When ferns get in trouble.

Sunset | February 1, 1987 | Copyright

When ferns get in trouble

Have frizzled fronds replaced gloriousgreen growth on your ferns? Does the plant you brought into the living room for a tropical touch now seem more suggestive of a lifeless desert? Take heart: you can benefit from your experience by pinpointing --and avoiding--the pitfalls that beset your plant.

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