fern Rob wrote:I just covered one up that was planted out this winter, it doesn't look too healthy but its still alive .

Planted out over winter

Not it you are carefully and cut around it as close to the base as possible.......try and ease the new leaf out first if possible....

karl66 wrote:Always keep mine potted & on the dry side, its started to move nicely now & I shall start to climatize it this wkend & put it on the patio.

same here apart from the later......mine will stay in the heated greenhouse.

I would cut the rotten one off.....

I dont know of any from here or up over that are planted and are BIG. I do have one but its potted.......the only issue I have its getting to big to be potted need a sack barrow to put it in the garage. I know it will burst if I plant it and grow like mad......the only thing would be getting through...

thanks,

Yeh, its been a while since I added any pic's......now is not the best time to take some as the garden looks at its worst.

i have treid that twice here and I cant get it past 1 year.....

That sums it up.....

Oooo never seen that...

A parkrun ?

AS long as it does not wreck my basjoo etc as I am all unwrapped

make a STRONG gralic spray......

frost list night.......hopefully the morning sun etc wil help and its meant to get up to 9c....as thats my basjoo, Dicksonia antarctica's etc are now on there own.......

Searched the net.....Gary sold it on ebay April 2012.....7ft tunk.....with a slight kink in the trunk

It actually looks like one Gary was selling on ebay last year from Sunderland.