.

Mine is spindly

@HouseplantHacks

9 ай бұрын

possibly needs more light? or food?

I feed mine diluted worm wee.

@HouseplantHacks

Жыл бұрын

Sounds perfect to me! The worms don't need it anymore so why not make good use of it! I use tropical fish wee and poop for my houseplants too! :-)

I never seen a plant like this with in year I brought 3 and I lost 3 plants it pretty plant I can, t save them I try roots root will not grow

@HouseplantHacks

11 ай бұрын

You are not alone!

Cette fougère peut supporter un manque d'eau mais elle n'aime pas du tout les substrats lourds. Si ses racines sont asphyxiées ce sera le dépérissement assuré.

This hard plant I. Can, keep alive I waste my money on this plant

@HouseplantHacks

11 ай бұрын

Sorry you are struggling, some plants are just very hard to keep inside.

@ruthietreselan

2 ай бұрын

Get a self watering pot

Such a long video...

@HouseplantHacks

4 ай бұрын

You're welcome!