Plant Care Bird's Nest Fern Reviews

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4.3 out of 5 (171 experiences)

Bird's Nest Fern has a Survivor plant personality Survivor 70
Bird's Nest Fern has a Large, lush leaves plant personality Large, lush leaves 68
Bird's Nest Fern has a Fast grower plant personality Fast grower 54
Bird's Nest Fern has a Browns easily plant personality Browns easily 41
Bird's Nest Fern has a Pet friendly plant personality Pet friendly 31
Bird's Nest Fern has a Pest magnet plant personality Pest magnet 11
Bird's Nest Fern has a Easy to propagate plant personality Easy to propagate 9
Bird's Nest Fern has a Blooms easily plant personality Blooms easily 1
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leaf-1 8 Plants
xp 5,191 XP
globe St. Pete Beach, FL
03/30/2021

Fern is very beautiful and hardy. I love looking at her. She is so relaxing.

Large, lush leaves Large, lush leaves
Bird's Nest Fern plant photo by @Popsicle49 named Fern Begalonius on Greg, the plant care app.
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leaf-1 38 Plants
xp 2,617 XP
03/29/2021

I’ve only managed to keep one of these alive and I attribute it to the soil it’s in (I inherited it from a friend) I’ve had 2 others that I could not keep alive that basically got too dry and then too wet. Just could not get the watering right. But I’ve got one that fairly large that’s happy and healthy in my care, just can’t tell you how.

Pet friendly Pet friendly
Bird's Nest Fern plant photo by @DrDrey named Etta James on Greg, the plant care app.
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leaf-1 12 Plants
xp 585 XP
globe Cambridge, MA
03/22/2021

Mine always brown & get infested - be warned!

Browns easily Browns easily
Pest magnet Pest magnet
Bird's Nest Fern plant photo by @Magabag named Big bird on Greg, the plant care app.
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leaf-1 8 Plants
xp 205 XP
03/06/2021

Loves bright light and high humidity!

Fast grower Fast grower
Bird's Nest Fern plant photo by May named Bird’s Nest on Greg, the plant care app.
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leaf-1 48 Plants
xp 3,075 XP
globe Seattle, WA
02/25/2021

I love the bird’s nest because it can tolerate a little less humid climate than some other ferns. Mine has been an easy going plant, with little fuss or maintenance đŸ’•đŸŒ±

Survivor Survivor
Pet friendly Pet friendly
Bird's Nest Fern plant photo by @zay named Fernie on Greg, the plant care app.
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leaf-1 23 Plants
xp 1,224 XP
globe Evansville, IN
02/21/2021

This plant gets gnats and mites easy. Water from bottom. Mix dawn and water in spray bottle only spray the dirt.

Pest magnet Pest magnet
Bird's Nest Fern plant photo by @Greenigirlx2 named Wave on Greg, the plant care app.
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leaf-1 21 Plants
xp 969 XP
globe New York
02/13/2021

This is my favorite plant so far! I love that you can tell how much water the plant has consumed / needs, because the leaves are so sensitive & start to feel limp/thin when they’re thirsty.

I learned this after letting them get too limp: I twice ignored the app reminders when I was away on diff weekend trips, and each time I let an additional 2-3 days go by before watering. It started to show, and then I finally started feeling the leaves and realized how much damage my neglect had done! So now I regularly feel the leaves to make sure they’re happy, and lo and behold, now that I’m using the app, they are 🙃 and new tendrils are budding all the time! They are so cute and zany.

Yeah love this plant, definitely recommend. With the leaves being such easy/immediate “tells” for plant happiness, I feel like we really “get” each other now 😅

Survivor Survivor
Browns easily Browns easily
Bird's Nest Fern plant photo by @paula named Pierre on Greg, the plant care app.
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leaf-1 35 Plants
xp 4,225 XP
globe South San Francisco, CA
02/12/2021

When I started this plant journey, I saw many sources on the Internet saying it needs low light, so I put it on my bathroom sink. Don’t let “low light” fool you đŸ˜© it wasn’t growing well and the edges of the leaves started browning. Then I read Darryl Cheng’s House Plant Journal book and understood that “low light” means the plant can still look pretty while hanging on dear life!!! I didn’t want to treat my plant like that, so I moved it next to the window. It’s just been a week, but a new leaf has already unfurled. đŸ„° Treat your bird nest fern kindly and give it good sunlight!

Large, lush leaves Large, lush leaves
Fast grower Fast grower
Bird's Nest Fern plant photo by @Greg named Nasi Hujan on Greg, the plant care app.