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Post by oldmoleskins on May 17, 2009 18:56:46 GMT
I was getting a bit concerned that my fern hadn't started growing yet. I had a delve around and found the fronds that were ready to unfirl deep in the crown have turned to mush  Looks like ive lost it That's really bad luck, Andy. In case it's recoverable - and as an instructional exercise to all us treefern owners - can you bear to keep it, to see if there is hope? OM. |
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Post by andy on May 18, 2009 4:25:43 GMT
Yeah i'll keep it for another month or two to see if anything does happen. Im gutted  |
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Post by Auricula on May 18, 2009 14:02:27 GMT
My new growth is lovely,long fronds which are a rich green - however the outer ones are brown and unattractive - can I cut them off please? There are a lot of brown ones, would it do any harm do you think - after all they are dead, I presume.
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Post by Tig on May 19, 2009 8:13:22 GMT
I've already given the 'dead' ones the chop, so I hope its OK?? I haven't made a very neat job of it though, they are not level if you know what I mean  x Tig |
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Post by Auricula on May 19, 2009 18:12:14 GMT
Oh, right - I'll do it too then.........I'm trusting your advice as a sage old gardener ;D ;D
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Post by oldmoleskins on May 20, 2009 8:29:24 GMT
It seems a bit insensitive in view of Andy's bad luck, but re 'old frond trimming', I guess you mean like this, Auricula:  I rather like last year's hanging about for a bit, and usually only cut them when its really fully out... which rather begs another question: if you can see in the pic, my trimmings of the past 4 or 5 years create a sort of loose taper, whereas the 'trunk' is stouter, fuller and parallel. Does that indicate a gradual decline in the plant's health since it was wrenched from it's ancestral home? OM ps, yes, I know it's time I trimmed that box... |
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Post by Auricula on May 20, 2009 10:58:59 GMT
Thanks Moley - looks good next to the shaggy box ;D
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Post by Tig on Jun 18, 2009 15:39:23 GMT
Well I had decided 'Wazza' was not going to perform - RIP I thought  With nothing to lose, I set too clearing his fuzz - 15 minutes later ..  Lots of dead 'buds' clogging up his middle bit! Anyway under all that the surface was quite firm, he now looks bald, but I have not given up on him just yet ~ it's a wait and see job ..  Tig |
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Post by andy on Jun 18, 2009 16:20:02 GMT
Mine's like that until i removed one of those curled up fronds with my thumb and it's rotten. Maybe worth a try Tig |
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Post by Tig on Jun 18, 2009 19:38:17 GMT
That middle bit in mine Andy is solid, doesn't sound hollow and doesn't feel soft anywhere over the crown. I thought it would be rotten when I started doing the business as it had a smell of damp moss.
I have read that even if the tops die off they can resprout from down the sides of the trunk, and if this happens they can be sawn down to remove the dead topwood and have a new lease of life. Whether this happens in UK grown tree ferns I am not sure. Could you scoop out the rotten section with an old spoon and see if there is anything more solid further down the centre?
x Tig
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Post by andy on Sept 21, 2009 17:02:18 GMT
Yeah i'll keep it for another month or two to see if anything does happen. Im gutted Out of pure laziness, i kept the tree fern trunk. I must confess that as it hadn't gone mushy or soft, i did have a small amount of hope in my heart too. Well.... IT'S ONLY GONE AND BLOODY WELL GROWN A FROND  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 21, 2009 17:19:43 GMT
Now that's what I call a happy gardening story....
Marvellous Andy - so pleased for you.
RF
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Post by andy on Sept 21, 2009 17:32:23 GMT
The only problem now is, does it have enough strength to get through the winter and start its growth in spring. I haven't given it a drop of water this summer and no feed either !!!
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 21, 2009 17:35:23 GMT
Oh blimey - I reckon a tree fern expert will have to answer that one...if you start feeding it now it may grow too much and be weakened ever more....drop of water wouldn't hurt it I suppose!!
Don't suppose you are getting your GH before winter - could you put it in there wrapped in fleece perhaps??
RF
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Post by andy on Sept 21, 2009 17:38:29 GMT
Don't suppose you are getting your GH before winter - could you put it in there wrapped in fleece perhaps?? RF Going to get one as soon as we find a freebie in the local papers !!!  |
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Post by Tig on Sept 21, 2009 17:51:43 GMT
Lucky you Andy, 'fraid mine looks the same as it did when I pulled the middle stuffing out, and last week it got ousted in favour of the ginger (but I have stuck it in the ground down the bottom of the garden, rather than ditch it totally :  Could you get someone to help you take it to work and stick it at the back of one of their greenhouses over winter? x Tig |
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Post by Tig on May 6, 2011 23:00:32 GMT
Well - it woz like this occifer .... I was trundling past a greengrocers with bags of shopping when I was accosted by this green thing!!! I had no intention of taking it home with me ... it just latched on to me - honest   What the heck am I going to do with this next winter?  Andy, if you look at this ..... it is cyathea dealbata and it looks to have two growing points. Do you think I could stick a spade down the middle and divide it? Tig |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Oct 3, 2011 20:58:43 GMT
I'm going to repot the tree fern bought this year and bring it into the conservatory over winter.....just can't risk losing another one... ;D
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