Fern like sunny environment, generally distributed in the mountainous sunny slopes and forest edges of the sunny places, altitude in 200-830 meters, in China, mainly growing in the Yangtze River Basin to the north of the region, in the tropics as well as temperate zones are distributed, the distribution of the Chinese range is also very wide.
Fern growing conditions
Fern like shallow mountain sunny places, generally picking to choose part of the young leaf buds are not unfolded as well as the upper part of the delicate stem, plants up to 60 cm or so in spring, the young leaves have just grown up is still in the curly unspreading the best picking.
Fern growth temperature
Fern adaptability to the temperature is strong, resistant to high and low temperatures, summer temperatures of more than 32 degrees can still grow in minus 35 degrees, the rhizome can be safe overwintering in the environment, in the ground temperature of 12 degrees, the air temperature of 15 degrees when the young stems and leaves began to grow rapidly.
Fern planting time and method
Fern is a seasonal vegetable, strictly speaking, the four seasons can be planted fern, but still according to the local environment and climate decided, generally speaking, fern best planting time is every year in March and April and September and October, that is, the spring and fall.
Spring planting watering once in June and July harvest, while the fall planting of fern in November and February harvest, to June and July can also be harvested again, some farmers say fern can be harvested 10-20 years of time.
There are two main ways to cultivate ferns, one is to collect fern seeds and then sow them into loose soil before transplanting them, and the other is to use ferns' newly grown seedlings, move them out together with their roots, and then plant them at a certain distance.