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Dying Grass Tree?
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Posted by wooze NSW Aust (My Page) on Mon, Dec 13, 04 at 20:42
| I have a beautiful grass tree, around 10 years old. It has been growing well until this year - the centre of it has started to go brown. Any suggestions? |
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RE: Dying Grass Tree?
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Check for scale,if any use white oil sparingly in the early morning,either way give a dose of seasol weekly for a fortnight then once a month,this should help.
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RE: Dying Grass Tree?
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- Posted by wooze NSW Aust (My Page) on
Wed, Dec 15, 04 at 3:40
| Thanks I will give it a go...would hate to lose it. The very centre is still green, but the outer center is brown. Fingers crossed. |
RE: Dying Grass Tree?
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| You could try giving it a 'burn-off', ie. putting newspaper all arond it and setting it alight, this has worked for me. Alternatively you could cut all the 'leaves' off right back to the main trunk, revitalises the plant in much the same way. Grass trees in the wild are accostomed to this - a fire around every 8 years or more. |
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