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title: "Help! I have an Asparagus Fern and a small air plant, the air plant…"
description: "Help! I have an Asparagus Fern and a small air plant, the air plant seems to be dying and the asparagus fern just isn't getting better. I don't know what I'm…"
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author: "Harry"
published: "2025-11-23T18:21:55.065295Z"
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# Help! I have an Asparagus Fern and a small air plant, the air plant…

_Posted by Harry on 2025-11-23_

Help! I have an Asparagus Fern and a small air plant, the air plant seems to be dying and the asparagus fern just isn't getting better. I don't know what I'm over or under watering, or if they're too close to the humidifier.

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## 5 comments

### ollie commented on 2025-11-23

how much light are they getting? an asparagus fern should be getting water every 4-5 days and an air plant likes mists a few times a week and a weekly soak.

#### Harry replied on 2025-11-24

Thanks, both of them are right in front of my windows which faces south-east so both of them are getting sunlight almost all day everyday, and water like once a week-ish. Though I've been relying on my humidifier to water the air plant.

### Tom commented on 2025-11-23

I have grow lights above mine, and near window, which I see got near window as they do like light, even if sometimes they say shade, I water mine , think ever 3-4 days but only a bit of water, can’t quite tell from that picture if you got a draining pot inside or just the big catchpot, may need to check roots if soil is staying soggy, the side that is not doing as good, do you rotate so back of plant gets more light, I also mist mine every few days

### Harry commented on 2025-11-24

Thanks! The air plant just sits in the pot of the Asgaragus Fern and the Fern as a plastic pot with a decorative outer layer terracotta pot

### Ms.Issy commented on 2025-11-24

The air plant doesn’t look salvageable to me.  
It doesn’t look like there is any green left on the plant and the base appears to be either slightly rotted or completely dried out (hard to tell from the photo).  
It has been my experience that the little air plants dry out pretty quickly \& need to be soaked around once every 7-10 days.

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