To bring ferns in for the summer or not??

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DaleP6 Sarasota, FL(Zone 9b) May 04, 2003

I have an Athyrium filix-femina Victoriae and a Thelypteris decursive-pinnata that I have babied along for so long! They barely made it through last summer. I am in Florida and it gets HOT and HUMID! I know that they do not like warm breezes. This Spring and so far into almost summer here, they have really been strutting their stuff...coming out with a great burst of growth. I have them in 8" pots. Do you think I should bring them inside for the summer? I have an easterly window in a room where I don't keep the A/C too cool. What do you think? I'm just not ready to baby them all summer long again!

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Zanymuse Scotia, CA(Zone 9b) May 04, 2003

Ferns like high humidity and air conditioning can dry them out faster than about anything! I would put them in the shadiest spot I could and mist them often during the hot weather. For areas where evaporative coolers are used they can thrive inside all summer but airconditioning is a big fern killer!

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