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Xanthorrhoea Seedlings
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Posted by pos02 NSW Aust (My Page) on Tue, May 16, 06 at 23:26
| I was wondering whether anyone had experience with planting xanthorrhoea seedlings. I once bought a very small seedling from the nursary (can't afford the big ones and it is bad for the environment etc). This seedling lasted about a year in it's original pot, but did not grow very much. I would dearly like to try again, but should they be planted out in the garden or a larger pot until they get to a reasonable mound? I am obviously not expecting to see a trunk anytime in the near future. |
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RE: Xanthorrhoea Seedlings
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| They don't grow very much. Plant it and be patient. As the tubestock is cheap, buy 5. |
RE: Xanthorrhoea Seedlings
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| You might try giving them a little bit of blood & bone. Lomandra filiformis is quite slow growing but it does seem to respond favourably to fertiliser and grow a bit quicker than it would in the wild. |
RE: Xanthorrhoea Seedlings
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- Posted by pos02 NSW Aust (My Page) on
Thu, May 18, 06 at 20:47
| Thanks guys. Just out of curiosity, how long do they take to get to an appreciable clump? 3-4years? Perhaps you are right about planting them in the ground, as they might have been too dry in the small pot. I have a nice spot with a Doryanthes Excelcia, some lomandras and other prostrate plants. A few clumps of Xanthorrhoea would just finish it off, and give a new dimension as it grows and hopefully flowers. The spot is raised about 1.5m on one side with sandy soil, so drainage is excellent anyway. |
RE: Xanthorrhoea Seedlings
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| depends on the species, but it might be 30-40 years before it makes a full hemisphere. |
RE: Xanthorrhoea Seedlings
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- Posted by popi NSW Aust (My Page) on
Fri, May 19, 06 at 4:56
| I just read in a bush regen book...grass trees will flower after fire, thats something to think about. |
RE: Xanthorrhoea Seedlings
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| Yeah, but it's believed to be the ethylene gas that triggers the flower, not the burning itself. |
RE: Xanthorrhoea Seedlings
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| I don't think you can rush a xanthorrhoea. I have grown them from seed and from seedlings. The first couple of seedlings I planted out in the open 15 years ago - one has grown in full sun and is now a sphere approaching 2 metres. the other had the misfortune to have a eucalypt come up next to it and quickly shade it out and hasn't done quite as well. The seeds I sowed about 6 years ago and raised in tubes, then in long plastic bags, and the best of them are now in 1 metre high pots (as they like to sent their roots down deep),and doing well, but still nowhere near a sphere. One that I planted out flowered at an incredibly precocious stage and went on to develope a double crown afterwards. Half a dozen others that I planted out from tube stage have done well and are slightly more advanced than the ones I have grown in pots. I think the growing mix is important as with any plant, particularly natives. I have used a mix of roughly equal parts of washed course river sand, commercial good quality potting mix. and soil similar to that in which the parent olant was growing. A bit of nitrogenous fertiliser about once a year, otherwise I don't fertilise them. After all, they thrive in some of the most unfertile soil on the planet.
Tony |
RE: Xanthorrhoea Seedlings
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| Hello, I was wondering where I could purchase some seedlings. I have been trying to germinate about 20 seeds now of about two months with no success. I have them in a seed incubator with a grow light and also a heating pad underneath. Thanks,
Bill |
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