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Post by corky on May 30, 2018 9:28:06 GMT
Well that biblical rain seems to of bent over half the developing fronds on my plant, next year a shadier spot and better luck
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Post by fredg on May 30, 2018 13:34:06 GMT
Bent or broken corky?
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Post by corky on May 30, 2018 18:06:11 GMT
They've bent and almost broken on a couple , looks like more fronds are on the way , I'm sure the plant will be fine it just doesn't look particularly good
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Post by fredg on May 30, 2018 20:02:23 GMT
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Post by corky on May 31, 2018 9:13:25 GMT
Well mine's gotta be worth a grand
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Post by stevebooth on Nov 3, 2018 14:08:03 GMT
I won’t be able to get to my Dicksonia in daylight hours for a while so have prepared it for winter today. To save Fred’s blushes I won’t post a picture, although I now have new longer fleece covers. There were exactly 40 fronds this year average length 52 inches or 1.32 m, quite possibly the unusually dry weather limited the frond production. Cheers Steve
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Post by stevebooth on Apr 28, 2019 14:23:17 GMT
The Dicksonia is waking up, with new crosiers from the unfurled crosiers with the ‘beatnik’ haircut to the unrolling frond. The cold snap we have had between the warmth, since it was uncovered in mid March doesn’t seem to have caused it any problem.
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Post by stevebooth on Apr 28, 2019 15:24:09 GMT
These were some spores that I collected off some the Dicksonia fronds that I wasn’t using for plant protection back in November, I placed some fronds on newspaper and let them dry, the spores falling onto the newspaper as they dried, saving the bulk of the yellow spores in a Jiffy bag in the fridge. The were sown on top of my usual CP mix of peat and wood shavings at the end of December on a cool ESE facing windowsill with a polycarbonate propagator cover over. I didn’t expect much as I hadn’t done anything really to help them along, but they seem to have done OK. I have saved a large amount of excess spores (they really do make a prestigious amount) for sowing later if these failed, consequently have a lot spare if anyone wants some, let me know. Cheers Steve Attachments:
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Post by fredg on Apr 28, 2019 16:19:09 GMT
I can see I'll have to join in with the spore brigade this year.
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Post by dvg on Apr 29, 2019 2:09:56 GMT
Impressive results there Steve.
Have you grown ferns from spores before?
dvg
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Post by stevebooth on Apr 29, 2019 7:37:49 GMT
Hi dvg Only once about thirty something years ago, more by accident than by good judgement. It was in a time before the internet, I had some spore off some of my garden ferns, knowing nothing of their growing habits and not knowing anyone who did for advice, I did exactly what I note above, guessing that it would be what happens naturally and had some successs, but it didn’t spur me on to greater things I’m afraid.
Cheers Steve
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Post by stevebooth on May 25, 2019 14:42:45 GMT
Latest from the Dicksonia pot which I managed to have a mini disaster with by dropping a watering can full of water onto them, suffice to say there are less now than there were.
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Post by dvg on May 26, 2019 15:48:09 GMT
The Spore War rages on, and the troops have to keep their heads up for incoming munitions from above. Hopefully, you still have most of your battalion intact there Steve, and they recover quickly. Please keep us updated on these, i'm interested to see how Corky's and your tree ferns grow out from sporelings. dvg
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Post by stevebooth on Jul 10, 2019 17:11:38 GMT
Just an update, they seem to have fared well following their dice with the watering can and loss of siblings.
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Post by stevebooth on Aug 17, 2019 11:46:52 GMT
I’ve started to prick some plants out, as the growing medium being my carnivorous plant mix, whilst staying delightfully damp is too low on nutrients, hence the pale foliage. So they are being potted into small plugs with a more nutritious mix. The roots of the seedlings are reasonably well developed as you may be able to see from the picture, so I will need to create some more space for juvenile plants. Cheers Steve Attachments:
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