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Indoor Fern Brown Tips: AC Humidity Too Low

Your fern has brown tips, dying new fronds, strands browning before leaves form. Cause: Air conditioner drying the air. Ferns need tropical humidity.

Fix

Turn off AC or move fern outside to shade.
Water daily outdoors.
Hot, humid, moist = happy fern.

It's not comfortable in your low-humidity comfort zone.

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