Sparingly collected these fertile Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides) fronds from the neighbor’s woodlot I got to walk in yesterday. I don’t have fancy expensive equipment like petri dishes or a microscope but I can at least do the drying of the frond/spores step. Already made the mistake on the first step which was to place the collected fronds into a paper envelope, instead I did a plastic bag.

If I succeed I will have my first ever attempt at fern propagation succeed + have another native plant species added to the gardens AND have available for selling in the greenhouse. If I fail well… not sure I’ll be so fortunate as to encounter this species again in that difficult-to-navigate forest, and for that matter during ripe spore season for it.