Propagating Ferns from Spores

Propagating Ferns from Spores - Family Plot

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Ferns are one of the most primitive vascular plants in the world today. Gardeners can propagate ferns by dividing and sometimes with cutting rhizomes, but in nature ferns reproduce by spores. Kim Rucker the Greenhouse manager at Dixon Gallery and Gardens tells how to propagate ferns from the spores. In the late summer or early fall the fern spores on the back of the leaves are mature. Kim collects some leaves in an envelope and shows how to get the spores to release. Then she prepares a small container with germinating mix and vermiculite and dumps the spores in. After several weeks a moss-looking green covering will be seen on the soil. This is the gametophyte stage of the fern’s life cycle. If you continue to let it grow the sporophyte stage will grow, which is what we know as a fern.
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@Ericmbecerra 4 жыл бұрын

I honesty just looked up fern spores cause I was bored then watched this video and I’m glad I did

@NMranchhand 4 жыл бұрын

Great presentation. Lots of essential information sprinkled with supporting background, and delivered slowly. Well done.

@FamilyPlotGarden 4 жыл бұрын

Thank You! Glad we could help.

@angharadllewellyn2192 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for using the correct terminology!

@pablo9364 Жыл бұрын

She explained it very well indeed

@monica11760 2 жыл бұрын

This was so interesting. The only thing I wasn't sure about after viewing it, was the reason why the perlite is only put on one side of the container.

@Kai-uu6sh 7 ай бұрын

I believe it's because of it's draining property, while perlite helps in moisture retention, it also helps excess water drain and as the ferns have a habit of moist condition, she put it only on the sides.

@nerdyaddy5286 3 ай бұрын

ITS VERMICULITEEEE!!!! Please don’t use perlite

@c0ldlight1 Жыл бұрын

This was so informative! Thank you! I’m excited to start growing little ferns.

@bridget1780 5 ай бұрын

So wonderful! Thank you.

@mayagrey6156 4 жыл бұрын

That was great, thanks so much for sharing

@mirandabeaudry7936 3 жыл бұрын

This is fascinating! Thanks to you all for putting it together!

@FamilyPlotGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@StawberryStranger 7 ай бұрын

IM SO EXCITED. Im doing this for the first time. Thank you so much, this was very straightforward. See you all in a year

@vivalarica 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Thanks for the info!

@FreyaFL 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! I've been having a hard time finding enough Ostrich ferns to meet my (imagined) needs. Now I think I'll buy a couple and take it from there. Not instant gratification, but good enough. Thank you for providing this.

@FamilyPlotGarden 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad to help.

@ok_Computer_ 6 ай бұрын

This was extremely useful information. Thanks 👍

@lotsakirst 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you from Aus🇦🇺

@mattblake9936 4 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@marthacortez346 4 жыл бұрын

😯😯did not know that those spores were the seeds!!!!!! Thank you so much.

@kria9119 3 жыл бұрын

They're not though. Seeds are sexual generation and spores asexual

@maxschmieder232 3 жыл бұрын

@@kria9119 well, kind of. Spores are the result of sexual reproduction between fern prothallia / gametophytes. The spores first grow into a gametophyte which then reproduces sexually to give rise to a "normal" sporophyte fern.

@Erin-rami 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@paluwafilms5409 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice information about fern I liked it cool

@iisimply_aestheticii4033 4 жыл бұрын

I love this channel I will subscribe for sure I really appreciate you guys and than you so much for sharing !

@FamilyPlotGarden 4 жыл бұрын

Glad we could help! Thanks for the sub!

@ellahalberstadt2932 3 жыл бұрын

this was honestly very helpful and im really excited to try it

@FamilyPlotGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Good luck with the ferns.

@icarusozkavosh6573 3 жыл бұрын

Wow i was looking for this and the lady is really informative about the fern

@FamilyPlotGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Glad we could help!

@Sonicexeclub 2 жыл бұрын

This video is awesome! off to go collect some spores!!

@FamilyPlotGarden 2 жыл бұрын

Cool! Good Luck!

@jedmanson 8 ай бұрын

Love it

@werecanadian2 3 жыл бұрын

awesome video! glad to have found your channel! 100!!

@FamilyPlotGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Hope you find lots of good videos here.

