How To Care For Fern Plants. If your home has very dry air it might not be happy in there. Stuff well-moistened sheet moss between the containers.
Adding a small stake as support for the frond and the bag will ensure that the delicate frond doesnt break under the additional. A compost that contains peat or a fibrous peat substitute with plenty of sand is best. Mist your ferns as often as practical preferably in the morning.
Fill this soaked moss in that large planter and place the smaller one up on it.
The right compost must be free draining so that the roots never get waterlogged. A compost that contains peat or a fibrous peat substitute with plenty of sand is best. Few pests bother ferns other than the passing slug which will devour nearly anything. To collect and germinate spores from an existing fern plant place a paper bag around a frond and secure it gently to the base.