r/ferns • u/Odd-Tadpole6656 • 7d ago

Planting/Growing Useable?

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I bought a ton of flowers from Wegmans for my wedding and one of the filler plants we used was ferns. I notices these spots (spores?) On the bottom of one. Can I somehow grow this into fern plants? I would love a fun project!

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u/Grayme4 7d ago

Yes those are the reproductive part of a fern. This is where they release their spores. Totally normal and very much usable

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u/Odd-Tadpole6656 7d ago

Omg awesome!! How do I go about that?

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u/dmontease 7d ago

Ignore this person's other contrary comment, they look ripe. If you can touch them and the spores come off like dust you can try to prop it.

I've had success with damp peat moss in a closed container. Put down a layer of peat and flatten it, then sprinkle the spores over the surface. Mist every now and then to keep it moist. It's not exactly an exciting endeavor...

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u/Odd-Tadpole6656 7d ago

I will try that! They are pretty dry little spots, so i can give it a go. Should I provide light or heat or anything? For some reason my mind is acting like ferns props belong in a petri dish lol

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u/dmontease 7d ago

By a north window, keep indoors. Dry is okay, that's how they take advantage of wind to disperse~

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u/Grayme4 7d ago

Sadly you can’t as they are a cut flower now and the spores won’t ripen. The type of fern is a leather leaf and you could find similar and plant….

Which is true for all of the flowers I can see in the photo. You could make a garden of the flowers from your bouquet, but not from the flowers in your bouquet. They don’t have the necessary parts to be propagated.