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I used to think ferns were boring until I found one growing in my driveway crack
So I always thought ferns were just basic filler plants you see at the nursery and walk past. But about two months ago I noticed this tiny fern sprouting right out of a crack in my asphalt driveway in Raleigh. I figured it would die off when the heat hit but instead it just kept getting bigger and greener. Finally looked it up and it's a resurrection fern that can survive almost full drought and then bounce back with just a little rain. Now I have like six pots of ferns on my porch and I'm watching how they curl up when it's dry and open up after a storm. Has anyone else had a plant they wrote off completely change their mind once they saw it growing in a weird spot?
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olivia47822d ago
Jumped straight into getting obsessed myself after finding a Boston fern fighting for its life in a crack by my mailbox. lol Turns out those things are tanks once they get established. @jade_grant95 they really do pop up in the most random places, I've had them show up in old terracotta pots I left out all winter. If you want to keep them going indoors through the winter just give them bright indirect light and don't let the soil stay soaking wet or they'll rot. The coolest part is watching them unfurl those little curly fiddleheads. I rotate my pots every week so they grow evenly and it's basically free therapy at this point.
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