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Originally Posted by coffeebean
This is the first time since we are living here in Central Florida that the leaves on some of our plants have turned a brownish black color after the freezing temperatures at night. The ferns took the hardest hit. One of our Philodendrun plants doesn't look good either with those blackish brown leaves.
I didn't know to cover these plants because they have never suffered leaf damage like this before. Will these plants come back in the Spring/Summer?
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There is nothing you can do about what has already happened. Ferns typically in the cold die back to the ground.They will come back in the spring.
Now is the best time to do NOTHING. Damaged leaves,"blackish brown," will be dropped as new growth starts in the spring. If, it makes you feel better you can look at the plant and see if there are live buds on it that will grow in the spring.
Our weather is rocking back and forth between warm and cold-that is the worst for your plants. If, you apply fertilizer or prune, it causes the plants to grow and they will be damaged or killed at the next cold days. NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO DO NOTHING ON ALREADY PLANTED PLANTS.