According to the authors of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, ferns are not of great economic importance for mankind. But we well know that they have inspired many great poets and artists to create wonderful works of art. It is known that their history on Earth has been going on for four hundred million years, and once their thickets covered most of the land. Today, scientists have described more than ten thousand of their species, two of which grow on the territory of our country.
Besides their charming beauty, ferns also have some biological distinctive features. For example, they reproduce, like mushrooms, by spores rather than seeds. But the main thing with which they fascinate people is the chiseled leaves, which, according to the poet, have the outlines of "otherworldly worlds." Perhaps for this reason, magical properties are attributed to the plant, they are told about it in epics and legends and are closely associated with the legends and customs of antiquity, when young people, for the sake of gaining happiness, went out into the forest on a special summer night to find its flower.
It is undeniable that without it, life on Earth would be much poorer, therefore, since the Victorian era, it has been fashionable for the nobility to breed ferns inhome conditions. In the 19th century, they decorate the royal chambers, boudoirs and living rooms, in which aristocrats spend their time. This tradition has been passed on to us. Nowadays, ferns are home and favorite plants that can be found in many city apartments and country cottages. Representatives of the modern beau monde and the intelligentsia like to decorate their flower collections with them, not to mention interior designers, for whom they are a wonderful means of decorating the space.
In this regard, it's time to discuss the features that the fern has. Although it is not difficult to care for him at home, he must meet certain requirements.
Firstly, house ferns are moisture-loving plants. They need moist air and always a wet clod of earth in a pot. For this reason, those who breed them at home should, in addition to regular watering, spray its lush foliage daily with a spray bottle.
Secondly, homemade ferns require a strictly defined temperature regime, maintained in the range from ten to twenty-two degrees. It is important for them and the location of the windows in the apartment. They must face either the east or west side.
Special attention should be paid to the ways in which domestic ferns reproduce. For example, there are flower growers who are adherents of exclusively natural methods of plant breeding. They put in a lot of effort and work.and with great love receive seedlings bred from spores. The rest of the world of fern lovers simply separates a small process from the main root, which has two or three green leaves, and receives a new plant from it, transplanting it into another pot and creating favorable conditions.
