Beginner Gardening: Unhappy Chinese Fern, 0 by tapla

tapla wrote:
I looked a little closer at the pictures. From the last you posted, I'm left with the impression that the plant might be over-potted and thus the soil remaining wet for an extended period. That is supported by the fact that you mention you combined peat, fir bark, Turface and granite, but the gritty mix has no peat. Peat is actually quite counterproductive in the gritty mix. I screen equal parts of
Turface MVP
crushed granite (grower size or #2 cherrystone)
pine or fir bark in 1/8-1/4
over insect screen to eliminate all fine particles before mixing. The result looks like this: