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DIVIDING FERNS

A number of ferns, the Hare’s-foot fern, for instance, form creeping stems or rhizomes, and can be propagated by dividing these into pieces so cut that each has a few fronds and roots attached. If the sections are carefully potted up and kept close for about a fortnight, they will quickly form useful plants. Ferns that form clusters of crowns can readily be increased by dividing the plants, the best time to do this being spring, after growth has commenced. The plants should be carefully taken up or turned out of their pots, and after some of the soil has been removed the crowns should be divided by cutting with a knife and the roots carefully pulled apart, so that they are broken and damaged as little as possible. The divisions should be potted up and kept close and shaded until the roots have taken hold of the new soil.

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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 840, 7 December 1929, Page 34

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DIVIDING FERNS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 840, 7 December 1929, Page 34

DIVIDING FERNS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 840, 7 December 1929, Page 34