How would you pot her?
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I've had this #rabbitfootfern for a while now and I can't decide how I want to up pot her.
Visually, I feel like terracotta would be amazing. Plus, her feet can attach and get some moisture as well. But. Ferns? In terracotta? I feel like I'm asking for constant underwatering 🤦🏽
My other option is a Wallygrow eco planter I have. It's plastic, but large enough I think it would have fun "crawling" out. Plus, the way the Wallygrow is designed, it has a lot of holes on the outside for the soil to breathe so realistically they could get nutrients that way.
What's your opinion? Or, what are you doing to keep yours happy?
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I've had this #rabbitfootfern for a while now and I can't decide how I want to up pot her.
Visually, I feel like terracotta would be amazing. Plus, her feet can attach and get some moisture as well. But. Ferns? In terracotta? I feel like I'm asking for constant underwatering 🤦🏽
My other option is a Wallygrow eco planter I have. It's plastic, but large enough I think it would have fun "crawling" out. Plus, the way the Wallygrow is designed, it has a lot of holes on the outside for the soil to breathe so realistically they could get nutrients that way.
What's your opinion? Or, what are you doing to keep yours happy?
#happyplants #newgrowth #help
🌱 #NewEnglandGregGang
🌱 #NortheastGregGang
🌱 #MaineGang
🌱 #ThePlantMompy
6ft to light, indirect
6” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 month ago
6
I would avoid both the terra cotta and open sided pots. Ferns are really particular about their moisture levels, and most don’t want to have wet feet *or* dry soil. My rabbit’s foot is in a plastic pot (that looks like terracotta 😉) and it has done really well there. My tiger fern is in a glazed clay pot, and that seems to do well too. Both pots will allow for good drainage, but not let them dry too quickly either.
I would also avoid self-watering pots for rabbit’s foot ferns, as they tend to waterlog the roots.
One other consideration, I would avoid letting the roots attach to the pot. When you repot in the future you’d end up having to break off all of those roots 😢
I would also avoid self-watering pots for rabbit’s foot ferns, as they tend to waterlog the roots.
One other consideration, I would avoid letting the roots attach to the pot. When you repot in the future you’d end up having to break off all of those roots 😢
@ESylvanus some good observations and self-watering pots may not be the best choice for some situations.
My understanding is self-watering is more akin to a wick method of watering and make great pots for ferns with the proper precautions such as the general rule for self watering pots is that the roots need to grow down toward the moist soil at the bottom to sip the water they need. For example making sure the roots are not in the bottom 1/4 or 1/3 of the pot and for the first month, bottom water and top water to train the roots to go down toward the water.
Maybe self-watering is only ok for maiden hair or similar ferns as one guy had a maiden hair fern for 35 years in a self-watering pot!?!
https://youtu.be/rMwGJ942v4c?si=VJCJjkf1EFor1yIn
So this avoids issues such as waterlogged roots. However I have to accept that it may not be the experience of others who have used self-watering pots.
So thanks for your useful insights, as I was notnaware of the issues you have raised when using self-watering pots. So glad you pointed them out. 👍😃
My understanding is self-watering is more akin to a wick method of watering and make great pots for ferns with the proper precautions such as the general rule for self watering pots is that the roots need to grow down toward the moist soil at the bottom to sip the water they need. For example making sure the roots are not in the bottom 1/4 or 1/3 of the pot and for the first month, bottom water and top water to train the roots to go down toward the water.
Maybe self-watering is only ok for maiden hair or similar ferns as one guy had a maiden hair fern for 35 years in a self-watering pot!?!
https://youtu.be/rMwGJ942v4c?si=VJCJjkf1EFor1yIn
So this avoids issues such as waterlogged roots. However I have to accept that it may not be the experience of others who have used self-watering pots.
So thanks for your useful insights, as I was notnaware of the issues you have raised when using self-watering pots. So glad you pointed them out. 👍😃
@Seymour Yes, from what I’ve experienced, they’re awesome for things like asparagus ferns, African violets, and some carnivorous plants (depending on the pot’s mineral content) that need consistent moisture to be happy! Just always watch them closely with plants that like a wet/dry cycle, as the soil takes a *lot* longer to dry than other kinds of pots 😄
@ESylvanus thanks, that's good to know. I am experimenting with self-watering and different plants as I have some thay have a particular challenge when it comes to watering them, so I have developed a combination and so far it seems to be working ..but early day in the experiment. I have avoid terracotta for carnivorous due to the issues with mineral content. Great to exchange ideas 💡 😀