Friday, January 27, 2012

Fern plant......its gone all dry and dead looking.?

ive repotted it. its been watered ok, its just looking really unhealthy. what can i do to save it ?????

Fern plant......its gone all dry and dead looking.?
Keep it shaded and moist, all ferns die back and look like this, but sunburn can also make them withered.

I carefully remove he dead leaves from my ferns every year with some bonsai scissors and place them around the base of the plant to provide habitat for insects.

You should have some new fonds sprouting now though, if not give it few weeks in the moist shade or in an out house in the dark, if it doesn't recover in 3-4weeks, on to the compost heap and get a new one.

Check at you garden centre when you buy them to see which one suits your garden the best.

They will burn very quickly in the open sun, plant them under trees and larger shrubs and bushes, or somewhere where the direct sun will not hit the leaves.

Bracken is a more hardy plant and can be planted in open sun, but they can get a bit big, they thrive in open woodland, but if your garden is large enough there is no reason why you can have a bracken too, they will shelter the smaller ferns.

I have 7 ferns in the garden and 2 always look more battered than the others because of their position. They recover when my trees start to provide more shelter with their leaves.

I just give the extra water while they wait.

Planting them in the ground is better if you can.

Gaia can work her magic on them better. She is the best gardener of them all.
Reply:i'm going to assume this is a boston fern because you haven't named it and it's the most available...anyway, my experience is that they are mostly hung from the ceiling. if your air vents are blowing on the plant the air will dry them out. move the fern to a place where it's not in the airstream or over a heat source and water normally.
Reply:is it in the sun or shade? and have u tried fertalizing it? if u havnt tried fertalizing it, then do so. if u have tried, then jst move in the sun unless its in the sun, then move it in the shade.
Reply:Sounds very much like Droonis flies have attached their spores to the root system, try feeding dilluted millweathy lotion

each evening for three weeks.
Reply:what kind of fern is it? there are so many who require very different kinds of care. more info please.
Reply:Is it out in the sun?? Ferns need a lot of shade. Maybe get some fertilizer.

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