03/21/2025 wooly lip fern hardening off continues

Our baby ferns from spores!! Woolly lip fern (Cheilanthes tomentosa) theoretically should be fine in drier habitats, but these young plants have been very sensitive to removal of the container lid. So over the last few weeks I’ve been opening just a corner at a time to get them used to regular air without dying of shock. They curl up less and less each day with increasing exposure!

I think there’s 3-4 individuals that came up, and each has a few leaves now. The potting soil is gradually drying out as we expose the container to more open air by gradually opening the lid more for longer periods of time.

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