Ferns room: features of cultivation and care

Ferns belong to the most ancient representatives of the plant world of the Earth. At that time, they were comparable in size to modern trees. Having successfully survived the repeated change of climate on the planet, the ferns have successfully survived to the present day and are found in almost all natural areas, including the Arctic and the desert.

Ferns are associated with many folk legends and beliefs. One of them is a fern flower, which blooms on the night of Ivan Kupala and everyone who finds it, reveals the secrets of the location of underground treasures. A more detailed study of ferns showed that these plants do not have any flowers, but reproduce by spores formed on the lower surface of the leaves.

Beautiful rosettes of openwork leaves of ferns have long attracted the attention of lovers of indoor floriculture. The ferns of the room first appeared in the greenhouses of the rich houses of the Victorian era. Since then, fashion for ferns has experienced ups and downs several times. Currently ferns are again one of the most popular ornamental-deciduous plants. Like other houseplants, the fern is used for planting greenery of residential and office buildings, beautiful pinnate leaves of ferns are used in the compilation of bouquets and floral compositions. In the interior they are wonderful and as solitary plants, located in hanging baskets, and in the form of compositions consisting of ornamental-deciduous and flowering houseplants.

Features of care for ferns

In the room, more than two thousand species of ferns from different parts of the earth can grow, but only a few dozen are actually grown. A classic fern consists of a rosette of curved, pinnate leaves called wai. Some species have integral leaf plates - this is a bone, leaf and platycerum. The adianum and cibotium are similar to small bushes with thin petioles and tender, elegant leaves. All ferns in the room love high humidity and abundant watering. An earth clod in flower pots with a fern should never dry up, but at the same time one should avoid unnecessary watering, which threatens to decay the roots. To maintain the necessary moisture level, the plants should be sprayed periodically with water, and other methods of increasing humidity should be used.

It is widely believed that indoor ferns grow better in the shade and do not like direct sunlight. This is not quite true. Many ferns need bright diffuse light, but not a bright sun. Such conditions correspond to the location of plants on the eastern or northern windows in the house.

The air temperature should be moderate. Ferns do not like heat and do not tolerate temperatures well above 22C, but at the same time they suffer and when the temperature drops below 10C.

In heated premises in the winter time, there is always very dry air, fatal to ferns. Growing these plants in apartments is problematic, since it is difficult to choose the necessary temperature and humidity regime. Optimal conditions for ferns can be created in closed flower shop windows, greenhouses, winter gardens.

Transplant and reproduction

Ferns of the room do not require frequent transplantation. Young ferns are transplanted in the spring as the plant grows. To transplant an adult plant is necessary only if the roots fill the pot.

A new plant fern can be obtained by dividing the bush into several parts. This is usually done in the spring when transplanting. It is possible to grow ferns from spores, but this is a more complex method, available only to experienced growers.