How Do You Grow Ferns In A Terrarium?
Like many plants, the normal home environment is not humid enough for ferns. The best way to give ferns the proper humidity indoors is to grow them in a terrarium. Ferns also have unusually high moisture requirements, which makes them a perfect terrarium plant because terrariums trap in moisture as well as humidity. Grow ferns in a terrarium in a well balanced potting mix. The potting mix must be mostly compost, but also contain a little peat moss and a little perlite. As with all terrariums, you should use a sterile potting mix. Sterile potting mix can be purchased at greenhouses and many gardening centers. Water ferns in a terrarium only when the potting mix begins to dry out. Ferns need high moisture, but because the terrarium traps in moisture and you’ll not be doing anything to improve drainage, the potting mix may take a month of longer to begin to dry out. Use a fine mist to water ferns. Spray the mist onto the fronds and then saturate the potting mix with the mist. Ferns loose
