Indoor Boston Ferns Care Tips and Maintenance.

by Urban Plants

Boston ferns (Nephrolepis exaltata) are the most popular houseplants and proper Boston fern care is essential to keeping this plant healthy. Knowing how to take care of a Boston fern isn’t difficult, but it is specific. Below a few care tips for a Boston fern so that you can provide everything your fern needs to be happy and beautiful.

How to Take a Boston Fern care

Firstly you need to do proper Boston fern care to make sure that it’s in the right kind of environment. Indoor Boston ferns need a cool place with high humidity and indirect light. 
When you care for Boston fern plants indoors, it’s a good idea to provide additional humidity for them, in the winter. Most indoors are rather dry, even more when heaters are running. For humidity care for Boston fern, try setting your fern’s pot on a tray of pebbles filled with water. You can also try lightly moisturizing your fern once or twice a week to help it get the humidity it needs. 
If you proceed to take care of a Boston fern is to make sure that the fern’s soil remains damp. Reason for Boston plants dying is Dry soil. Check the soil moisture daily and make sure to give it some water if the soil feels at all dry. Since Boston fern is planted in potting mixtures that are high in peat moss, it is a good idea to soak the pot of the Boston fern once a month or so to make sure the peat moss is completely hydrated. Make sure to let it drain thoroughly after this.
Ferns-urban-plantsBoston fern leaves will turn yellow if the humidity is less enough. If your Boston fern’s fronds are turns into yellow, make sure to increase the humidity around the plant. One of the lesser known Boston fern care tips for a Boston fern is that they do not need much fertilizer. Fertilizer should only be given to the plant some times a year; it is rare.
Boston ferns are dismissed to some pests, especially spider mites and mealybugs. If your boston plant becomes infested, make sure to treat the plant as quickly as possible to keep it healthy. Boston fern care is as simple as making sure that the plants are in the right environment. If you make sure that your fern is getting care, your plant will live for many years to come.

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