Had to pick between a sunny spot and a shady spot for my indoor ferns and I chose wrong at first

So I got this big Boston fern from my mom last spring and I kept moving it around my apartment in Austin trying to make it happy. I had this bright spot near my south window where my succulents were loving life so I put the fern there. After like 3 weeks the fronds started turning yellow and dropping off everywhere. I was so confused because I thought ferns needed tons of light like everything else. Then my buddy who works at a nursery told me ferns actually want indirect light and a bit more humidity. I moved it to my dark corner in the bathroom where it gets morning light for maybe an hour and it totally bounced back. Now it's putting out new fronds every week and I feel dumb for not realizing that different plants have totally different needs. Has anyone else killed a plant by giving it too much sun?

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evac7222d ago

Yeah it's funny how we think more of everything is better until life proves us wrong.

andrew69322d ago

But is it really that we want "more" or is it that we don't know what "enough" looks like until we hit it? Like with money, you think you need a certain amount to be comfortable, then you get there and realize you just moved the goalpost. Or with friends, you want a big group until you realize three solid ones are way less drama. When does the wanting stuff switch off and the just being content kick in?