Hi, folks. I need help!
Two weeks ago I bought four big, beautiful ferns. They're already starting to look kind of bad. They're not as thick and fluffy as when I brought them home, and the "arms" are getting some brown. Obviously, I need to do something quickly!
Here are my details: They're hanging across my long covered porch, where they receive morning sun. By 2:00 or so they're in the shade. I've been misting them daily, and I've been taking them down twice a week to give them a thorough wetting (watering the soil and using the mist sprayer on the hose to thoroughly drench the branches. I've also been turning them twice a week (when I take them down) so each side gets the sun.
I'm thinking that I'm either giving them too much water, or not enough water.
They're in plastic pots (the ones in which they came -- cheap-o dark green plastic), and I'm wondering if that's part of the problem. If so, what type of pot is recommended?
Oh, by the way, I'm in North Carolina, and our weather has been 70-85 degrees since I bought them. Maybe 60 at night, but no lower.
Opinions, please? Thanks in advance.
Two weeks ago I bought four big, beautiful ferns. They're already starting to look kind of bad. They're not as thick and fluffy as when I brought them home, and the "arms" are getting some brown. Obviously, I need to do something quickly!
Here are my details: They're hanging across my long covered porch, where they receive morning sun. By 2:00 or so they're in the shade. I've been misting them daily, and I've been taking them down twice a week to give them a thorough wetting (watering the soil and using the mist sprayer on the hose to thoroughly drench the branches. I've also been turning them twice a week (when I take them down) so each side gets the sun.
I'm thinking that I'm either giving them too much water, or not enough water.
They're in plastic pots (the ones in which they came -- cheap-o dark green plastic), and I'm wondering if that's part of the problem. If so, what type of pot is recommended?
Oh, by the way, I'm in North Carolina, and our weather has been 70-85 degrees since I bought them. Maybe 60 at night, but no lower.
Opinions, please? Thanks in advance.