It's important to ensure each offshoot has its own root system. The epiphytic nature of staghorn ferns means that it isn't necessary to plant your staghorn fern cuttings in soil or water ...

Learning how to propagate a fern is a fun way to make more of this favourite houseplant. These methods should work for the vast majority of fern plants including Boston ferns, button ferns and ...

Your plant is the Boston Fern (Nephrolepis exaltata ... If the plant is pot-bound – that is, its roots have filled the pot – and dries out too fast, move it into a larger pot.

In Fielding Questions, readers also asked about buying and growing Norland potatoes as well as dusting houseplants.

Q: Here’s a picture of the rabbit’s foot fern that we’ve had for over 40 years. I don’t know if it’s root-bound, and I don’t know if it can be replanted. It used to have more fern foliage.