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That mister I found at a yard sale nearly killed my whole rack
Picked up a vintage brass spray bottle for $3 in Eugene and thought it was a score. Turned out it had leftover copper residue inside that leached into the water every time I used it. My ferns started browning within a week and I spent a month adjusting light and soil before I checked the damn mister itself. A quick vinegar soak fixed it but I lost two nice Boston ferns in the process. Anyone else ever get burned by secondhand watering gear or old pots with mystery stains?
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anthony_jackson22d ago
Figure out if you're sure it was the copper and not something else like overwatering or a light change. Plants brown for about a hundred reasons, and blaming the $3 mister is the easiest one to point at. Even if there was residue in there, a quick rinse would've handled it before it did real damage. I've got old sprayers with god knows what in them and my plants are fine because I don't let them sit with stale water. You probably just had two sick ferns already and the timing lined up.
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