Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site magic.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!magic!kolling From: kolling@magic.ARPA Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Re: Boston fern Message-ID: <130@magic.ARPA> Date: Thu, 10-Jan-85 18:27:47 EST Article-I.D.: magic.130 Posted: Thu Jan 10 18:27:47 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jan-85 07:21:48 EST Distribution: net Organization: DEC Systems Research, Palo Alto Lines: 15 After some initial disasters and experimentation, I've had good luck with Boston ferns. I keep them in filtered light and dump about a pint of water in every other day. Direct sunlight is very bad news and cannot be compensated for by more water; the fronds will become very pale and thin and ..... The amount of water clearly depends on the room temp, etc. You can tell if they need more water because they will sort of start to collapse their fronds downwards if they get too dry. Underwatering will cause fronds, particularly the underneath ones, to turn brown and die, so habitually underwatering will soon reduce your plant to a shadow of its former volume. I suspect it isn't possible to overwater.