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Water them every two days with 1 teaspoon of Epsom salt in one quart of water, during hot summer growing months. Water from the top and let the ferns sit in a tray of that same water for about 20 minutes to thoroughly soak in the nutrients then dump the water out on lawn or soil. Even morning sunlight can be too much for some ferns. After an hour of direct sunlight set them aside in the shade for the most part of the morning until its shady again then hang back up. Quickly you should see a great improvement in your ferns!

Someone had posted that ferns should only be watered every 28 days???!!!! No way, ferns love to be watered, everyday in hot summer months for sure. You can also soak them in a bucket of water with epsom salts added once a week. I rescued a discarded Boston fern from the tenant next door when they moved out.

I trimmed all the dying fronds, put it in a new pot and kept it on my porch for a week. It was getting too much sun so after doing some reading online I saw that the bathroom would be a good place for it. It sits on our window will in our shower. Gets morning sunlight and plenty of moisture. I make sure the soil doesn't dry out but within the last few days I notice the fronds are still green but they are no longer firm and now they're drooping and limp.

I've never had a Boston fern and don't want the new growth that's sprouting up to die. Indem Sie weiterhin auf der Website surfen bzw. Mehr erfahren. Family Dining. Sign In. Join as a Pro. Houzz TV. Houzz Research. Looking for the perfect gift?

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Thanks again everyone for all your encouragment and comments! Like Save. Hope you're able to find out how to help yours look heathier too. Like 2 Save. Sorry to bombard you with so many different questions, but you are helping me already!!! Krys, I'm glad the info is of some help to you.

Lynn 6 years ago. I just got 3 myself and looked how to care for them. I read about "leaching " where you fill a 5 gallon bucket with water and lower your pot down till it stops bubbling.

I just started but wondered has anyone tried this? Linda Doss 5 years ago. Step 1 — Water the plant and leave it for an hour. Knock the pot on the edge of a table and run a knife around the rootball. Remove the plant from the pot. Step 3 — Tease out matted roots and remove dying or dead roots. Leave the healthy ones. Step 4 — Take a new pot and put a piece of wire mesh in the bottom.

Fill up the half of the pot with well-drained organic soil. Step 5 — Place the plant in the middle and gradually fill the surrounding space with potting mix.

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Growing Peppers. Growing Potatoes. Originally Posted by azoria. No, that wouldn't be nice. Then put it in your un-airconditioned bathroom, water and mist it for a couple of weeks, and hope for recovery. You can put it outside in the shade in the fall when the heat and hot winds are gone. Boston ferns hate bright sunlight, heat, and dryness. Definitely cut off all the brown fronds, and don't be shy about it. Water it, water it, and water it some more. Misting is good, but your fern needs a lot of tlc.

Try to keep it out of direct sunlight. A little indirect early morning sun when the plant is doing better is OK. I live in the northeast and my fern lives under my front porch eaves, facing east, but with a big pine tree also diffusing the early morning sunlight.

My ferns always seem to do well. Last year I nursed a sick fern that I rescued from Walmart got it "dirt" cheap. It survived. I have Boston Ferns hanging across the top of my front porch, facing South. They get full sun in the afternoon, and I water them every morning when it's cooler.

They seem to like the heat, part shade, part sun. Oh, I'm in Zone 7. Last edited by rdlr; at AM..