Maidenhair Fern Care

Water your fern using a watering can with a long spout. That way, you can apply a water directly to a top of a potting soil. This is particularly relevant with hanging ferns where a fronds often hang down in quite thick curtains. You can maneuver a long nozzle between a fronds until it is over a soil.

It is important because damaged leaves and stems can actually be an energy drain on your plant. By removing those dead parts, you're taking some of that work off your plant’s plate and allowing it to divert its energy into healthy leaves and new growth!

Simply apply the fertilizer around the base of the plant, extending to the drip line. For vegetables, place the fertilizer in a strip parallel to the planting row. Water-soluble fertilizers are faster acting but must be applied more frequently. This method gives plants food while you water.

Needs bright, indirect sunlight.

Loamy soil, a relatively even mix of sand, silt, and clay, feels fine-textured and slightly damp. It has ideal characteristics for gardening, lawns, and shrubs. Loamy soil has great structure, adequate drainage, is moisture-retaining, full of nutrients, easily cultivated and it warms up quickly in spring, but doesn't dry out quickly in summer.

These plants can be repotted annually or biannually, depending on the pot size and growth rate. They don't mind being a little crowded. Do repot them when the roots fill the pot. To repot successfully:
Use a knife or spade to divide the roots.Maintain a minimum of two to three healthy fronds within each division.Plant each section into its own pot, and be sure to water them well.Do not fertilize the repotted ferns right away, as this may burn the roots.

Maidenhair Ferns must have consistent temperatures. They can handle warmth or cold, but prefer warm areas. Never place a Maidenhair Fern where the temperature fluctuates.

Choose a pot with drainage holes, which also ensures potting soil doesn't stay too wet after watering your houseplants. The excess can freely escape out the bottom of the container, allowing oxygen to make its way to plant roots.

All ferns love moisture and should be given humid conditions. In living rooms and family rooms, stand their pots on trays of damp pebbles or clay granules. Ferns also love being misted at regular intervals with tepid, soft water unless the humidity of the whole room is kept high through the use of a humidifier.