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What kills ferns?

Steve Mac

By Steve Mac
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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We had a Cyathea either brownii or robusta, I can't tell the difference, just that they come from Norfolk Island or Lord Howe Island respectively.

Well it just died. Right in the middle of everything else, and everything else is just fine. It is about 18' tall now.

It was moved to its present location about 10 yrs ago when it was about 8' tall. It is on a sandstone rock shelf.

It was an apparently very quick demise. One flush of undersized fronds, then a couple of tiny ones, then nothing.

there it is emerged above a Port Wine Magnolia where it has been for years. A year ago the fronds were 2 metres long.

It does have a huge  P. bifurcatum encircling it, and other big Cyatheas within 3 metres of it. We are worried about those. Any ideas?

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Cheers Steve

It is not dead, it is just senescence.

   

 

 

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Those fronds look a tinge red.  

Try burying a dead coonhound nearby.

 

/rimshot

"Ph'nglui mglw'napalma Funkthulhu R'Lincolnea wgah'palm fhtagn"
"In his house at Lincoln, dread Funkthulhu plants palm trees."

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Hmmm, I would not have thought of that.

Cheers Steve

It is not dead, it is just senescence.

   

 

 

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On 1/18/2017, 11:44:27, Funkthulhu said:

Those fronds look a tinge red.  

Try burying a dead coonhound nearby.

 

/rimshot

I loved that book!

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Nothing is going up it, but I have a lot of stuff around the base, it probably deserves a better inspection.

I don't think that I have termites in the yard but I haven't really looked yet.

Cheers Steve

It is not dead, it is just senescence.

   

 

 

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