Tree ferns

Very cool Jim, I can't wait to see some pictures of them.

Bill

Jim, how are you going to cover you tree ferns?

hey jim whats new

Hey mike

Serj
I am not really sure.What ever I do will most likely(considering the size of the leaves)involve removing the leaves.
I'm thinking to use house insulation and maybe 1-2 x-mas lights as the space will be small.
I will only heat to keep them between 35-40(F)and uncover anytime temps are above freezing.
I kinda want to wait until they are trunking which would be about 2 years or so.
Until that time I will grow them in large pots so they will not have anything holding them back.

Mike
What's new-
I am sprouting 1000 spores of Cyathea australis,50 sprs C.Medullaris and 1000 sprs of Dicksonia fibrosa 🙂
I also ordered(all 1g size) 1-C.medullaris
2-D.squarossa
3-D.antarctica
I will post some pics when they arrive next week 😀

I can't wait to see those pictures Jim.

Bill

Hey there don't keep to excited 😉
They are all small(no trunks)1g ferns so,pretty much like my C.cooperi
It will be nice to see them in person*
They will probably look like this guy

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Is that some kind of green house in the background to keep the humidity up?

Bill

Hey Bill,
Sorry- I posted these on another forum and did not really explain what I am doing on this one.
I have had problems in the past with dry air in winter,inside the house.
This year I made some little tents to keep the humidity up for some of the more sensitive plants-Bananas,Papaya and ....the tree ferns.
They love it,even Rowe red and Siam ruby are growing.
Even with out full sun as they are set off to the side of my west window.
I don't even know how the S.ruby knows it's humid it does not have a leaf YET! but it's growing one fast!
I am going to have to raise the roof of the tent as it's pushing out a nice sized leaf/I will also need to build a bigger area for the ferns when my order comes.
Here s the ferns little tent and the Bananas-The T.tesan are around the tent,and a few others

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<a href=" " target="_blank"><img src=" " border="0" alt="Nanars"></a>

IT'S AMAZING WHAT A LITTLE HUMIDITY WILL DO!

Jim, thank you for answering. I would like to know how to sprout spores of Cyathea australis, D.antarctica and other similar it tree ferns?

Very cool Jim, the humidity tents are a great idea! I can't wait to show my girlfriend this picture, she's always asking me why I save all my coffee grounds, now I can show her that other people save them too 😀 Thanks Jim! Those palms are looking nice and healthy in there as well. I need to move some stuff around today to get situated for the long haul. Not until dark though 70 here today!

Bill

Yea Bill,
These hospital tents rule!
I repotted my T.fern yesterday,(man,you can't let them dry out)it's really doing great-Bananas too.

Bill
If you look at the T.tesan( right next to the little tent the ferns in)you can see it's putting out 360* leaves

Serj-
Here's a link to The Fern Factory video on sprouting Tree ferns.
It's the easiest way I've seen.I would also check out some other links on-
The cold hardy tree ferns page,these is a little gap in the instructions on this video aftethey sprout that some other sites address better-
Here's the link -hope it works for you

http://www.fernfactory.com/frontend/proddetail.aspx?pn=supsgrwkit&co=10000397

Jim, thanks a lot for link.

You bet!
Definitely the easiest way to sprout them I have seen.
Now all you have to do is wait 3-5 months 😉
I will post some pics of mine when they sprout 😀