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Originally Posted by JenThePlantGeek
So has anyone actually grown Süßwassertang into some sort of fern? How would we even go about doing that?
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What I heard, some attempts have been made without success. I'm trying it at the moment.
In other ferns it is quite easy to do: just put some (bits of) leaves with sporocarps on the surface of peat or peaty soil in a flower pot. Keep it wet and under transparent cover (plastic bag, glass top, etc.). The spores will 'sprout' into gametophytes, and those after some period of growth will start making sporophytes.
I have placed some Limariopsis gametophytes on a piece of magrove wood in my little orchidarium. It has stayed alive and even grown a bit but hasn't done much else. Yet!
It's been there uh, for many months now...
Some other fern sprouted on the same wood, though.