Bit of a guess really. I'd normally have agreed with @Liriodendron re slug/snail damage, but ferns are generally fairly trouble free in that department. I would never have any if it was the case!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I will stick with my earlier comment. Lack of water. Correcting that will help new growth id it's not too late in the season, but the ugly old leaves may look better emoved.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Picking off and putting out for the birds somewhere is about the only method @TheGreenMan. Most plants recover for the following year though, so it isn't always a major problem - mainly aesthetics for the period they're active
If you can pick them off and dispose of them [or chuck them somewhere for the birds if that's a possibility] that's about all you can do @Tina Duffill.
Good luck!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
How much bloody evidence do you need, it is insect damage, drought will make the leaves crispy, not eaten. I really don't get you, it seems that unless it is your answer, it must be wrong.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
How much bloody evidence do you need, it is insect damage, drought will make the leaves crispy, not eaten. I really don't get you, it seems that unless it is your answer, it must be wrong.
Some folk always think they're right @punkdoc ... even with empirical evidence to the contrary ... they usually just chunter to themselves until even that audience gets bored. 🥱
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I would decribe the caterpillars as "post hoc ergo propter hoc". Look it up.
Those ferns of mine with similar symptoms went dry and crispy in patches, which then fell off leaving a similar effect to the poster's. No sign of any pest.
I don't see how I can be critcised for saying that, even if some later evidence points to a difference answer.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I'd normally have agreed with @Liriodendron re slug/snail damage, but ferns are generally fairly trouble free in that department. I would never have any if it was the case!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Most plants recover for the following year though, so it isn't always a major problem - mainly aesthetics for the period they're active
If you can pick them off and dispose of them [or chuck them somewhere for the birds if that's a possibility] that's about all you can do @Tina Duffill.
Good luck!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I really don't get you, it seems that unless it is your answer, it must be wrong.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Those ferns of mine with similar symptoms went dry and crispy in patches, which then fell off leaving a similar effect to the poster's. No sign of any pest.
I don't see how I can be critcised for saying that, even if some later evidence points to a difference answer.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."