Tetrapanax Rex - will it spout from main trunk again?

[Stevo]

Hi all,

This is my first time to the forum and I would love some advice if possible?

My TRex lost its growing tip this year and I was wonderig if it will sprout again fron lower down the main trunk?

I know it will pup etc, but I'll be gutted if I loose the main stem. It's 4 years old and 5 feet tall.

Any advice appreciated!

Thanks.
Steve

[leewatson1980]

Hi Stevo, yeah it should sprout from lower down, my T rex lost its growing point in winter but then sprouted 2 new buds lower down , and then got eaten by slugs , Im just hoping for more buds.

Lee

[Stevo]

Cool. Some possible good news! Thanks.

I have been pretty worried about it!

Was yours covered up? Mine had straw and fleece around it (same as I do every year). But It seemed to get damp this year and the tip just rotted off. I don't think it was actually the cold.

The rest of the trunk is still solid so fingers crossed!

Thanks.
S

[leewatson1980]

I just put a bit of straw over the top and then forgot about it.

I planted mine out mid summer last year and it only got to about 6inch so they/it must be tough plants.

I would say yours will be fine if it has a solid trunk, probably best put some slug pellets down to be on the safe side.

Welcome to the forum by the way.

Lee

[Adrian]

Mine has had damage to the growing points but I have buds at every old leaf base, not sure if they will all become branches or individual leaves, I would imagine branches.
Whatever, my Tetrapanax is going to have a different look compared to other years.

[Madahlia]

Mine was planted last spring, did well, but now looks like a dead stick in the ground. Any hope for it, do you think?

[Mick C]

Mine's a dead stick too, but a pup emerged near the base a few days ago, so keep your eyes peeled!

[Stevo]

Thanks all. And good luck!

[countrylover]

Tell you what. My Trex is resprouting from the trunk or rather from that bit of the trunk that did not freeze

[daftbanana]

Here's mine today, main growing stem is toast (no protection over winter) but as you can see, sprouting well from lower down and various runners appearing everywhere!

[Dave Brown]

Mine were all killed to almost ground level. They have sprouted again but from about 6 inches. I have reduced the side shoots to one, as they seem a bit like Paulownia, if you want big leaves limit to one stem.

I'm also removing the pups which seem to grow at ten times the rate of the sprouts on the stem. You have to try to channel it's energy where you want it, not where it wants it

[countrylover]

That's a pretty good advice Dave, thanks. I wonder if these removed shoots can be rooted

[MonkeyDavid]

My main stem is dead after being in the ground for 1 year & a large pot a year before that. Started pupping around 3 or 4 weeks ago & now upto pup no 13 . Almost every day I check on it now there's a new pup & it's showing no signs of slowing down, Quite the opposite in fact


















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[Dave Brown]

That's a pretty good advice Dave, thanks. I wonder if these removed shoots can be rooted

I put some in a glass of water, a couple of weeks ago, just to see what happened. You have to reduce it to just the central fist or it has too much leaf to survive. I rooted these in pots covered with plastic bags in the poly last spring. The stems currently have the little white blisters forming, which if like Brugs are where the roots form from.

[countrylover]

Sounds promising. I have many people asking about Trex cuttings, the plant is totally unknown in Poland maybe because considered as not hardy at all.
I wish I was home right now. I miss my garden so much.