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Xanthorrhoea - brown sugar feed
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Posted by monash (My Page) on Wed, Aug 12, 09 at 18:02
I have read numerous sites recommending feeding our new zanthorrhoea a brown sugar and water feed for the first 2 years. Excuse my ignorance, but I just want to be sure that I am feeding it the correct ingredient - there is raw sugar - which to me is standard brown sugar, and then you can buy 'brown sugar', which I believe has molasses added to it. Would either suffice?
Thanks to anyone who can shed light on this. |
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RE: Xanthorrhoea - brown sugar feed
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| When you bought your xanthorrhoea was it from a certified licensed seller? From my experience, it takes about 6 months to a year for a 'grass tree' to die once it has been moved from one site to another, especially from a dealer/remover who hasn't much of an idea of their requirements. Monash, my advice, just plant it - don't bother with brown sugar, just water it in with a water/seeweed mix (Seasol, I use) and hope for the best. If you bought a seed grown plant, fine. If yours has a black trunk then it's probably a plant removed from the bush by a certified, licensed remover (details of authenticity should be on the pot), potted and (hopefuly) left to settle for a year or two. Then, if you didn't disturb the roots at planting time, it should be ok. Water it for awhile to settle in in a well drained spot diminishing the watering gradually over a period of about 6 weeks, then hope for the best. If it's still alive a year later then consider you've made it. |
RE: Xanthorrhoea - brown sugar feed
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| Yes, bought from a licenced seller...and it had an authenticity tag on it. It has been in its new spot for about 4 weeks now - will continue to water as advised & hope for the best. Thanks for your advise. |
RE: Xanthorrhoea - brown sugar feed
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RE: Xanthorrhoea - brown sugar feed
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Monash,
A word of encouragement - and warning. Several of my neighbours have lost mature plants which they bought and planted in their gardens - if they survive and thrive, congratulations. However I have 6 plants which I grew from seed - another two died. Of the 6 survivers, two, in pots on my deck (750mm height -they like to get their roots down deep) have just flowered simultaneously this week, at 9 years of age. On the subject of roots, I would give them a really good watering but infrequently - once every month or so if planted out, to encourage the roots to go deep.
Tony |
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