How to Keep Your Maidenhair Fern Alive - Maidenhair Fern Care Guide - Adiantum raddianum Fragrans

Today I want to explain how to best care for your Maidenhair Fern and stop it from losing too many fronds and getting brown crispy leaves.

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Have you had trouble growing or are you having trouble looking after a Maidenhair fern? These are quite simple houseplants to look after if you follow these few simple rules.

TL;DR
Likes:
Bright indirect light
Evenly moist soil

Dislikes:
Drying out
Harsh direct sun

Is it losing fronds all the time? Are the leaves getting brown and crispy or yellow and limp?

Well if that’s the case hang around because I will explain all of these situations to you, what you need to avoid doing and what you really MUST do to keep your maidenhair fern in tip-top condition.

Country to popular belief I don’t think this is a difficult plant to keep, many people say it’s a picky plant, I don’t think it’s a difficult plant but you MUST get these key points right in order to keep your fern looking great all year round.

If your fronds are drying up and turning crispy it’s probably not getting enough water.

If they are turning yellow and limp they probably aren’t getting enough light, just because they are a fern doesn’t mean they will be happy in deep shade, they will need bright indirect light, not harsh hot direct light and not deep shade but somewhere in the middle is fine.

Humidity is a contentious issue because if you watch a few guides for this plant they will all say high humidity, but I don’t think average humidity will be an issue for this plant, I think they would like it but I think the moisture is much more if an issue than humidity – now the two are linked in some way because if you have low humidity your plant will dry out quickly which means it will need watering more often BUT if you keep the correct amount of moisture in the soil, but watering often enough then I don’t think you will have an issue with humidity.

The other thing to note is that it’s OK if fronds fall off, as your Maidenhair fern grows the older fronds will drop off and new ones will grow, this is just the normal life cycle so if this is happening then it’s totally fine and normal, if however more fronds are falling off than growing then there is a bigger issue and with this plant its nearly always going to be the amount of water, usually not enough.

Feed your fern once per week or once every other week in the growing season and it will reward you with many years of fabulous growth!