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title: "Help!!! How do I bring my Crocodile fern back!!!"
description: "Help!!! How do I bring my Crocodile fern back!!!"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/NiZALrtASBeROEC20lQA3w/Nzf5QBLDPI5bv8vd9qtkOV"
community: "Fern Friends"
author: "Kristen Peters"
published: "2026-01-31T01:23:37.715151Z"
language: "en"
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# Help!!! How do I bring my Crocodile fern back!!!

_Posted by Kristen Peters on 2026-01-31_

Help!!! How do I bring my Crocodile fern back!!!

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## 4 comments

### Waspinator commented on 2026-01-31

It's dehydrated. Water more often. (Giving it a 20 minute bottom-watering soak will help it recover, just make sure it drains well after)

#### Kristen Peters replied on 2026-02-02

Sorry, what do you mean by that? I set the bottom in water?

#### Pequeño Verde replied on 2026-02-03

Bottom watering means placing the pot in a larger vessel/ saucer so the roots can take up water. It doesn’t need to sit in water though. Place your planted pot into a saucer for 30mins / 1 hour until the planted pot has taken the water from the saucer…. Hope this makes sense..😀

### Buffy commented on 2026-04-27

I have killed one and am trying to resuscitate a second one! Augggh

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