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Posted: Oct/13/2008 5:58 PM PST
can anyone tell me how to care for a boston fern inside the house? |
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Posted: Oct/13/2008 7:12 PM PST
Bright indirect light Place on a humidity tray to keep local humidity high Vacuum up fronds often 
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Posted: Oct/14/2008 7:50 AM PST
Be sure to keep watered. I Mist my daily with a sprayer-Still drops TONS of leaves. |
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Posted: Nov/10/2008 8:58 PM PST
I just brought my bostons and asparagus fern in last night. I'm going to let them go dormant over the winter because I don't have enough windows to keep them going - or enough patience to vaccuum that much. Should I let the fronds brown before I cut them off, or should I go ahead and trim them back now? |
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Posted: Nov/14/2008 10:28 AM PST
I trim the fronds off as they die. Cut back on watering, but make sure they don't die of thirst. Mine are not in too dark a room, and I take them outside occasionally for a washing off during the winter when the weather is mild. |
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Posted: Feb/21/2009 1:24 PM PST
I've been looking up things to see what king of ferns I have. When we moved to this house there was 2 ferns out in the front bed. I have done some looking on-line at some pictures, and I think they are boston ferns. I don't know much about the care of them. I noticed that they didn't look really nice anymore but I didn't know what to do about it. Yesterday I cut the dead branches off of them and cleaned out all of the leaves that had dropped on them, from the tree in the yard. Under all of the stuff that had fallen on them and under the dead branches was some new "fronds", I think that is what they are called. I was wondering what I need to do to help them? One of them is closer to the house than the other and didn't die back as much. I have read about them a little and was surprised that they survived the winter. Then again, we have mild winters. I don't want to move them to pots. What should I do? Help!!!  Kim |
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Posted: Feb/21/2009 1:51 PM PST
You don't need to do much! Cut the dead stuff off, throw some fertilizer on them, recover with a little mulch and you're good to go! I am assuming they are in a shady place? |
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Posted: Feb/21/2009 2:03 PM PST
Not alot of shade. There is a big tree in the front, hence the leaves. The yard faces south though. What kind of fertilizer? |
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Posted: Feb/21/2009 5:09 PM PST
Since it is planted in the yard, I'd just use 888 or similar. Or a slow release, like Osmocote. There are several different types of ferns that look like Boston Ferns, but with shorter leaves, or more of a feathery type leaf. They really do grow better with shade. Perhaps a small tree in a pot near that location? I have ferns growing in my flower beds, and I pretty much leave them alone. I'm in zone 9. |
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Posted: Feb/22/2009 12:08 AM PST
Thanks. I think I can keep them going now. |
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