How lengthy have you ever owned the plant? About 5 years.
Plant Mother or father
It’s rising these trunk issues and new fronds have dried (inexperienced, not yellow) leaflets.
The general plant:
How do you establish WHEN to water? I look forward to the soil to be in between midway dry and simply barely dry.
Describe HOW you water: I absolutely soak the soil, letting extra drain away.
Fertilizer: I’ve at all times used Pleased Pleased Home Plant meals.
Darryl
Thanks for the pictures and care particulars.
Surroundings | Effort | Expectations Evaluation
You clearly have an excellent rising surroundings and excellent care efforts to have loved your maidenhair fern for over 5 years – properly completed!
The long-term recreation of having fun with houseplants entails understanding the expansion behavior of the plant (the form the plant will absorb the long term) and understanding when/how you can propagate. In your case, the primary stem (or technically, it is a rhizome that has grown into the form of a stem) of the plant has change into too tall for its present setup. You might have a couple of choices: A) take a prime slicing and begin a brand new plant and/or B) chop the highest and wait for brand new development on the base (which is already rooted).
For a prime slicing, use a clear, sharp knife and lower the stem so your slicing features a few leaflets:
Place this slicing right into a propagation field lined with sphagnum moss (any field that may be sealed and has a transparent lid to permit gentle in will work so long as it suits the slicing – many individuals use plastic meals take-out containers).
The slicing shouldn’t be uncovered to direct solar; 100-200 FC oblique gentle or develop gentle is ample. The lid ought to at all times be closed however it is best to sometimes examine on the moss to make sure that it’s at all times flippantly moist – mist it if you happen to really feel it getting dry.
There could also be a couple of leaflets dying off right here and there within the first few weeks however the objective is simply to get the rhizome to supply new roots into the sphagnum moss – it’ll take a number of weeks.
Within the meantime, the bottom of the primary plant ought to proceed sprouting new fronds.
Chopping your plant again signifies that, for a number of weeks (possibly even months), your plant will look rather less presentable however proceed with excellent care/rising circumstances and it’ll develop again even nicer!
Good luck!