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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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 Posted - 19/01/2009 : 14:58:54
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This is a pic of that one on the Bird Topic..
And down the centre, heaps of leaf litter it's under a big gum tree.
Different green plants all around hippeastrums, 2 azaleas, dieties, 2 dahlias
Canna lillies a rose all on the right and they grow OK
This is the other one under the black shade cloth
The colour would be the same it just looks different as its darker there.
They get eaten by so many insects..
All help greatly received on feeding or whatever is the problem..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 19/01/2009 : 15:00:42
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They are nice plants must take piccies of my few , all from the bins too I add, cost a lot down this way !!!
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 19/01/2009 : 15:09:35
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They were freebies from my neighbour across the road she gave them to me when they were very small.
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
Posted - 19/01/2009 : 15:10:03
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MA They are a rainforest fern and grow better in gullies or with light filtered sun,on the other hand I've seen them grow in full sun at the tops of trees where all the trees around them have been blown over in a Cyclone .That is not their normal habitit but they seen to survive ok although they loose the deep green colour.The thing I would try is something like sea weed or fish emulsion and spray or pour it over the leaves.Pitta.
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 19/01/2009 : 15:15:27
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All I can think of is too dry/too low humidity and maybe need more shade especially if kept drier than they like - the lower the humidity, the more shade they need. Besides making them look a little rough around the edges, the hoppers shouldn't hurt them.
The new fronds look ok except a little pale. I'm wondering if they are the other northern variety of birds nests that like it hot all year, it is too cold down this way for them - hang on, I'll just look up their name... here it is - Asplenium nidus. I haven't looked up how to tell them apart but here is a link to the asgap site http://asgap.org.au/a-aust.html There might be something on there about it.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 19/01/2009 : 15:22:18
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Gwen these have always been this colour the lady that gave them to me used to have a Sunday market stall and they used to be under her covered in carport. I am thinking there must be different ones as the second one that lives under the shade cloth under the gum trees is the same colour..
I do the seasol bit Gwen perhaps I should do it more often, how often do you think..
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 19/01/2009 : 15:24:59
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Gail I had been looking at that one too its lighter in colour so that could be the problem after all it has not been a hot summer this or last year..
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Those Bird Nest Ferns..