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Life form
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Fern |
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Family
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Adiantaceae |
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Origin
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Forests of Central and South America, Brazil |
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Easy growing
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Easy with little difficulty |
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Size
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A width of up to 60 cm, and a height of not more than 30-40 cm. |
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Growth rate
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High, easily double their growth for the season. |
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Lifetime
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Many years, if not perish from drying out. |
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Temperature
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In the summer: 68-77, in the winter 64,4-68 ° F. |
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Moisture
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High. Pot should preferably be placed in a tray with wet peat. Especially important is the high humidity at a temperature above 68° F. In summer it is necessary to ventilate. |
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Lighting
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Shadow or partial shade. Ideally a window facing north. |
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Soil
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Shop soil for ferns is suitable and it must be loose and breathable. For a mixture of own preparation, call equal parts of peat, turf, leaf land and sand. It is better to add sphagnum and charcoal. Good drainage is required. |
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Watering
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The earth in the pot must be moist all the time, but the overflow is not permissible (about 3 times a week). In winter, watering is reduced to 1 time per week. |
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Fertilizer
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During growth, every 2 weeks, feed twice diluted with fertilizer. |
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Reproduction
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In June, by dividing a bush or rhizome. It is quite difficult, but it is possible to reproduce with spores located on the underside of the leaf, observing the temperature of 69,8 ° F. |
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Flowering
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Ferns do not bloom |
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Transplant
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Young each year, old – as the volume of the pot is filled. Prefer close pots. |
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Features of care
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Plants do not like to be rearranged. |
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Difficulties
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Affected by a spider mites, mealybugs, thrips, aphids, whitefly. When there is a lack of moisture, the leaves or tips of the leaves dry, from the cold air curl. When the air is dry, the bases of the leaves turn yellow and die. |
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Cleaning the air
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– |
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Toxicity
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– |
