🤣 every fern I’ve ever had has made me question this hobby.
bunnylicious81 on
I have a Japanese painted fern that I put outside. Died in the winter. Too lazy to throw away, never watered it too since I thought it’s dead. Suddenly, 2 weeks ago it sprouted new baby leaves, so I watered it. The pot is full again this week.
Massive-Mention-3679 on
…say my name…BOSTON FERN!
Adventurous-Win8275 on
Gives me hope for mine!
monsteramom3 on
Literally my maidenhair a couple months ago 😭 I’ve decided I’m not ready for ferns.
MicroBrew1971 on
Ferns are assholes.
macmaverickk on
The only way my fern stays alive is if I drench it at least twice a week
KMCREIKI1 on
Boston Ferns are the bane of my existence 😂
tanzmeister on
I’ve thrown away so many ferns…
Artistic_Vibrations on
Looking very nice and healthy almost ready to upgrade the size of the pot even if its a teensy bit, actually, the smaller the upgrade of space to a plant doesn’t shock it as much as doing a much larger pot too soon and/or too quickly
This made me laugh so hard. Boston ferns don’t tend to thrive indoors. These were both outdoors last year, and I overwintered inside. The macho fern, left, is living its best life. The Boston….not so much. They get a couple hours of direct sunlight per day, filtered through the widow and other plants, and I make sure they don’t dry out. They’re close to the humidifier, though I don’t have to run it too often unless the heat is on.
I have only one fern I’ve kept alive in all my years of gardening. I swear it was half dead for a year or so after I bought it. I kept moving it around my house, trying to find the exact right spot where it might thrive (that’s half of my gardening technique right there). It is so happy now, somehow, exactly at a diagonal from a east facing 2nd story window, three feet away, surrounded by other plants but still in the direct light, in a pot that holds water. Any inch or half foot deviation from that spot and it is half dead. I think they like being around other plants, too. They are so fickle. At least where I live. Still don’t know how this is the only exact right spot for it 😅. I can’t ever move from where I’m renting or it will probably die.
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agibbz on
lmao this is not a love story
Background_Draft2414 on
Same lol
NervousPoppy on
In the meantime, our grandma’s filled their houses with those damn things. And made them thrive! How… 🫠 I’m still traumatised from trying to keep mine alive.
curmudgeonish on
I dropped (hook failure) mine off the deck last summer after we moved into our house and the pot split so I just placed the entire thing in the broken container into the shade by some hostas and she was as happy as a pig in shit. I repotted her in the fall before it came inside for the annual winter suffering. Ferns are tough, drown that beesh on the regular she will fill out again.
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🤣 every fern I’ve ever had has made me question this hobby.
I have a Japanese painted fern that I put outside. Died in the winter. Too lazy to throw away, never watered it too since I thought it’s dead. Suddenly, 2 weeks ago it sprouted new baby leaves, so I watered it. The pot is full again this week.
…say my name…BOSTON FERN!
Gives me hope for mine!
Literally my maidenhair a couple months ago 😭 I’ve decided I’m not ready for ferns.
Ferns are assholes.
The only way my fern stays alive is if I drench it at least twice a week
Boston Ferns are the bane of my existence 😂
I’ve thrown away so many ferns…
Looking very nice and healthy almost ready to upgrade the size of the pot even if its a teensy bit, actually, the smaller the upgrade of space to a plant doesn’t shock it as much as doing a much larger pot too soon and/or too quickly
I stand in solidarity with you.
https://preview.redd.it/r5mupyye8jtc1.jpeg?width=3468&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14b5dc3eff4a165dd7db5bd7cb1927ec480df05a
This made me laugh so hard. Boston ferns don’t tend to thrive indoors. These were both outdoors last year, and I overwintered inside. The macho fern, left, is living its best life. The Boston….not so much. They get a couple hours of direct sunlight per day, filtered through the widow and other plants, and I make sure they don’t dry out. They’re close to the humidifier, though I don’t have to run it too often unless the heat is on.
https://preview.redd.it/rrq536y8ejtc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca9d342ad8ea3a9148d164aa0df11ddefdb65cd3
Did you look up (Boston)fern
plant care?
RIP, Fern
I have only one fern I’ve kept alive in all my years of gardening. I swear it was half dead for a year or so after I bought it. I kept moving it around my house, trying to find the exact right spot where it might thrive (that’s half of my gardening technique right there). It is so happy now, somehow, exactly at a diagonal from a east facing 2nd story window, three feet away, surrounded by other plants but still in the direct light, in a pot that holds water. Any inch or half foot deviation from that spot and it is half dead. I think they like being around other plants, too. They are so fickle. At least where I live. Still don’t know how this is the only exact right spot for it 😅. I can’t ever move from where I’m renting or it will probably die.
lmao this is not a love story
Same lol
In the meantime, our grandma’s filled their houses with those damn things. And made them thrive! How… 🫠 I’m still traumatised from trying to keep mine alive.
I dropped (hook failure) mine off the deck last summer after we moved into our house and the pot split so I just placed the entire thing in the broken container into the shade by some hostas and she was as happy as a pig in shit. I repotted her in the fall before it came inside for the annual winter suffering. Ferns are tough, drown that beesh on the regular she will fill out again.
I like that ultra instinct pic u got