My plant is sick.

b0bd0d

I got some big ol house plant from wal-mart during the summer. It's some sort of fern. Long slender stalks with large numbers of small leaves on the end formed in a kinda leave shape. Damn near since I've had it, the tips of the leaves have been dying and there has been no new growth. It had spider mites for a long time but they went away after I stuck the plant in the rain. Now the leaves are kinda looking faded and most of the leave tips are dead or dying. It's in the front room with indirect light from the windows and I water on a regular. Seems like there's a lot of dust on the leaves too. Should I stick it in the shower to clean it? The pot was changed as it was root bound and I'm pretty sure that this pot is big enough. Get some plant food? Any sites?

edit: kinda looks like this:

Kilroy

b0bd0d wrote: »

It's in the front room with indirect light from the windows

Is it only supposed to be getting indirect light? You might try sticking it directly in front of the light and seeing how it does.

Should I stick it in the shower to clean it?

You said you put it out in the rain before, right? I'd recommend that over the shower.

As for plant food, do you have fish? If so, try watering it with some dirty fish water. Plants loooove fish water.

Trowizilla

Ohhhh, if the plant looks dusty, you've got mealybugs. My pothos had those, and they're a huge nuisance to get rid of. Go to a garden supply store and get some spray insecticide (they have some that's safe for the plant and for you, as long as you wash your hands after you apply it) and basically soak the hell out of the plant. Use a paper towel to wipe off as much of the dust as possible and make sure it doesn't come into contact with any other plants.

Make sure you soak the underside of the stems and every nook and cranny, and give the soil a good spray-down, too. Mealybugs are persistent things, so you may have to do this several times, and don't wait until your plant looks bad: spray like hell at the first sign of mealybug dust.