Java Fern

[Kwazy]

Hi,
I read in a book that when you plant Java fern in sand, the rhizome has to be out of the water.

True or False?

 

[FSM]

How would you plant it but still have the rhizome out of water? Tie it to some driftwood or rocks

 

[nugpuffer]

^ You can plant the roots down into the sand while leaving the rhizome on top. The roots will the attach themselves to pieces of the substrate.

 

[Sab_Fan]

right . . . the rhizome needs to be out of the substrate, not out of the water

 

[mgamer20o0]

i have some java fern just kind of floating on the surface. its so much easier if you have a rock or driftwood.

 

[Sab_Fan]

java fern is so adaptable . . . I have it attached to driftwood, clay pots, coconut shells, whatever . . . also, some it has actually planted itself in the substrate and is growing like normal rooted plants . . . great plant, hard to kill . . .