Just found you! I have one of these and she's 120years old. She used to belong to my ex-husband's grandmother who got it from her Mum

Rabbit’s Foot Fern = cute name Don’t think Tarantula’s Leg Fern would sell very well 😉

I love my rabbits foot fern! It's a real toughy relative to other ferns. I take cuttings of the rhizome and lay them across the top of the soil, maybe with a small stone to push them gently into the soil and keep them in place, kept moist with spraying, never had a cutting fail.

I almost killed mine. I basically had no idea how to take care of her. I just gave her water every... a couple of days ad that's it. She (ok, her name is Arachne) was losing leaves and I was so dumb about it. I will take a better care of her now. Thank you!

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE these because I think the feet on them are super smokin cool but.....I have killed two of them so far....:(...........now that I know they need a lot more moisture, I wanna try one more time

I love this variety. So forgiving!

I have my Grandmothers spider fern, (rabbits foot) it's well over 50 years old and it's enormous ! I love it !

Love Rabbit Foot ferns. I have every fern there is...Actually, there is not a plant I don't like. I love, love, love making new plants all the time. And, I have a very large cacti and succulent collection. I am the Crazy Cat and Plant Lady..lol...God bless.🙏🙏

My rabbit's foot has been a real joy! I have had it for years and it seems to do well no matter where I have it. It has been very easy to propogate. Getting ready to repot. I water once a week. Mist a few times a week. Never have fertilized.

I've had my rabbit's foot fern for over 3 years and it has been one of the easiest plants I've ever kept. I 've in Colorado and I summer it on a shady balcony. I bring it indoors before the first of October. Never let the sun hit it, mist occasionally and kept it on the moist side. I'd keep it near an indoor fountain.

Nice job! Just bought one and love the "feet". Like the idea of moss over a wire cage. Cool

I just got one of these beauties on a whim and had no idea how to care for them, I just saw the name and my mother is super in love with ferns, so I had to! I'm glad I found this video so I can re pot mine and give it it's best life 🤗 thank you for all the cool and useful information!!

I just purchased 2 of these yesterday!!! (NW Florida Panhandle). This video has been the most informative I've found! I will wait until next year to repot them! THANK YOU!!!!!

Your channel is super helpful And easy to understand!!

You are funny! Just what I needed today!

I am so glad you mentioned a terrarium because I am going to set one up and wanted to see if this fern would suit my purpose.👍

One of my favorite ferns!

I bought one of these last year and it didn’t do well. Still alive so I’m glad I found this video!

Just got one of these cuties and so looking forward to taking care of him. The little feet are odd and I love it! Thanks for all the great info!

Fantastic detail thanks!!

wow this was SOOO SOO SOO helpful!! Thank you

Think r adorablehow you speak and living in hot humid zone 10 can say they don’t like to be in over 80 degrees broughtthem in air cond low light loving it ..They don’t like going into a much larger pot learned that lesson thank you 🙏🏻

Great idea, thanks friend!

i’ve wanted one of these for so long and when i saw the little $5 cups at lowe’s yesterday i bought it so fast! i love the cute little fuzzy feet, the thought of the rhizomes looking like tarantulas makes me also excited, i have 4 tarantulas!

Thanks for the info, I just realised I have one of these 😂 so now I will look after it properly.. I was treating it the same as my maiden hair!

This is one of my all time favorite plants-- I love the rhizomes and the fronds are so pretty and lacy-- I also find it's an easier fern to keep in our house in winter, which gets pretty dry due to heating.

Just subscribed. Love your presentation. I was house-sitting for a couple who had a selection of these plants and I was totally intrigued by their growth. I just found them so interesting with the tails that they extended beyond the pot. Darryl

Just started with this rabbits foot fern. I have a couple of them. ❤️❤️❤️

Great video! Thank you so much for it. Always wanted and just got a rabbitts foot fern yesterday and wasnt sure how to repot.

I have mine in a Hanging basket with that grassy stuff in it and I just love it the Feet are down to the bottom now and start to put ferns out on the bottom .

So funky looking! Just picked up one of these babies bc of that hairy foot. Thanks for the info!

Great video,I will be on the hunt for this fern.

Kept for 2 years in my classroom as is nontoxic. Now at home for covid and I think this cutie is staying home with me. Have been overexposing to sun in the class and under watering but it still survived. Time to give it proper care.

