Cotton Candy Fern Care

Tips for watering your ferns: avoid watering from above, which can cause the moisture to splash onto the leaves of your ferns. instead, aim the water you give your ferns at the soil above their roots. it will trickle down into the root zone, where your ferns can absorb it and put it to use.

To prune a plant to encourage bushy new growth, snip off the dominant buds on select stems, staggering the cuts to encourage varied growth.

Mix the recommended amount of liquid fertilizer and water in a watering can. Then simply pour the mix into the soil as if you're watering the plant.

12-14 hours of indirect sunlight.

Planting instructions will suggest planting in a sterile potting mix.

This plant can be easily propagated by division. Dig your plant carefully from the pot, cut through the rhizome and separate it into several clusters. Cut the dead roots and leaves, and repot the parts in a separate pot. Then, water thoroughly.

The cotton candy fern thrives in temperatures of between 60 degrees F and 80 degrees F. If the temperature drops below 60 degrees F or rises above 80 degrees F, the plant growth slows down. The plant does well in areas with medium humidity when the temperatures are ideal.

Use a ceramic porous pot with a good drainage.

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.