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I have had a HUGE boston fern in my office for about 3 years now. It was thriving beautifully until about a year ago and now I don't know what it needs. When it started looking sad last winter, I brought in a humidifier which seemed to help tremendously - for a while. But by spring entire spikes were turning brown. So I started fertilizing every other week with a weaker than normal dose (I hadn't been using fertilizer at all prior to that). I continue to run the humidifier and fertilize sparingly but it doesn't seem to be bouncing back this time. It still looks good, but not stunning like it used to. I've wondered if it needs to be repotted - the roots are very compacted. But the owner of a flower and indoor plant shop said they like to be root bound. Is that true? Any other ideas? It was such a magnificent plant - everyone who saw it commented on it - that I hate to see it slowly die...
Thanks for your help
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