‘Every plant I brought home seemed to die, no matter what.
This proved to be excellent advice.
I picked two small, fluffy ferns, labeled Nephrolepis Vitale.
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A quick search tells me these arealsocalled Boston fernsor, sometimes, sword ferns.
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For this first round, I decided to go with something herbal.
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The next part of the process is critical.
You cant boil up a pot and gothe tea needs to be cold.
Some websites will tell you to refrigerate overnight, but I found that a few hours worked just fine.
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I also continued to spray both plants with Houseplant Myst.
The Final Results?
Both plants still look green, lush, and seem to be thriving.
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Two months later, Im hesitant to say that tea is much better or had an impact at all.
Even so, my parlor palm is giving me the side-eye as another stems goes brown.
Maybe Ill keep the experiment going and see if this plant prefers a weekly tea date instead?
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