Re: Temperatures for Brazilian Fern @ Kangaroo Fern. Also problems with insects

phillip youngman wrote:

I have a very large fern that someone smuggled to Canada from Brazil;
Also several Kangaroo ferns. Question: When should I bring them in
from the covered porch. Temps here at night are about 13 C. at
present.
Kangaroo ferns (Microsorium diversifolium or whatever their more recent name is) come from a range of climatic conditions. Those from the Canberra region are frost and even snow hardy (down to perhaps -5 deg C: I've seen them growing at 1000 meters alt. in an exposed area adjacent to a creek), but similar ferns from the Sydney region are probably a lot more frost tender, so any suggestion of frost should see them indoors, to be safe.

DN

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