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title: "I recently bought my first birds nest fern and I was searching care…"
description: "I recently bought my first birds nest fern and I was searching care tips when i saw a youtube video that says a blackened middle/leaves means a ruined plant…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/648dea99f0542ad13fd62165"
community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "steph"
published: "2023-06-17T17:17:13.101Z"
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# I recently bought my first birds nest fern and I was searching care…

_Posted by steph on 2023-06-17_

I recently bought my first birds nest fern and I was searching care tips when i saw a youtube video that says a blackened middle/leaves means a ruined plant and was wondering how accurate that is?

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## 6 comments

### COsuperfly commented on 2023-06-17

Hopefully it wasn’t being watered right there. That’s not good.

#### steph replied on 2023-06-17

I assume it was since i bought it at an ACE Hardware

### Eric commented on 2023-06-17

Everything’s worth trying to save, unless it gets root rot

#### steph replied on 2023-06-17

I’m going to check tonight!!

### Carrie commented on 2023-06-18

That’s why we don’t want to water directly into the center leaves. My birds nest fern had the same thing. Make sure it has some good air flow around it.

#### steph replied on 2023-06-18

Were you able to save it?

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