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caring for Boston Ferns in the house #9522 June 10th, 2003 at 08:56 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Maui, Hawaii C chapsetc OP Junior Member
OP chapsetc Junior Member C Joined: Jun 2003 Maui, Hawaii	Aloha, I love Boston Ferns I have some in the house right now and I saw one of them have this white powder on and around the leaves, I am sure it is not white fly, what can I use to take care of this? Mahalo Mary

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Re: caring for Boston Ferns in the house #9523 June 10th, 2003 at 11:00 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Can you provide a more complete description of the white stuff. Is it dryn powdery? Is it soft and cotton-like? oes it move or look like an insect? Does it look like it is dried onto the fronds? Do you find it in the soil, on the fronds, on the stems, or all over?

Re: caring for Boston Ferns in the house #9524 June 11th, 2003 at 07:03 PM
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OP chapsetc Junior Member C Joined: Jun 2003 Maui, Hawaii	Quote Originally posted by Will Creed: Can you provide a more complete description of the white stuff. Is it dryn powdery? Is it soft and cotton-like? oes it move or look like an insect? Does it look like it is dried onto the fronds? Do you find it in the soil, on the fronds, on the stems, or all over? I have found it all over the fern, it is not like a bug just powdery stuff

Re: caring for Boston Ferns in the house #9525 June 12th, 2003 at 03:48 PM
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Cassviola Member C Joined: May 2003 Massachusetts	heya.im wondering if maybe it is dried fertilizer. sometimes if someone mists plants with water with soem fertilizer in it, it leaves a white powdery substance all over the plant. how is that plant otherwise? -cassie

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