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Stevia Plant Care, Uses and Benefits

Stevia is a small green leaves plant from sunflower family.Stevia is native Brazil and Paraguay. Stevia also know as sweetleaf and candyleaf because their leaves have 200-300 times sweetness of sugar, this is the main reason people growning it home and also Grown widely to sold its leaves to companies that manufacturing products from leaves. Stevia have white and purple flowers in autumn. Stevia Plant Care Soil             Stevia plant grow well in sandy soil and rich potting mix. You can use  garden soil or clay (40%) , sand (40%) and leaf mold or vermi compost (20%) in 8 to 12 inch pot. Watering                  Stevia plant like moist soil to fast growth so water regularly and next water when soil surface get dry out completely 1 inch down from surface. Water your stevia properly make sure water come out from drainage hole that all roots get water properly. Sunlight       ...
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Staghorn Fern Care And How to Mount Staghorn fern into board?

Staghorn Fern's scientific name is Platycerium and also know as Elkhorn fern. Staghorn fern is native to temperate and tropical areas of South America,Africa, Australia and New Guinea etc. Staghorn fern is a species in Polypodiaceae family and genus is epiphytic and  horn shaped fronds. Staghorn fern have two types of fronds 
       Basal fronds and Fertile fronds, Basal fronds are kidney shaped , sterile. Fertile fronds are dichotomous or antler shaped and hang from the rhizome. 

Staghorn fern care 

Soil 
           Staghorn fern need well drain potting mix and store moisture for long time. Make  potting mix of peat moss or cocopeat and Shredded bark. If you mount on board for wall or hanging in basket then you need Sphagnum moss and pine Shredded bark.

Watering
                   Staghorn fern watering regular in summer Its like always moisture in  potting mix for roots. Watering when  it's top surface feel dry. Mounted staghorn fern watering with spray pump on basal fronds and on roots from backside of board's hole and one easy way take it to bathroom and shower on it.Don't overwatering your staghorn fern that is root rot and damage your plant.Sign of overwatering is there are black spots on basal fronds then control watering to save you plant. And water when it's fertile fronds get curl or slightly wilted. 

Sunlight
                 Staghorn fern love bright indirect sunlight or filtered direct sunlight. Full day direct sunlight burn their fronds, if you growing it outoor so you need to provide it green net or place it in shady area. Growing indoor  as mounted into board on room wall then you need a window with bright sunlight or provide it spectrum light lamp.

Humidity
                    Staghorn fern need high humidity level 60% to 80% or mist on fronds 2 to 3 time in week.There are HUMIDIFIER online store and market that is best for mounted staghorn fern in room.

Fertizer 
               You can fertilize fern in summer and spring season. You can use N.P.K liquid fertilizer or use special fern fertilizer spikes. Try this one but from here jobe's fern fertilizer for best results. Use spray fertilizer twice a week for your staghorn fern and mounted fern. Orgo organic plant booster spray fertilizer. 

Temperature
                        Temperature range for staghorn fern growth is 32° to 18°C and below 10° can survive for long time. 
Size
            Staghorn fern can grow 2 to 3.3 feets and it can grow more than 3.3 feet at their native tropical area. 

Propagation
                            Staghorn fern is propagating from spores . Also propagating from pups divided small plants cut from big one with sharp tool, then place it in cocopear Or peat moss. It's take some weeks to start growth. Staghorn fern propagating tip

 First you need good quali
ty wood board and make hole in center , hole is important for roots take breath. Then take some pine barks and Sphagnum moss and set it center on board, tie it with fishing wire with board then place staghorn fern's, root on moss and tie it carefully with fishing wire,and wrap polythin oln How to mount a staghorn fern on a wood board 
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