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Cool Sibyl!! Is that like an asparigus fern??

yep! knowing me i spelled it wrong

ok, so, i look at this topic, thinking "i'm going to have to move that to fruits and veggies" then i get here and see a fern!

i've never seen one of those blooming before! you really should note all the environmental things that are there when it sets the blooms, and when it does bloom so the rest of us can learn thank you for sharing!

I have the real stuff in my yard but I like the look... Might have to get me some of that!! I know I am spelling it wrong too!!

glad ya read it before movin it to the veggies

just wrote it in my note book, first got buds 1st of jan and full blooms 12 of jan, its been in the 40-50degrees, they do get alittle cooler cause i dont have the best of windows, i do know that they dont like full light, thats why i got cheap 1 dollar showers certains up to filter the light i had them in full light before and almost lost em.

Rita sometimes spell check cant even help me

Usually the word I wanna check is not even in the list.. then I think to myself is it even a word Orrr am I making it up

Sibyl,

I like this plant It's delicate looking and so pretty the way it hangs.The flowers smell nice too!
After the flowers have faded, you will see green berries forming which will eventually turn red. When fully red, you can pop the single black seed out and plant just under the soil (water let dry) In no time, you will have another new baby Asparagus Fern plant. Not a true fern, it's acually (related to the lily family)

thanks for the info downtoearth! do you know if they are sapost to flower a certin time? cause mine flower when ever they want. summer, fall, now winter.

do they stay that cool christy? i'd love to get my daughter in on that. she has one that she is partial to.

they are cool in the fall and winter, didnt think to check if we had any cool nights in the summer,or if the a/c was on, im gonna keep taps on it from now on,
there just a little cool, kinda like a dieing frig cool, sometimes in the summer my husband has the a/c up so high its like walking in to a frezer! im wondering if the cold stimulates the flowering?
i think a good deviding dose them good too. a lady at work has one she never devided and its a big ball of dead roots with a few branches, mine was starting to look like that so i choped it up, and repoted it now i have two and they look much better and fuller.

Sibyl,

That's great that your plant flowers so often, especally now! Mine only flowered once a year in the spring, that was it.
They do like to drink a lot of water don't they?
Maybe that's the secret, your giving yours plenty of water (more than I did) and it's rewarding you with so many different flowering times!

they flower at least twice a year, i have no idea what im doing to make em flower. i have noticed their roots are kina crowded, so i either pour a little water in them let it soak down and repeat , if not the water just runs down the sides and out the drain holes, or i soak em in a bucket for awile then let em drain, i only water on sundays, thats about all i know about my house plants is to water on sundays,and filterd light.
its got some new shoots growing on it now. their getting pretty long!
how often do you water yours?

Usually it would need a good long drink once a week If it was really hot & dry, then sometimes it would be watered twice a week.
I didn't worry much about over-watering, the roots grew so darn fast that before you knew it, it needed a bigger pot.