"China" wrote in message
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G'day Andrew,
Either way should do the job but the first would
give you more control.
To collect the spores, slice off a piece of leaf with the brown spore
casings underneath and place it in a paperbag. Keep the bag in a dry
protected spot, preferably indoors. If the leaf still holds spores you
will
see them start to gather in the bottom of the bag after a few days. They
look a bit like fine pepper. You should end up with millions so you can
try
several techniques.
If you use the glass top, (which is used to keep
in
humidity), make sure it is completely out of the sun (best anyway), as it
will act as both a glasshouse and a magnifying glass, cooking all within.
You can propagate most ferns this way.
The hardest part is usually when you try to
'harden
them of' and transplant them. I recall that some large propagators used to
pot the young ferns into small pots with a mix high in peat to get them
established before trying to mount them on backboards.


China
Wingham
NSW
Thank you very much for the help