What To Do With All My Baby Java Ferns?

[tetrakid]

I now have a bunch of baby Java Ferns which I plucked from the ends of my tank's Java Ferns. Should I throw them away? If not, how to grow them big?

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You can sell them, or stuff them into the current bunch of Java ferns and let them grow.

[tetrakid]

Maybe I'll make a small rug with the baby ferns for my nano Betta tank.

By the way, I have an adult Java Fern which has one of the big leaves which looks like a siamese-twin (body joined). Is it normal to find this in Java ferns?

You can sell them, or stuff them into the current bunch of Java ferns and let them grow.

[wongce]

bro, tie them back on the original DW... they will grow from there... it will take them ages to grow anyway... no problem whatsoever

[zonkkie]

actually, if you don't mind, can let them float around or in a breeder box until they are larger and easier to tie. siamese twin i think is a baby fern which has grown big - in such cases, usually the parent will die in in the end.

[wongce]

let the BB plant grow on the parent leaves till they grow bushy roots(small rhizome) and they will broke off by themselves.. the parent leaves will brown off naturally, that is the natural cycle of java fern/ windelov ferns...

You can also break the small BB plants(big enough for you to tie of cousce) from the parent leaves and tie them back at the original DW of the Parent Plant, they will grow from there...

If you have a lot of BB ferns, you can consider to tie them on another DW and let them grow from there... tah dah, you got a new Java Fern on DW....

Note the tip of the tiny BB plant's leaves will look a bit translucent... that is Normal...

[tetrakid]

Thanks for the tips. I will collect all the baby Java Ferns and let them grow bigger in a container. Anyway, not a big deal since they are so cheap plants.