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title: "Hello all - I am desperately trying to keep my staghorn fern alive…"
description: "Hello all - I am desperately trying to keep my staghorn fern alive and looking for any solutions that may help. I’ve had this plant for many years and it’s…"
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community: "Fern Friends"
author: "Abbey"
published: "2025-07-30T01:52:01.253807Z"
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# Hello all - I am desperately trying to keep my staghorn fern alive…

_Posted by Abbey on 2025-07-30_

Hello all - I am desperately trying to keep my staghorn fern alive and looking for any solutions that may help. I’ve had this plant for many years and it’s made several moves to different houses. I had it sitting in my house near a northern facing window and it was struggling. I assumed from too little light. About 3 weeks ago I moved it to my porch which faces east, and gets about 2 hour of sun a day through tree canopy. I still have large fronds that are falling off, which are yellow and darker brown at the base. Any ideas?!

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## 4 comments

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-07-30

If its more light, it could have dried out too much.

### Petals n pothos commented on 2025-08-01

Following in case you get an answer, because I just lost one of mine and now another one starting to struggle as well.

### Mermaid commented on 2025-08-14

If it helps, I only use distilled water and mist mine every 3-5 days.

### GeM commented on 2026-03-24

I almost lost 2 stags that way.

What worked for me is: immediately remove from terracota pot (water dries faster), move away from direct sun and reduce water quantity and increase frequency.

Here is my second in recovery (about 5 months:)

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