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How do you care for artillery ferns?

How do you care for artillery ferns?

Part of your artillery plant care includes keeping the soil moist, but not soaked. Water when the soil is dry to the touch. Fertilization every few weeks promotes growth. Artillery plant info recommends feeding with a balanced houseplant food every five to six weeks.

What is artillery fern?

Pilea microphylla, also called Artillery Plant, features tiny, light-green leaves on upright, sturdy stems. The small flowers explosively send pollen into the air, hence the common name of Artillery Plant. It is a great choice in a terrarium, or as a houseplant. This plant prefers moderate light and moist soil.

What does an artillery plant look like?

IDENTIFY PILEA MICROPHYLLA – ARTILLERY PLANT It is a short-lived perennial or annual herbs that typically grows only 8 to 12 inches tall and quickly forming spreading clumps up to two feet wide with light green, almost succulent, stems and tiny 1/8″ leaves that are papery when dry.

What kills artillery fern?

Glyphosate is an active that should kill anything that it is applied to.

How often should I water my artillery fern?

Growing in full sun but preferring light shade, artillery plant needs well-drained yet moist soils and should only be watered when the soil dries. Plant on 18- to 24-inch centers to establish a quick cover. Plants may be pinched occasionally to encourage bushiness but this is seldom necessary.

Is artillery plant poisonous?

Artillery Plant is an herbaceous perennial or annual that in its native tropical habitat it can be a groundcover. #houseplant#interiorscape#non-toxic for horses#non-toxic for dogs#non-toxic for cats#container plants.

How do you propagate a fern from a cutting?

Ferns are a simple, ancient plant. They reproduce by spore generation like mushrooms and fungi. As with many modern plants, the fern can also be propagated from cuttings. Gardeners take fern cuttings from the fern’s rhizome, its underground horizontal stem. Find a healthy clump of ferns, a shade plant, in a wooded area.

Is it possible to get rid of Artillery Fern?

Unless you win the lottery & can pay to have your lawn pulled-up & a new one put-in and have professional ‘weed-killer’ applied every month, you won’t get rid of Artillery Fern. lol. found this link about killing artillery fern, I think the green in the gaps of the pavers is pretty.

Is it possible to propagate a staghorn fern?

Please try again later. Propagating a staghorn fern is not hard. Make a staghorn fern as a gift to give away at Christmas or housewarming gift. This video focuses on cutting out a chunk and mounting the staghorn fern cutting to a board. These cuttings can also be put into a hanging basket much the same way.

Who is Ann and how to propagate ferns easily?

I am Ann and we (my family who works with me behind the scenes) are a group of Plant & Garden Geeks & love everything Green & Geeky. This is the place for tips, information and stories about plants and pots that will also feed the info hungry geek in you.