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[INDOOR-GARDENING:171] Re: Artillery Fern

>Hi everyone.
>
>I'm looking for info on the artillery fern (sorry, don't know the
>scientific name).  I received one as a gift not too long ago, and it was
>adorable at the time.  Since then, however, it has lost almost every leaf
>on it.  It has grown a few tentative replacements, but now looks very
>fragile.  Any suggestions?  Currently, it gets only artificial light
>(weak) and is living with an overgrown boston fern, birds nest fern, and a
>rabbit's foot fern (which is also looking delicate, but by no means
>sickly).  Any info would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks!
>Julia
>
Hi Julia:

Your artillery fern is not a fern but Pilea microphylla and is probably
suffering from lack of light. My houseplant book says filtered light but I
find it needs as much as possible short of scorching the leaves.

Hope this helps.

Ruth  Z
email: rzavitz@execulink.com
Freelance writer and gardening consultant in sunny southern Ontario
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