Java Fern

[kveeti]

Originally posted by 80gJoe
kveeti,
I'm not sure but if you cut it in the direction it's headed, then maybe the other side would start growing... (?)

Yes, I can just imagine it! Plant thinks, "Well, if I can't grow this way, I'll just grow the other!"

I figured I'd confuse the heck out of it and cut it in both directions. So now I have one extra plant and am hopeful on the other direction.

Thanks, Joe.

 

[cpr4cpu]

I wonder if it's the substrate or lack of. My ferns are all above ground on wood or rock and they always grow toward the surface. I turned a piece of driftwood around and the plant started growing out the other end (toward the surface).

Maybe reflection from the sides of the tank have the fern confused on which way is up?