Asparagus Fern Care Guide

Hi guys, welcome back to the contended plant. Today we are talking all about the asparagus fern

I have this adorable little asparagus cetaceous here. It is so cute. It has this lacy, like growth that is this

really pretty bright green color. So we're going to get into the care and how you grow this plant

nice and happy. So this plant is an indoor plant depending on where you live. We like to have it

as a house plant here in Washington State, but it's actually considered an invasive plant in Texas

Florida, Hawaii, anywhere where they have really warm temperatures, this can be grown outside

It can grow quite quickly. If you live somewhere where you get a deep, hard frost, this will not

survive, and it will only be an annual. So this will grow and trail and get really bushy and grow

super fast if you have it outdoors. If you have it indoors, it's going to grow a whole lot slower

and it'll usually get about two feet in height. If you want it to be nice and bushy, you will need to

keep pruning it back. It does want to trail, so it will kind of get leggy if you don't keep

pruning it back to preserve that nice little shape of a mound. So despite its name, this is not

actually a fern It has kind of a tuberous root structure and you can actually propagate it that way by dividing the tuber out So it actually called an asparagus fern because when it grows new stalks they kind of come up and look like a tiny little asparagus and then it bushes out as it reaches the full height

So this plant does like moderate light. I wouldn't put it in a super bright area

I will say if you don't have it in enough light, sometimes, and we just noticed this today, that it can get these little little

yellow sections on its leaves and that's just telling us, hey, I'm not happy. I want a little bit more

light. Now, if your asparagus fern starts to get brown, crispy edges, that means you've got it in

way too much light and it wants to be moved back. If you have a super bushy, well-matured asparagus

fern, you might notice that especially in the center of the plant, sometimes you can get the leaves

that look a little brown or yellow. And that's just because those leaves are fully matured and they're done

can just chop those down. So this plant can flower and it can also produce

berries. The flowers are really pretty. They're just little white flowers and the berries you can actually plant and propagate. That's the only other way to

propagate this plant besides dividing out the tuber So for watering you are going to want to water this plant every week or so during the summertime You definitely going to want to do the soil test and that is just where you put your finger in and you going to put it in about an inch and a half down

And if it comes up with a bunch of moist soil on your finger, then it does not need to be watered, and I would just skip it

If it does appear really dry, sometimes it can even get so dry that you think you've killed it

Don't give up on it. You can usually water it and mist it, put it in some really good humidity, and it will

will revive itself. So the asparagus fern does like to have fertilizer, just like any other plant

you're going to fertilize it about once a month during the growing season, just to make sure it has

nutrients in the soil. So for the soil, you can usually just pop this in regular potting soil

with a little bit of extra pearlite. Something to keep in mind, you do want to make sure whatever

pot you have it in does have a drainage hole because these will get root rot just like any other

house plant if they're sitting in super wet, dense soil. So the asparagus fern is mildly toxic to

pets and humans. If you were to ingest it, it would probably cause like vomiting, diarrhea

Same with your pets. So you do want to make sure this is out of the reach of especially cats

if they like to gnaw on the leaves there Don let your cat chew on it Another thing to note about this plant is it can get spider mites mealy bugs just like any other house plant You do want to make sure that you are checking for any little

pests that are hanging in and around all the crevices and on the edges of these little lacy parts

And if it does, then you're going to need to spray it with some insecticidal soap or a little bit

of neem oil to treat it. As this plant grows and matures, it does have these little points on it

that will kind of get sharp and spiky. So when you're handling it and it's big and bushy and you really want to prune it. Make sure you wear some gloves

so you can avoid getting your fingers poked. Overall, this plant is fairly simple to care for. It does

give you those little telltale signs if it needs better lighting. This does really well in

bathrooms. You do want to make sure your bathroom is a fairly well-lit bathroom. It has a lot of bright

and direct light coming in and out of it, but it will love the humidity of a bathroom. Overall

this plant is fairly simple to care for and with the right care it should get nice and beautiful

and bushy for your home it's very elegant i love the leaf structure on it it's so delicate and

beautiful let me know if you guys have one of these plants also let me know if you have any

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