How to prune microsorum pteropus 'windelov'

As needed year-round. Remove dead or heavily algae-covered fronds by cutting cleanly at the rhizome. Detach and reattach healthy plantlets growing from frond tips to propagate or control density.

Rarely — only to remove dead or damaged fronds. Java fern 'Windelov' is a slow-growing cultivar with distinctive branched frond tips that needs very little pruning. Simply remove old, yellowing, or decaying fronds at the rhizome. Allow leaf-tip plantlets to develop naturally. Avoid cutting healthy fronds — this variety's ornamental shape is lost if leaves are shortened.

Remove dead or heavily algae-covered fronds by cutting cleanly at the rhizome. Detach and reattach healthy plantlets growing from frond tips to propagate or control density.