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Re: Rabbit's foot Fern


>Hello list,
>    Here is my second question;  How does one repot a Rabbit's foot fern
>(Davallia canariensis) that has feet growing clear to the bottom of the
>pot on the OUTSIDE!!!  Seriously, do you just bury the feet?  Common
>sense tells me they won't bend without snapping off!!!  It is now in a
>4" pot.  Would a 6" be too big a jump up?  How else would I get all
>those feet in? ;-)  The feet completly cover the soil surface so that no
>soil is showing.  Obviously as with the Anthurium, this is the only ones
>I have every owned so therefore no prior experience.
>   This Davallia is a real CHARMER and I want to do what's best.  Thanks
>in advance.

I wouldn't bother with repotting, if it is growing and you can keep it
moist. Davillia is an epiphyte, or at least ruderal (or humus epiphyte -
roots don't really penetrate soil), and I grow some on logs just for
effect. You could just slip the pot into a larger clay pot, and let it grow
all over that, too.





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