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Boston Fern Care: Keeping Fronds Green Indoors

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Boston ferns need an evenly moist root zone and a sheltered position where strong sun and dry indoor air do not scorch the fronds. Check a hanging basket often, because its edges can dry well before the center.

Soil and drainage

Potted plants are used for mixed cultivation of humoria, river sand and garden soil, and there is a condition for urbanization for culture. For every year, it will change a pot in spring.

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Watering method

Watering to maintain moist. Boston fern has strict requirements for moisture, should not be wet, and should not be dried to keep the pelvic moisture state. In the summer, you can lay a wet sand on the ground around the flower pot, spray some water to increase environmental humidity. When the winter room is low, it is necessary to reduce watering, keep the soil slightly moist.

Summer can be watered once 1 to 2 days, but winter should be controlled in winter. Solve 2 to 3 times to the plants and the surroundings per day to increase air humidity. The soils such as autumn and winter are half dry. When the plant is withered by water, the whole ball can be booked into the spring, and the blades are plus spray. If you are soaked for 24 hours, it is still not recovered, and all the leaves may be degenerated to promote the growth of new leaves. The root of Boston fern belongs to a weak quality, extremely sensitive, so the concentration of fertilization should not be too high, otherwise it is easy to hurt. But the fern likes fertile and water soil, so the best way is to add the rusted manure before loading the pot, and then pursue the thin fertilizer. When fertilizing, the fertilizer is contaminated, if it is accidentally contaminated, immediately spray clear water and rinse. In addition to cultivating soil, in addition to cultivating soil, in order to avoid being too bonded, it can be added to the coarse sand, and remember to make a bottom in the basin first.

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Exchange pot

Repot a Boston fern when its roots or growing medium need attention. Choose a container with drainage and keep the root zone evenly moist after the move, without leaving the pot standing in water.

Related reading: Maidenhair Ferns: Comparing Frond Shapes and Growth.