Firstly, I will present a short (so don't stop reading, please!) fact file on maidenhair ferns. Here it is:
Name: Maidenhair ferns.
Scientific Name: Adiantum.
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Habitat: Shrub and woodlands. This fern type likes warm temperatures.
And now you know how very short my short fact file lists really are. ^-^'
Anyway, maidenhair ferns, if you are willing to take out a portion of your time and work, are fairly easy to grow. You can plant them in drained sand, limestone, or loam. They need warm and fairly shaded places to grow. Water it regularly and it will thrive in the dappled sunlight (to much will scorch its leaves).
In short they like humidity, moisture, and half-shade. This is probably because they originated in the Brazilian tropics, where there is plenty of humidity and water (most rainforests receive, in the very least, 80 inches of rain annually. But when you think about it, the entire state of Kentucky receives 40 inches of rain per year. So rainforests' minimum equal to double as much as Kentucky). It has adjusted to this habitat and now requires these needs to thrive.
Now you know how to plant maidenhair ferns!
-KittyLover8
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