I just bought one and I love it. I was supper intimidated by ferns but I have two types now.

Just got a cutting got to find how to start it. But thanks for the knowledge of them

I was inspired to try and take better care of my rabbits foot recently. I couldnt understand why new growth was dying. your video about it getting dry described mine to a T, but I water it all the time? I checked the soil and realized my baby was bone dry. The soil was such low quality full of coconut fiber, the soil was acting hydrophobic. long story short after watching your video i went to repot and dropped my fern on its head!!!! shes looking ok and im hoping the better soil will help. after 1 day it's already standing up better and not as yellow. the new unfurled bits that were healthy yesterday have died off on the top, but i already see new ones springing up and hope to see them finally successfully unfurl.

Love your videos must say and you have motivated me to get a Rabbits foot fern i definitely will but it in a aquarium which im hopeing to do soon thanks for sharing ❤

Thank you for this info! I love my rabbit foot fern and would like to split it or propagate it but I’m concerned about damaging my plant, which if I do say, is fabulous! I have the plant in a pot and then the pot on a cake stand so the roots and fronds trail all the way down.

When I was a teenager back in the 1970's I grew a few ferns on a (groovy) formica coffee table by my bedroom window with moderate success. I never tried growing this one though. Our climate is just so dry, I think I will give this one a go in our bathroom as at least there is a teeny bit of humidity there. Great to see ferns in general are making a comeback.

Got one for Halloween coming up! Hopefully it lasts till then but with these tips it looks like a bright future for my fella!

Thank you for all this information! I love the look of these ferns but mine is kinda suffering, I will try out some of your tips!

Thank you for posting this. I'm seriously considering getting this fern even though I haven't had good luck with other ferns. You never know.....! I'm anxious to see you do the fern ball! TFS!

Found a rabbits foot fern after some searching. It’s so cute!! Let’s see if I can keep it alive

I saw the ball idea, looks cool. Another guy put one on a lava rock. I have mine in the ground, but am thinking of placing a chunk in a hollow tree I have.

Hi Jeff, I've been thinking of making one of those fern balls this spring also. I might start with a smaller one just to see how it goes first. If you do decide to make one could you please do a video? I really love your videos as I've told you in the past. You just know how to explain things and etc. There is always something to learn and laugh about in your videos! Take care, have a great weekend, and will be waiting for the vlog tomorrow!

Thank you for this video! I just adopted a beautiful fern from lowes. All of its furry legs called to me. I have it hanging over my kitchen sink. I thought the steam from rinsing dishes and washing hands would do it good! Its going to need repotted in thr spring. If you have any videos on repotting one lmk! Thanks again!

I have one get bright indirect light I use honey as fertilizer on this and my houseplants what a fantastic discovery

i recently bought a Rabbit Foot Fern his name is Ficus and i ended up putting him in a bigger pot because he seemed to be alittle to squish in the pot he came in. He is so wonderful Im still learning about Ferns , lol didnt realize Ferns were sooooo needy

Nice video. You answered my question...I was wondering how to propagate them. I had one as a child that my mom killed while I was at camp lol and my daughter gave me one for my birthday which has grown majorly

I just picked one up today from Walmart for .50 cents. I thought it was REALLY cool looking because the "Rabbits foot" looked like tarantula🥰legs to me before I read the pot.

"tickles my inner plant nerd" 😂

No lie i JUST got back from home depot where i saw this plant. I picked it up and saw these hairy roots and screamed top of my lungs....and threw the plant 10 ft. I thought it wad a tarantula

Love my rabbits foot fern as well. I am in a 7 to 8 zone and mine loves living on the back porch where it gets direct sun first thing in the morning for a short time then indirect sun the rest of the day. It flourishes there during all the warm months and then I bring it inside for the months where there is a threat of frost. It definitely prefers outside life and thins out during the dormant months. I just repotted it after it got HORRIBLY overgrown and root bound. I went way too long. I’m going to try rooting some rhizomes so we shall see how that goes as I’ve never done it before.

I got the Bronze Venus fern from Lowes and it is doing ok indoors of far, don't know why it has that name it's just a green fern but I like the way the frond spilt into five like a hand with fingers, I would love to see you do the fern ball, great video

I have always wanted one of these! I think I might not kill it...maybe.😆

I've just got one of these and it was named black foot fern. Live in Florida, keeping it outside.

loved the video! I have a rabbit foot fern that I recently repotted as it was looking VERY sad. The rhizomes were dark brown and hard, and the leaves were sparse. I cut back quite a lot of brown, stiff rhizomes before repotting. I'm thinking now that my new pot is probably too big for it. Here's hoping it survives..

