Java Fern Brown Hair?

[faysalals1]

When I first get my Java Ferm, they look so good. But eventually they start getting brown hair all over them! I know its not algae, its coming out from the plant itself. I red some things about it but got confused!

 

[Aiken Drum]

Its how the plant reproduces.

New plants form from nodes on the leaves which first send out fine hair like roots and then a plantlet develops. Eventually when the plantlets gets big enough they will detach from the parent plant to find somewhere to attach and grow as new plants.

Every couple of months i remove all my java fern plants to pick off and throw away all the plantlets and excess growth. I throw away buckets full of java fern every year.

 

[faysalals1]

Its how the plant reproduces.

New plants form from nodes on the leaves which first send out fine hair like roots and then a plantlet develops. Eventually when the plantlets gets big enough they will detach from the parent plant to find somewhere to attach and grow as new plants.

Every couple of months i remove all my java fern plants to pick off and throw away all the plantlets and excess growth. I throw away buckets full of java fern every year.

Oh okay nice, I thought they were dying!

Do I just remove all the brown hair, and how do I do it? Cut off part of the plants, or just cut off the brown hair? or do I wait till it has new plant and then remove the new ones?

 

[Aiken Drum]

I just pick off anything that i dont want to keep with my fingers.