FERNS… (#ThursdayDoors 03August2023)

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1. My neighbor’s door to her greenhouse- with hearty ferns. 

 

2. One of the two ferns near my front door. I did not realize how terrible these ferns were looking until one day I realized how beautiful they looked after two weeks of watering and feeding. When I saw the little green shoot come out (no coiled fronds yet), I realized they ferns were so haggard looking before and now they were starting to thrive. Does that make sense – that I did not realize how bad they were doing until I saw them the way they should look? Anyhow, I am enjoying getting to know more about ferns.

 

4) Backyard ferns with a rooting ball, also called a propagating ball, on one of the shrubs planted near the ferns. Seeing these propagating balls were new for me. So, as Eulea suggested, I looked these up and here is what I found 

 

 

Thursday Doors 08-02-2023

 

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27 thoughts on “FERNS… (#ThursdayDoors 03August2023)”

  1. Your neighbours greenhouse looks wonderful.
    I used air layering a lot to propagate trees in California, but I made a DIY root ball made out of a plastic bottle that I made a cut along the long side without room for the stem, put it around the stem, filled the bottle with soil and watered. I usually watered it every other day to keep it moist. Worked like a charm, and cost almost nothing. I know some people have successfully used plastic kitchen wrap with soil inside around the stem. It’s not a super common practice her win Sweden, it is faster and works better when the weather is warmer. We haven’t had many days of 70+ this summer, and very few warmer than 75F.

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  6. Great post, Yvette. Nice doors and lovely ferns. I need to circle back to that propagating ball. That sounds interesting.

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  7. I like the greenhouse door. I should look into those balls. I don’t have the green thumb I used to have these days.

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    1. Hi – I am curious to learn how these balls work too – I have propagated a few plants before but only ones that are very easy to get new shoots with – like mint and a gerund cover (periwinkle?) – and I used to watch Paul James, Th Garden guy show, and he showed how easy it was to bury a branch from hydrangea into the soil and within a couple of weeks it has new roots and shoots….
      anyhow, I have learned that all gardeners are different and we have different phases – and so it sounds like you are in a new phase or stage too

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      1. I know our body chemistry works and that can be a factor. I know tomatoes are picky as to who touches them.

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    1. Cindy – we have had “full sun for many years and only in the last few years did we have shade – and so I never was able to have ferns – 🙂
      and now that I do have some – I like them very much

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