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title: "My birds nest fern gas some dark browning of leaves. Planta has me…"
description: "My birds nest fern gas some dark browning of leaves. Planta has me watering it every three days but I end up doing every 5 or so due to soil still being moist."
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Chris"
published: "2023-08-30T18:14:58.992Z"
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# My birds nest fern gas some dark browning of leaves. Planta has me…

_Geplaatst door Chris op 2023-08-30_

My birds nest fern gas some dark browning of leaves. Planta has me watering it every three days but I end up doing every 5 or so due to soil still being moist.

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## 4 reacties

### Evil Plant Dad reageerde op 2023-08-30

Are you watering with tap water? It could be the chlorine and fluoride in tap water that are causing this. If so switching to distilled may fix the problem

#### Chris antwoordde op 2023-09-08

Ill try that!

### Kirsty reageerde op 2023-08-30

Ferns are the worst 😭 I keep buying them and killing them…

### Zan~ Anxious Planter reageerde op 2023-08-30

Yeah they do this mine is rough to typically resulting of a condition that’s a problem

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