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Growing Ferns from Spores: A Beginner's Step-by-Step Guide
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Growing Ferns from Spores: A Beginner's Step-by-Step Guide

A practical beginner's guide to collecting ripe fern spores, sowing them on sterile compost and raising them through the prothallus stage into young ferns.

Dividing Ferns: When and How to Split Overgrown Clumps
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Dividing Ferns: When and How to Split Overgrown Clumps

Learn when to lift and split congested fern clumps, how to divide crowns cleanly, and how to replant and water divisions so they establish strongly.