My old girl and I have a love hate relationship. She hates being inside during the winter and loves the deck in the summer. Her “feet” have grown all over the side of the pot, so I guess I need to repot. But she is already in a huge pot. Maybe I should divide her. Then I would have two babies to take care of 😊

Your doing God's work

ahh thanks!!! got given mine and just plopped the tail in soil... Oops. Was wondering why it was drooping. Thanks for help!!

I bought mine a few months ago and had it by a big window, which it seemed to love... until summer hit. I didn’t know anything about taking care of it and was just watering it occasionally. I went to check on it today to find some badly burned and brown frons. So shes been relocated and is getting a lot of tlc and I started misting her. I didn’t know to do that! In my defense she’s my first fern.

Just subbed. I love my rabbits foot fern, but its not as full or lush as I wish it would be. The cats like to nibble on it a bit. During the winter I have it sitting next to a humidifier. MN winters are very dry!

Walmart had a bunch of plants shoved to the side to make room for Christmas decorations. Rows upon rows upon rows of dead and dying plants. Sad English ivies, unidentifiable crispy leafy plants, a droopy philodendron of some sort simply labeled as "houseplant". The only 3 plants that looked like they were not only still alive, but still vibrant (though with some dying fronds), were 3 rabbit foot ferns. Generally speaking, in my experience, plants that grow from ribosomes or bulbs tend to be hardier than standard leaf/stem/roots sort of plants. So much energy can be stored in those ribosomes for emergency situations. Like stressed-out employees forgetting about them as they prepare for the busy season, lol. I felt so bad for the little guys I purchased one, but as soon as I got home I thought "drats, I should have grabbed the other two, too." lol. If they're still there next time I probably will. If they're still there, I see a #fernball in my future, lol. Thanks for the video. :)

ooooooooooooooooohhhhh, a ball of Rabbit's Footies would be soooooo cool. So I got my two little jades from Mountain Crest Gardens. They're small, same as the two inch ones from Lowe's or HD, two plantlets per pot. The Hummel's Sunset isn't as colorful as the pic on their website (no gold), maybe it gets better as they get bigger, but the Tricolor is really nicely colored.

“Don’t eat your plants” lol

I just purchased one about three days ago. Love it💕 I think I need to repot it, the feet are half way down the pot all the way around! I can't even see the soil, so many rhizomes covering the soil surface. Tried putting my finger down there.... 🤨 I'm sure she's probably root bound...how can I re-pot without hurting her multitudes of furry feet? 🤔

I have one in the bathroom, NZ houses are fluctuating with temperature plus I wasn't misting it so it is just surviving....:-( Would love to get it bushy and lush green, will try to propagate them and pay more attention to them. Fingers crossed for me please peeps.

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My rabbit foot gives me trouble. It was getting filtered morning sun and dispite moving her into my shower she has not let me forget how pissed she was. 🙄 I will try frequent light watering! Thank you ❤️

Thanks for your great tips. How do you take care of the rabbits foot fern when you go on vacation over a week and a half? Tks for your advice.

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Just got a HUGE one from a family friend... long tendrils hanging onto the table top - is that a problem? I may try to propagate some minis? I'll be back if I need advice! Love your channel!

Love your videos!!! I have a rabbit foot fern and I need help! I got mine and had no idea what the rhizomes were. New to trying to grow plants. I assumed they should be buried in the soil like roots. I got some more plants and started to research, and realized they should be above soil!! I repotted it and brought the rhizomes out. The rhizomes appear yellow and to lack hair. I believe parts of them are rotting. I wish I could post a picture! What should I do? Trim the bad parts off? Leave it? Let them dry out a little? Thank you!

I bought a white rabbit's foot fern along with a staghorn fern ten months ago and also propagated a tiny maidenhair fern seedling I found growing in a Bromeliad pot I got a few months later. The rabbit's foot started dying within a few months as did the staghorn. The staghorn I managed to save and it's growing nicely again while the rabbit's foot was dead a few weeks later. The maiden hair, meanwhile, is thriving the whole time..

