Hey Guys! My name is Maggie and this is my Maidenhair Fern or Adiantum. Now, it might
be a bit hard to believe but the Maidenhair Fern is actually a really gorgeous plant with
delicate foliage. Some say it’s a bit of a diva, because it likes to have consistently damp soil.
And being the neglectful plant mum that I am, I came home one afternoon to see that my maidenhair
fern had expelled her life force. I forgot to water it for a few days. All of the leaves
were shrivelled up, like oven baked kale. I even found weird brown dust at the base of the plant.
It probably used its dying breath to tell me that it was mad at me for not showing her enough love.
So if yours is looking as sad as mine. It could be for a number of reasons. Have you been drowning
it with too much H2O love? The roots could have rotted away from overwatering. Make sure you let
the soil completely dry out in that case. Can you spot any critters that are consuming it?
My friend’s Maidenhair fern was the nesting grounds for a mealybug party. In my case,
I simply forgot to water it for too many days. So here’s how to revive it if yours looks like mine.
I plucked up the courage to chop off all the dying leaves off. Just get a
disinfected pair of scissors and snippity snip. Try to cut it as close as possible
to the base of the stem so you don’t have too many of these lanky prickly stubbies.
Over the next few weeks, make sure you keep the soil moist but not soggy. Keep
it indoors in a location where it’ll receive bright indoor light, the kind of
spot that you’d like to read in, without getting harsh rays of sunlight on the pages of your book.
I actually bought my maidenhair fern at a local plant nursery. It was on a table at the back
of the store, and they were selling it for $3 because the plant was looking pretty sad. Mind
you, it wasn’t as dead as THIS. So i decided to give it a go. I’m SORRY I FAILED YOU, BABY!
And...Cue the progress shots...This is what it looked like after 1 month.
You can see some fronds. THIS is what it looked like after 2 months! TA-DAHH. It’s
looking beautiful. Can you believe how pretty these leaves are? UGH so gorgeous.
I don’t agree with people that call the maidenhair fern a diva. It’s a survivor! Like come on,
it was dead 2 months ago. Remember? oven-baked krispy kale kind of dead? And now look it!
Such a resilient and forgiving plant. Don’t forget to hit like and subscribe or let me
know in the comments if you’ve ever killed your ferns and how!
Or show this video to your struggling maidenhair fern so she can be motivated to survive. Bye!