Transplanting Kangaroo Fern: Plant the "Paws" in Soil

Transplanting Kangaroo Fern: Plant the "Paws" in Soil

A reader asks: when transplanting a Kangaroo Fern, should the fuzzy rhizomes (“tails”) hanging over the pot be cut off or planted in the new pot?

Advice

• Wait until after April 1st (longer days) to repot.
• Use a pot 2 inches wider in diameter.
• Plant the rhizomes (paws) in the soil at the edge of the new pot.
• Once they root well, you can cut 3–5 off to start new plants.

Don’t cut them off before they’re rooted.