I read the A&M link. It wouldn't be the first time A&M was wrong about something. Plus they're about as Agri-business as you can get. Their testing of organic methods is often suspect. Their conclusion about the ineffectiveness of Milky Spore could be simply because they didn't account for it's 2-3 year establishment time. I have no proof about the effectiveness of Milky Spore. I applied it at the proper time according to instructions about 25 years ago. I haven't had noticeable grub damage in my lawn since then. Maybe it's luck, or it's attributable to other factors or methods. A few of those years I treated the lawn for fleas, but most years not. I live in South Texas with alkaline clay soil. The only thing milky spore or lawn insecticide treatments can be expected to do is to kill the larvae in the soil. The adults are not feeding when you see them bouncing off your exterior lights or your forehead. They lay their eggs and then die. The prime time to treat them is as soon as you stop seeing them around your outdoor lights. They've laid their eggs and died. The larvae are near the surface, small, and tender. When I dig in my yard, I often see a few grubs. The thing to remember is that, regardless of what control method you use, you can never kill them all. The only time you won't see grubs is when they turn into adults and come out of the ground to fly around bouncing off of things till they lay eggs and die. rangier

I've found a couple of sites with information. The first one is a book that can be read on-line: http://books.google.com/books?id=Wq_-jexfHCcC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=mother+fern+propagation&source=bl&ots=PuwHQ3Vjv7&sig=uy66M37jLuVksgWaZ9CdkYREUzI&hl=en&ei=VEiASum2GoioNsig3N0C&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=mother%20fern%20propagation&f=true American Fern Society: http://amerfernsoc.org/

The information I have is too long to post here. Anyone who wants it and/or wants spores from me should send me an email and I will respond with the instructions. Kate

I tried but no luck. I put a nursery pot in the ground in my veggie garden and planted the seed in there 2 years ago and did not germinate. So dont know if it was bad seed or how I tried. Got the info on how to do it from a woman on peony forum . Said she had good luck that way. Usually takes a year to germinate. Good luck. Judy