How can I help out my fern?
So I bought this fern from Home Depot a while back and it was going great until the leaves started turning brownish and getting crunchy. I kept watering it like normal thinking it would maybe bounce back and I tried different lighting hoping that would help but sadly the plant passed away.
I was procrastinating throwing it out because I still had hope that maybe it would come back and over the past couple of days I noticed baby fern growth!
My question is, how can I help these babies grow and keep it healthy? Should I cut out the dead growth or leave it? The issue is the stems are so thin and fragile I donβt want to risk repotted and breaking those fragile stems or hurting the roots. Anyone have any advice? #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth
I was procrastinating throwing it out because I still had hope that maybe it would come back and over the past couple of days I noticed baby fern growth!
My question is, how can I help these babies grow and keep it healthy? Should I cut out the dead growth or leave it? The issue is the stems are so thin and fragile I donβt want to risk repotted and breaking those fragile stems or hurting the roots. Anyone have any advice? #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth
2ft to light, indirect
4β pot with drainage
Last watered 1 year ago
6
I have a different fern, but I am having the exact same issue with the browning and breakage, Iβm not sure what Iβm doing wrong the daylight is not direct Sun but was growing great got it home, and now itβs all going horribly bad and Iβm not sure why or what to do. Any help would be appreciated. Will post pictures today. Thank you. οΏΌ
@WiseChaffflower @JauntyGreyghost
Are they getting enough moisture in the air around them? Humidifier needed or misting them should help.
Are they getting enough moisture in the air around them? Humidifier needed or misting them should help.
@YammieOf3 I mist at night before bed and I have a humidifier. My states climate is very dry so it helps out all my plants. Iβm more curious on if I should cut out the dead leaves to save the babies
The only fern that seems to be working for me is maidenhair, grows in terrarium, watering once per week. Yours looks like maidenhair type too. When you brought it home from the store, did you re-pot it? If not that maybe a problem as roots need room to grow.
If you're worried that it won't survive you can propagate it in another pot, by covering one of the older semi-brown 'branches' completely in the soil, the spores on the back of the leaves will give you the new plant. All you have to do is keep it moist and keep on watering, for me it took me closer to 5 months, but I did it in the winter months. Once you start to see "mold like" sprouts, don't get scared, this is how the fern grows, mold like (blue green somewhat transparent) and then in a day or two forms a stem and greenish tiny leaflets.
If you're worried that it won't survive you can propagate it in another pot, by covering one of the older semi-brown 'branches' completely in the soil, the spores on the back of the leaves will give you the new plant. All you have to do is keep it moist and keep on watering, for me it took me closer to 5 months, but I did it in the winter months. Once you start to see "mold like" sprouts, don't get scared, this is how the fern grows, mold like (blue green somewhat transparent) and then in a day or two forms a stem and greenish tiny leaflets.
Entire leaf πΏ (I call branch)