How to Grow Moss Fern As a Houseplant
- 1). Prepare for planting. If planting in an open container, fill the bottom half of the container with a rich soil mix. If growing in a terrarium, fill the bottom of your terrarium with gravel for drainage, add a few tablespoons of activated charcoal and sprinkle soil mix over this to fill up one-quarter of the terrarium.
- 2). Remove your moss fern from its container and massage the root ball. Place the plant on the soil in your container. If planting a terrarium, nestle the plant into the soil to finish planting. For a container, pour additional soil over the roots to complete planting.
- 3). Water the dirt to saturate the soil. Thereafter, water moss fern when the soil feels moist to the touch; do not allow it to dry out completely. In the fall and winter, decrease watering but do not allow the plants to dry out.
- 4). Place the moss fern in a shady or partly shady location where it receives no direct light.
- 5). Fertilize moss fern with a light fertilizer, such as 5-5-5, to promote growth. Apply the right dose range for your size plant. Cal Lemke recommends weekly fertilizing to promote growth.
- 6). Clip back long tendrils as they grow to maintain the size and shape of your plant.
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