@Frank-bc8gg 3 жыл бұрын

I love to eat fiddleheads and wanted to save seed but was very perplexed by the strange lifecycle, thank you and Ms. Rucker for making this topic straight forward and simple!

@FamilyPlotGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Glad we could help. They are amazing plants.

@sploshy100 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very interesting. I’ve just touched what I thought were the seeds of my Asplinium Antiquum (the brown thin things that hang inside under the larger fronds) and found by touching them I have discovered that a very fine mist is left on my finger. I tried it twice and got the same answer. This tiny powder IS the seed not the thin brown things which must exude these spores. So the brown long things are the ferns seed banks which then send out the spores which are the next generation to be. I see now. Thank you so much. Wanted to know more and this vid has done it. Such a long propagation time though very surprised there too. Owen

@FamilyPlotGarden 3 жыл бұрын

Glad we could help. Good luck with your new ferns.

@aroncsoka 26 күн бұрын

Loved the video! What am I supposed to do with the tray during the months of propagation? Keep it in a location the plant would like, water it and replenish the compost?

@luciecorriveau9399 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool video! When do we remove the lid?

@wild-radio7373 4 жыл бұрын

What a WONDERFUL video! I absolutely appreciate you!! 🤜👍🤛♡♡♡

@FamilyPlotGarden 4 жыл бұрын

We are glad we could help!

@ytb123_zlty 2 жыл бұрын

Nooooooooooooooo

@smarie5444 8 ай бұрын

I hope I can do this with my new blue oil fern

@gegasmeef7850 3 жыл бұрын

I only have garden soil lol! I hope to goodness that's enough!

@JANEMBA9000 3 жыл бұрын

Didn't know they were spores . Always thought they were some kind of blight or pest growing in the leaves

@Anotherhumanexisting 9 күн бұрын

Does the leaf with the spores always die? The biggest one on my blue star fern has some brown spores. Can I collect them without cutting off the leaf?

@NickelAndDimeMotorSports 4 жыл бұрын

I am learning about

@sarahrhi82 2 жыл бұрын

Do you keep the container outside?

@vanessasandoval8134 2 жыл бұрын

Almost threw out a leafe covered in black spores ( I think thats what they're called) here I go trying to see what I get from them, wish me luck!

@abilinc 4 жыл бұрын

1 YEAR?!?!? you gotta be kidding

@Frankiigii 3 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah I think I set my spores up like 6-8 months ago and I just discovered little gametophytes today. Took a long time but it was honestly super exciting!

@chocovivaxtina 5 жыл бұрын

No need to poke holes in the lids ?

@FamilyPlotGarden 5 жыл бұрын

nope.

@danibecker3911 3 жыл бұрын

Same goes for the Cobra fern? Or not?

@FamilyPlotGarden 3 жыл бұрын

You can do the same thing for cobra ferns. The spores are on the underside of the leaves. When the spores start to look fuzzy cut them off and put them in the envelope.

@Connor-pj2tg 2 жыл бұрын

Why does the soil have to be sterile? Is it okay if I dig up some soil from where the ferns were growing and sow the seeds in that?

@FamilyPlotGarden 2 жыл бұрын

Having sterile soil lets you know for sure that what is growing is actually a fern. Because it takes them so long to develop any other seeds in the soil will sprout and create problems. You can try to use the other soil like you said. See if it works.

@zacharyshepherd1738 2 жыл бұрын

You will also run the risk of diseases and more importantly fungi taking over before the ferns get anywhere

@noi4375 3 жыл бұрын

Those plants don't look like modern days of them

@rikhughes6452 2 жыл бұрын

As soon as she said a year for tiny plants I thought not for me

@Erin-rami 3 жыл бұрын

I NOW things

@barneymiller6204 2 жыл бұрын

If the spores need such special handling and conditions, how do they ever sprout in the wild? Sterile soil, sterile water, always warm and moist. Really?

@raeneshyba-nara4659 Жыл бұрын

I'm no plant expert, but based on what little I've read, I believe what you pointed out is precisely why plants like ferns and trees expel so many billions of spores and seeds every year. Only a few ever get the perfect conditions to grow!

@GalenWillettMusic 11 ай бұрын

They don’t need that, but you need that if you don’t want a cup full of random fungi. And yes they need consistent moisture, and you will almost never see them outside of moist environments like riverbanks and marshy areas.