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

David,
  Thanks very much.
   
  Phillip

David Nicholls <dcn@dcnicholls.com> wrote:
  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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