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title: "My poor Fern has been through it. I have overwatered it then I forgot…"
description: "My poor Fern has been through it. I have overwatered it then I forgot I had it and drowned him in water again and so on 🫣 i was ready to throw him out but…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/NiZALrtASBeROEC20lQA3w/sgl74I9t2ViOivonwFRCcz"
community: "Fern Friends"
author: "Ex-Plant Killer 🌱👌"
published: "2025-02-14T18:53:15.377167Z"
language: "en"
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# My poor Fern has been through it. I have overwatered it then I forgot…

_Posted by Ex-Plant Killer 🌱👌 on 2025-02-14_

My poor Fern has been through it. I have overwatered it then I forgot I had it and drowned him in water again and so on 🫣 i was ready to throw him out but after cutting off all dead ends and keeping him under a glass dome I found 2 tiny new growths between the roots.  
Since then I cut off the remaining dead roots an repotted him in a smaller pot with perlite and moss and placed him back under a dome. Nothing peeked through the moss yet so my question is :

I do have a heating pad for seeds would that help him recover quicker?

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