On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:44:28 -0600, Jack Schmidling
wrote:

|Right. I raised ferns from spores and it was years before they
were big
|enough even to put out.

Spores? I've used roots (rhizomes?) & seeds but I don't know beans
about spores.

|How long did it take from seed say.... 3/4" shoots?

That's 3 to 4 inch, not three quarters, haha? A year I think but of
course you don't harvest them for at least a couple of years. If you
plant seed you'll be just a year behind where you would be if you
planted one-year-old roots - duh or two years behind two-year-olds
which is what I think most nurseries sell.

|Ours is not spreading very much but jest seems to get denser each
year.

I do too; AND I'm spreading quite a bit.