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Post by corky on May 21, 2017 13:50:04 GMT
After making a comment that I'd like to grow one of these I was sent a link to buy one (cheers Fred). I received a lifeless looking log last year and followed some info I found out online,over the last week or so it started to have its first flush of fronds in my care "its alive" :-)  |
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Post by fredg on May 21, 2017 16:23:21 GMT
I was going to ask you what happened to that corky. Now you can sit back and watch it grow. Unfortunately they're too big for me (MrsG told me that).
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Post by corky on May 30, 2017 17:48:30 GMT
A progression pic, I think its doing alright  |
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Post by fredg on May 30, 2017 17:57:38 GMT
That's looking very good corky
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Post by stevebooth on Nov 11, 2017 11:46:23 GMT
Time to protect the Dicksonia antarctica from the forecast icy blasts, so I cut off the fronds (49) as they won't make it through winter outdoors and 'plant' some of them round the trunk, fill the crown loosely with dry fir twigs with foliage still on, surround the fronds with large bubble wrap, place an upturned bucket over the fir filled crown, put polythene over that to direct any water ingress away from the plant and cover the whole lot with a mouse attacked fleece. And voila job done. Cheers Steve |
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Post by stevebooth on Nov 11, 2017 11:47:22 GMT
The finished article. Attachments:
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Post by fredg on Nov 11, 2017 15:13:23 GMT
There is absolutely no comment I could possibly make  |
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Post by corky on Nov 11, 2017 16:28:40 GMT
Thanks for sharing how you do this Steve, my small plant is in a tub so I plan on placing it in the garage where it survived last year
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Post by corky on May 6, 2018 8:15:59 GMT
I'm pleased this made it through the cold winter, unlike some other plants. It spent the coldest months in the garage as it's potted I can move it around, just gave it some orchid fertiliser as I've read once well rooted it's beneficial.   hope it looks better than last year now it's more established |
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Post by fredg on May 6, 2018 11:04:18 GMT
Now that looks really happy corky. Kudos!
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Post by stevebooth on May 20, 2018 10:28:47 GMT
Crown of fronds. I removed the winter covering from the plant between the beast from the East 1 and its second coming, just placing an inverted bucket over the crown for protection. I was a bit worried whether that would be sufficient but it seems to be fine. Attachments:
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Post by corky on May 20, 2018 19:44:56 GMT
That makes mine look terrible, don't know if they take a couple of years to get going or if I'm doing something wrong,
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Post by stevebooth on May 21, 2018 15:22:25 GMT
Mine took a couple of years befre it looked fully at home and only really got going once the root systems had stared exploring the soil in the bed, where there is obviously more nutrients. Has it got some shade Corky?
Cheers
Steve
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Post by fredg on May 21, 2018 15:54:20 GMT
Patience corky As the song says " You can't hurry Dicksonia" or something like that  |
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Post by corky on May 22, 2018 9:20:15 GMT
It seems to have rooted well , maybe it would do better in a shadier position, I had read somewhere that it could handle either but suspect shade is much better , there is a difference between thriving and surviving
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not here it isn't