"Ook" wrote in message
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I noticed that the tips of my java fern is putting out small roots and a
small upward growing shoot. The leaves themselves are very stiff and point
up, so the tip isn't likely to contact the gravel soon. Can I cut the leaf
off and put it so the tip is contacting the gravel? I'm wondering how best
to allow the tips to anchor themselves so they can grow on their own. Any
voices of experience.

Java fern will grow if you plant the stem in the gravel, if you tie it to a
piece of wood with string, if you leave it floating, or if you cut a leaf in
half and bury it partially in the gravel. If a friend wants some java fern,
I just take one of my larger ones and tear off a few pieces. It grows
slowly, bit it's VERY hardy. That's why it's one of my favorite plants. It's
taken about 4 years, but I have some java fens the size of a basketball.

Limnophile