Maidenhair fern thriving even in Canadian Winter!

[u/Various-Wait-6771]

I’m so thrilled by how well my maidenhair fern has progressed in the last 6 months! Despite the ambient humidity hovering between 25-35 % in the last 3 months with indoor heating, my fern is really happy and looking much lusher than it did mid-August. It’s a pot that was briefly sold at IKEA that has terracotta pot suspended in a water reservoir. I moved it to lechuza pon in the summer, and I only fill the reservoir, I don’t pour water directly in the pon. It seems to wick exactly the amount of water it needs this way. It gets medium indirect light from ceiling grow lights, and now in winter it gets maybe an hour of sun in late afternoon. It sits 15 feet from the window, so for most of the year there is no sun that reaches all the way there.

I’m in an apartment complex in Montreal with central hot water heating. It gets super dry - to maintain my humidity at 25-35% requires 3 humidifiers running 24/7. They go through more than 30 litres of water (7-8 gallons) daily to run… Temperature is 18-24 Celsius depending on time of day and amount of sunlight streaming in.

[u/danyboie]

Wow!