Dancing Matt Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I bought some plants from the co-op and unfortunately usps shipping got it to my house a week after I ordered it and left it out side in Colorado winter. There was a lot of leaf death on the one fern, one other Java fern lost two leaves but was overall fine (along with the other plants). I heard they are slow growers and was hoping the rhyzome didn't freeze and it would be fine. It has been about a month and am wondering if I should keep hoping? I haven't seen new growth but some of the rhyzome still looks green... I don't have any experience with ferns yet. I will say that the leaf structure of the windelov looks cool 10/10 would buy again. I also cut the dead leaves off and was wondering if that was fine or not recommended (maybe the plant could have salvaged some of the leafs energy?). Apparently I don't have any recent pictures, I'll upload one later. PS. I learned that when ordering, take national holidays into account... along with weekends... and Covid delays... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 They grow slowly, and the rhizome may throw out new leaves if it isn't mush. Keep it out of the substrate, free floating or tucked into decor for now, so that you can watch for rot. Be patient, it isn't dead until it is mushy and dead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 if it was killed, after a month i think everything would be dead. hang on to it, they do grow very slowly, so it may take many months for it to recover. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 They grow very slowly as long as you don't bury the rhizome in the substrate. Stick it in a crack in wood, or rocks, or you can glue it onto them with super glue. If you do that with a small piece of wood, or a rock you can even move them around. Liquid fertilization, and CO2 will also help, although CO2 is not necessary to get it to grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 It’s a bit hard to tell from the pic, are the leaves just brown or are they wasting away? I have a Windelov that started turning brown. I waited until it sent out some new leaves, then cut off the worst of the brown leaves. It’s been about two months and it’s just about fully recovered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Matt Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 They got frozen brown mush, you can really tell from the Java fern it has a distinct line where the leaf was in contact with a cold spot. Here is the windelov currently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Some time and fertilizer should fix it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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