Autumn Fern
About Autumn Fern
Autumn Fern is a popular houseplant 🌿 that is easy to grow and needs lots of water to thrive. They do best in abundant sunlight ☀ and should be less than 3 feet from a window.
Autumn Fern likes soil that is well draining. Your plant shouldn't need added fertilizers if you repot each time it doubles in size.
Autumn Fern belongs to the Dryopteris genus, and is native to China to Temperate Eastern Asia.
Taxonomy
Dryopteris erythrosora
Dryopteris
Dryopteridaceae
Polypodiales
Also known as
Japanese Sheild Fern
How to care for Autumn Fern
How often to water your Autumn Fern
every 7
Autumn Fern needs 0.5 cups of water every 7 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
7
Finding light for Autumn Fern in your home
a window
Autumn Fern may have difficulty thriving, and will drop leaves 🍃, without ample sunlight.
Place it less than 3 feet from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Autumn Fern in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Autumn Fern
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Autumn Fern after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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What color are autumn fern root’s supposed to be? I’m repotting my autumn fern right now and I’m noticing the roots are really really dark brown almost black. But there isn’t any fowl odor or mushiness about them so I don’t believe it’s rot. I can’t seem to find any reference to what autumn fern roots should look. Any help would be greatly appreciated! #AutumnFern
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Sometimes plants are so funny! Earlier today I noticed that my autumn ferns fiddlehead (which I’ve been tracking it’s growth) had flopped over and was wilted. Obviously I was devastated and sadly I watered my fern just in case and left it alone. A few hours later: the fiddlehead is back to normal and completely fine???? I love plants lol
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Autumn fern fiddlehead growth progress between within three days!!! #Fern #Growth
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My autumn fern is sprouting a new frond! I was checking up on it and I noticed this fiddlehead, I’m suuuuppperrrr excited!!!
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Why is my autumn fern pale? Does anyone know why some of the fronds on my autumn fern became pale? I’ve had it since August and haven’t repotted it. I think it caught a chill when I had it close to a window at the beginning of winter. I snipped off other pale, shrivelled fronds around Christmas, so I’m worried that it’s dying slowly. Thanks for the help! #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth
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Why is my fern not happy ? Recently my fern has started getting curled up leaves it seems like they dried even though I have watered it. I had it in a self watering pot and though maybe it wasn’t drying out quick enough and it was maybe a result of overwatering, so I repotted it and hadn’t watered until today, because it just seems like it’s getting worse not better. It had been doing great in this pot, it was a bit rootbound, but other than that it’s done fine. I have it in a northwest window. I moved it to a more sunny spot because I’m trying to figure out what’s wrong. Does anyone know what could be the cause ? #FernFriends #AutumnFern #helpneeded #Question #PlantAddict
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Happy Monday. Hope everyone had a good weekend! 🌿 Wanted to share the new leaves on my Autumn Fern, there was atleast 6 new leaves when I checked today, I recently repotted into a pot with another chamber that allows the pot to absorb the water gradually, the fern seems to be adjusting well and responding well to the moisture. #HappyPlants #NewGrowth #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantLove #FernFriends #Fern #AutumnFern #PlantAddict #PlantTherapy #repot
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Hey! My #AutumnFern and it’s #leaves are looking great except one. Why? Its stem was bent for a few days (weeks?) until we taped it in place. Does it have anything to do with that? I’m also misting that leaf whenever I mist the whole fern. The other #Leaf with a bent stem is looking fine, so I seriously don’t know what’s going on. #fern #PlantAddict
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Can anyone help me with my fern? It didn't look like this when I first got it, but after climbing out of a mental rut a few weeks ago, I want to do what I can to revive it. Does anyone have any tips?
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How to promote growth My autumn fern hasn’t grown much since I got her in April. I moved her to a southern window and have given her a gentle fertilizer (happy happy houseplant). Tina doesn’t seem unhappy. She’s just small. Any tips? #HappyPlants #AutumnFern #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #FernFriends #FernFriday #TipsandTricks #GrowthProgress #Growth #hacks
Care Summary for Autumn Fern
Autumn Fern
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 7 days
Placement
< 3ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
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