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I was at the Portland Japanese Garden and saw a volunteer gently brushing dust off a fern's fronds instead of spraying it.
She told me 'the water droplets can act like tiny magnifying glasses in the sun and burn the leaves,' so now I use a soft paintbrush for my indoor ferns too, anyone else have weird little plant care tricks like that?
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nancy47511h ago
Always thought that sounded like an old wives' tale, but my fiddle leaf fig stopped getting those weird brown spots after I switched to a microfiber cloth.
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joelh642d ago
My grandma swore by using leftover black tea to water her African violets. She'd save the cold dregs from her afternoon pot and claimed it made them bloom like crazy. I tried it on my peace lily once and it did seem perkier, but maybe that was just wishful thinking.
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the_holly2d ago
My neighbor in Tampa does the same thing with coffee grounds for her hydrangeas. It's all about those old school plant hacks that get passed down like family recipes. People trust what worked for their grandma more than any label on a bottle from the garden center. There's a whole hidden knowledge base in those little habits that science sometimes catches up to later.
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