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Yes my snow has melted back and I went out to look at the withered remains and discovered a leaf that was well covered with spores so I figured I would give it a try.
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Noticed some green flecks on my japanese fern starts.
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ocimum_nate wrote:Noticed some green flecks on my japanese fern starts.
Congratulations!

The peat pellets I'm using now have green areas on them that seem to have a little bit of height to them.
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Just an update on my tree ferns. I potted the pellets up in potting soil and still have them under plastic to keep humidity high. The plants are beginning now to take off.
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My fern fuzz is steady getting larger, but still doesn't look fern-like yet.
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Golly, NAte. I think you can grow just about ANYTHING from seed.

I'm good for collecting seed and then letting it sit because I have no faith in my abilities in that department.

I wish I still had all those banana seeds that I DID attempt with ZERO success.

I should round up something to send you, before it gets any older.
If I come up with something, I'll pm you to see if your interested.
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My Japanese painted ferns are just begining to put out some small fronds although I had a bit of a problem with them dying back on me after I misted them with tap water. After I did it I read somewhere that misting should be done with sterile distilled water.
Thuja sent me some Dryopteris spores that are coming along nicely and I have 2 others that are just starting to get the green flecks.
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My fern fuzz on the peat pellets is putting up tiny stalks.

The Japanese Painted Fern, which supplied the spores, has survived the winter. Yay!
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Does breathing in spores hurt one's health?
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Iowaboo wrote:Does breathing in spores hurt one's health?
I suppose it depends on the spores, some are definitely bad. Though I don't know about Japanese Painted Fern spores.

Bracken spores are apparently carcinogenic.
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My japanese tassel fern remained evergreen all winter, but my western sword fern did not. It grows in Montana so needless to say I was a bit dissapointed.
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So, what is this secret spore extraction process?

I found this fern frond today showing variegation....
Couldn't identify the fern, though its not a boston (perhaps you are familiar with the "Tiger Fern").....

I see little brown dots on the edge of the leaf, but they are certainly not prominent like I've seen in some others. Or, perhaps the spores have already been released?
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How can I be sure there are spores here, Nate?
If I knew that there were, I'd send them too you...
(reality check tells me that I'll never succeed with spores).

I suspect the fern was NOT hardy.
But if you got a consistently variegated one,
that would be SOMETHING.....
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This is what the spores should look like. Each family of ferns may have a different arrangement, location, color, and shape for the spore bearing parts but this should give you an idea of what you are looking for.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... innate.jpg
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Jeff Mushroomman, here's what the spore cases look like on the fern spores I traded with Nate. The cases, sori, are on the undersides of the leaves. I rubbed the sori between my fingers to release the spores.
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/ ... leaves.jpg" border="0" alt="fern leaves">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/ ... ecases.jpg" border="0" alt="sori">

Looks like I now have my 1st sporophytes growing...
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/ ... phytes.jpg" border="0" alt="1st sporophytes!">
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