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slenderman

Please help :((( i picked up this fern who looked super healthy from the store last friday. After a few days of being in my apartment she has been flopped over like this. the orange stuff is cinnamon, when i got home i saw it had mold on the top so i scooped that out and sprinkled some cinnamon on top. After i watered her it became a bit less floppy for a day, then flopped down again :( i keep it in bright indirect light near the window and have played with higher and lower light and got the same results. tempted to water again since it helped a bit last time, but the soil is still slightly moist and i don’t want to cause root rot :( i have started misting it a few times a day and it hasn’t helped. no draft or heater nearby. they weren’t sure what type of fern this was, it might be a boston fern but the leaf shape is slightly different. they guessed it was an Eastern Wood.

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  1. plantgal

    Kind of looks like a boston fern, i have one but hard to tell since it’s flopping over like this! My boston fern has done well in bright indirect light, so maybe it would be good to take your fern’s pot off and investigate what the root system is looking like. If she had been overwatered at the store, there could be root rot already that you didn’t know about that is causing this to happen coincidentally after you brought her home. Could also be good to just get her in some fresh soil and see if you have to downsize the pot if rotten roots need to be cut off, i usually do a mix of regular potting soil and perlite (1 part perlite to 5 parts soil approx.— i eyeball it in a separate clear container haha)

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  2. plantgal

    If you refresh the soil, id leave the cinnamon off, water and keep an eye on her for the next two days after, then water again! Planta has me usually watering my fern (with and without fertilizer) every 2-ish days during the hot weather!

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    • slenderman

      thank you so much!!

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    • plantgal

      No prob! Let me know how it goes :)

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