Replanted an old fern
My garden is under major work and had to take it right back to the soil.
It was all weeds and bramble plus a few trees and two beautiful ferns.
The trees I am keeping but had to move the ferns out in order to get to the roots of the bramble and weeds.
The first one is doing fine in a pot. It is a medium size.
The second one is double the size of the first one and was surrounded with sand stone rocks that sat around the base of the plant.
We managed to get it out but there wasn't many roots at all.
I have potted it in a big pot with John Inners and was doing good the last two days. Today it is drooping over and I am worried it won't survive. I had put some bone meal into the soil.
Is there anything I can do to get it back?
Many thanks for any help at all.
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Reduce the top, take off a few fronds, so the small amount of root doesn't have so much to support. Don't feed, that won't help at this stage, keep moist, don't drown it though.
Last edited: 04 June 2017 14:16:08
In the sticks near Peterborough
I'm no fern expert, but from a general point of view, if the plant has lost much of its root system it wont be able to get enough water up to its leaves, so the leaves droop due to lack of water (pressure), if things don't improve, then the leaf dies.
Removing leaves takes the strain off the roots, so I'd suggest cutting off leaves. The plant needs some leaves in order to breathe, so leave at least 20%
No fertilisers are needed at the moment, but seaweed extract is a good plant tonic
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Great minds nut
(or I like to think so anyway
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Last edited: 04 June 2017 14:16:28
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
that's right Pete
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thank you for replying so quickly!
Off to do that now and thank you again.