I just picked up two of them the other day from Lowe's and want to put them both in one pot, as they are small...When I saw them I just thought how cute and never saw one and I love to have different ferns...Would now be a good time to repot? I live in Central Texas

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I struggle with the rabbit's foot fern. My other ferns do just fine, but this one has been so fussy for me. Also, I have reused the wicks before with no issues.

I just picked up one of these from Home Depot. I wanted a fern for my bathroom...I have a big window by the tub that gets nice indirect sunlight. I picked up the pot and they had it marked as a lemon fern, but then my finger touched one of the furry parts and I nearly screamed when I looked because I literally thought it was a tarantula coming out of the soil. I gave it a goog and realized it was a rabbit foot fern, not a lemon. I bought him.

I've had mine about a week now and I fret and fuss over it but don't really physically mess with it aside from misting it a few times a day, lol. I love ferns so much but oof do they trigger some plant mom anxiety in me.

I love my rabbits feet.. they seem to just be happy no matter what I do to them. One of my cats hates one of then specifically and is constantly knocking it off surfaces and out of the pot, but as long as I mist it every morning, we’re fine. I wouldn’t even be able to tell if the pots weren’t different colors. I was wondering if you’re supposed to thin them out somehow? They’ve grown so thick so quickly and I’m very new to plants.

I have a really large Rabbits foot fern, I love its hairy legs... 🕷️

I have had mine for a few weeks now, he started to turn a bit yellow/brown - I think he just needs some more misting! Fingers crossed. And now I want to try and do a clipping and get another one going- it wont cause damage to the main plant if I cut one of his '"feet"?

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Just bought one from Lowe’s and it has wicking strings

Hi, great video. One question. This plant, it's very hard to know when to water because mine's soil never gets dried (always contains some moisture). Normally I've been told that I need to wait for the soil to get dried before the next watering. Is it ok to water this plant before the soil is dried? Thanks.

They should be called spider ferns, hihihi!! They kind of freak me out, even though I don't mind (small) spiders, I find them fascinating, really. I guess I'm not a fern person either, and yet I've just boiught two, hoping I can actually care for them. Thank you for the tips!!!!!

I love your videos! Always cheer me up and relaxing to watch ☺🙌 I have a question for anyone that can help, I just got a little maidenhair fern from lowes in this koko ball planter thing, they put it in a paper cup container in there with no holes and its water logged and it stinks a little bit so I'm panicking. I cant find any good info on how to help waterlogged and repotting it should I hide 3% hydrogen peroxide on its soil?? I hope somone can help! Thank you anyway

Never owned one but i might

hey! i bought one of these from the clearance section. its rhizomes are so brown, but the tips are white. is there a way to fix this? i read they need more moisture, but i was wondering if these would turn back to being white or if i should look for new growth to determine if i’m doing a good job at reviving it sorry for the long question !

I love these ferns but they keep getting scale and it's so hard to get rid of them as the frans are so delicate. I have been using a mix of rubbing alcohol and water and wiping them off branch by branch. It takes forever, inevitably I miss some and they come back and spread to other plants! Makes me want to cry! Ugh, so frustrating. Do you have an easier way you get rid of scale and keep it gone? Thank you so much for your video!

Bought two of these today, small ones. Didn't think much of the hairy roots until you mentioned they look like tarantula legs. I am scared to death of spiders. Would it be alright to trim them so they won't be seen?

Lmaoo I got one like a year ago. It's pretty darn sad right now. Like its doing okay but definitely could be a lot better. Not as full as the ones in the video but a lot larger in size. I live in a location with extremely low humidity so I am going to find a dish to put rocks and water in (I mist it as well but poor b doin a sad)

what soil do they like best?

It's winter here and my rabbits foot fern is suffering. It's near a wood stove. I've thinking of repotting into a terrarium for more humidity. Many of the fern fronds have dried up and I've removed. It's operation rehab my fern. Any suggestions?

I dont mind the foots look, what I mind is the mess the "foots" make. The plants are looking great, they are doing great at the place I put them, but they are standing on white furniture and the "foots" keep dropping some sort of dry mess that tend to break down when I try to wipe them off and I end up smearing them all over instead.

So I keep mine in my shower since they love humidity

don't you have problems with fungus gnats? if so how do you keep them away for good?

What are your thoughts on using a self-watering pot (pot within a pot style) for this fern or others?

Do you think this could be grown as an emergent plant with the finer subterranean roots in an aquarium?