Use these methods to get rid of it

Reasons that make fighting useful

All Fern species are poisonous. Especially pets like Cats and dogs are at risk. Grazing animals such as horses, cows, sheep and goats are not immune from the danger.

Furthermore, small children could quickly poison themselves from this plant. Especially the bracken is considered highly toxic. Even inhaling small doses of its spores can lead to symptoms of poisoning such as vomiting and paralysis.

Another reason fern to combat is that he likes to use his Spurs as well as spreading over its foothills. The bracken and the funnel fern are practically proliferating. This displaces other plants.

Control # 1: Dig up

It is not biologically harmful to the environment to dig up and destroy the disturbing ferns. But with bad luck, the spores have already formed and the ferns will appear again next year. Therefore, excavation is best done in the spring before spore formation. A follow-up check is recommended in the following year.

When digging up ferns, it is also important to note that most fern species are deep-rooted. Their subterranean foothills develop extensively. They too should be rigorous when excavating removed (preferably pulled out).

Control No. 2: Mow down

• Mow fern in the lawn
• first time: in June
• second time: in midsummer (before the new leaf fronds have fully unfolded)
• The procedure weakens the rhizomes and thus the plant
• Success: medium
• possibly. necessary again in the following year

Control No. 3: Chemical club

If nothing works and you don't care about the environment, you still have the option of fighting the fern with chemicals. Herbicide use is usually successful in the first year. However, the stocks usually recover and in the next year the chemical club will have to run again at the expense of the groundwater.

Tips & Tricks

Prevention is better than control: ferns grow in nutrient-poor soils. If the soil is fertilized and mowed regularly, no fern will spread in the first place.