Japanese Bird's Nest Fern
About Japanese Bird's Nest Fern
Japanese Bird's Nest Fern is a popular houseplant 🌿 that needs lots of water to thrive. They do best in moderate sunlight 🌤 and should be less than 6 feet from a window.
Japanese Bird's Nest Fern likes soil that is good at retaining moisture. Your plant shouldn't need added fertilizers if you repot each time it doubles in size.
Taxonomy
Asplenium antiquum
Asplenium
Aspleniaceae
Polypodiales
Also known as
Living Lace Hurricane Fern, Leslie Crested Japanese Bird's Nest Fern, Living Lace Hurricane and Living Lace victoria
How to care for Japanese Bird's Nest Fern
How often to water your Japanese Bird's Nest Fern
every 7
Japanese Bird's Nest Fern needs 0.5 cups of water every 7 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
7
Finding light for Japanese Bird's Nest Fern in your home
a window
Japanese Bird's Nest Fern can tolerate being far from a window and light source.
Place it less than 6 feet from a south-facing window to ensure it receives enough light to survive 💪.
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How to fertilize Japanese Bird's Nest Fern
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Japanese Bird's Nest Fern after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Hi, there are some brown tips and brown spots on the leaves, is this a sunlight problem?
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Stuck?? Hello everyone i got this plant around last spring and its been crunchy and turning brown for the past few months, ive watered it kept it out/in sunlight but the leaves just keep falling off, is there anything I can do or is this a lost cause??
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Do any of you do a light spritz to the leaves? #BirdsNestFern
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This one hasn’t grown and getting some weird burn marks. Advice appreciated! #MotherFern
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It’s sad. Leaves are not vibrant and droopy. #BirdsNestFern
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What do I do? If some of the leaves look like they’re starting to die do I cut them off? Pull them off or leave them #BirdsNestFern
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What are the spots on the leaves of my plants #BirdsNestFern
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Should i replant in bigger pot? #BirdsNestFern
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I have this poor little plant that isn't doing well. What am I doing wrong #help
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Mine got very dry leaves & not sure if it will come back soft #BirdsNestFern
Care Summary for Japanese Bird's Nest Fern
Japanese Bird's Nest Fern
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 7 days
Placement
< 6ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.