Growing and Dividing Staghorn Ferns

Staghorn ferns have an interesting adaptation for growing as epiphytes in the wild... Shield leaves for food and water acquisition and reproductive leaves for spore dispersal. In addition to their growth habit I'll show you how to divide and successfully grow them inside or out.

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

This is the most informative and helpful video on CZcams about Staghorn ferns that I’ve run across! Thank you for posting!

[@MarleneThePlantLady]

Thank you!!!

[@asiramdotdot]

Seriously!

[@bobd3707]

Good video thank you.. I’m a beginner..

[@Carats90]

I agree with the previous comment. I’ve watched a number of other videos on how to separate Staghorns and none were as good as yours. My Dad had a fern back in the 60’s and had separated them over the years but I never saw how he did it. Now I have 2 huge and 3 smaller ones that really need it! Off to get some bases and Sphagnum moss! Thank you!

[@MarleneThePlantLady]

Thank you.. appreciate it!

[@Carats90]

@@MarleneThePlantLady One thing I just thought of, do you find the fishing line holds up pretty well over time? I used to work at a bead store and oftentimes semiprecious and vintage beads are strung on fishing line which is meant to be temporary but for some of the older, vintage strands the fishing line would break and be brittle. Because they’ve grown over so much, I can’t tell what my Dad used. 🤔

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

Sphagnum moss actually grows very fast, so there’s no need really to be so cautious about using it. It’s the peat that’s mined from peat bogs that is a limited resource because it takes a very long time for dead sphagnum moss to break down and become peat (moss).

[@MarleneThePlantLady]

You are correct! Duh me 😜

[@AuttieLee]

Thank you!! Trying to keep mine alive right now haha

[@TropicalGardenGuy]

Thanks!

[@MarleneThePlantLady]

Thanks for watching!

[@meganpahl3612]

Is there a way of business with your organization? I am collector; however, LOVE to rescue more. I am here in Idaho so we have a pretty good climate for many kinds of plants as well as rare breeds. I am proud to say that I have over 100 just in my home. I would absolutely kill to be blessed as you have been!!

[@LondonSunflower]

I have mine on a palm tree and gets lots of sun. I’m in Florida, hoping he will thrive, so far he is doing good, I’m just worry about too much sun. What do you suggest?

[@rimcanyon]

I inherited a 250 pound staghorn fern from my mother. she started it in 1970 and it was 52 years old when I got it. However, it is too heavy for any mounting system. We had it on the wall for about a year, and with this years rains, the weight pulled the redwood frame apart that it was mounted on. The way the fern has grown around the redwood makes it impossible to insert another frame, so we will either have to put it out in the garden under the oak trees or divide it. It seems a shame to do the latter.

[@patriciaenglish1027]

How do you know you are cutting enough root for it to survive?

[@MarleneThePlantLady]

Very little is needed.. in fact you probably won’t even see roots. Just take as big of a chunk as you can

[@michaelecaine]

mis-sleading advert , the plants in the video are elkhorns HOT staghorns 😒🙄 , please show how to separate staghorns .