Home fern

Among the green inhabitants of the windowsills, you can often meet and home fern - a plant quite simple and unpretentious in care. This flower has existed for millions of years and is a relic plant - that is, preserved to this day from the era of dinosaurs. If you do not have this miracle, now is the time to start it.

Types of domestic ferns

A variety of fern varieties amazes - there are more than ten thousand of them, but few are suitable for growing indoors. The most famous of them are Adiantum or Venenar hair, Nephrilepsis and Platycerium. The first two have some similarities, but the third is of a very original kind, and looks like a deer horn.

Platitserium is a plant that grows up and down, that is, it forms a magnificent crown from above, and at the bottom it looks like a mirror reflection. Venus is a very delicate and airy plant that can live in both a high flowerpot and a suspended flower pot. Growing up, the Adiantum turns into a fluffy green cloud.

For Nephrolepsis requires a large area, because it over the years significantly increases in diameter and on the windowsill no longer fit, because the ideal for him will be a place in the corner of the room, where scattered sunlight gets.

Care for home fern

Although the fern at home is a problem-free plant, it still has some preferences. The most basic thing that the plant needs is moistened air. And if this point is not observed, the tips of the leaves gradually dry up, and eventually the bush may die. In addition, if you do not know how to water a home fern and do it irregularly, then this will negatively affect the health of the plant. Dry air, drying out the earth coma lead not only to the drying up of the plant, but also to the appearance of pests - aphids and scabs, which suck out the juices of their plants. That is why it is so important to regularly, every 2-3 days to water the plant with standing water at room temperature.

If the humidity in the apartment leaves much to be desired, which is especially true in winter, it is required to spray spray plants from the spray in the morning and in the evening. But if there is no such possibility, then, replacing the sprinkling can a container with water, placed next.

But the best way out for indoor plants and for people living in an apartment will be the purchase of an air humidifier equipped with a hygrometer. The optimal humidity for the fern is 65%.