Tetrapanax REX 2012 Post your updates here. (+TIMELAPSE)

[Yorkshire Kris]

Just thought I would start off this thread to show how well these grow throughout the year.

I have two and the photos were taken today. As you can see the first one tried to flower and a leaf bud can be seen underneath.







The second one is currently in the garage and already growing.






What do yours look like right now?

[call]

dunno its in the shops

[pdid]

I`ll put a pic up tomorrow, it`s only just been given light for the first time since November.

[The Codfather]

mine look a little iffy......they have been in the garage all winter and they were only smal to start with.

[Yorkshire Kris]

mine look a little iffy......they have been in the garage all winter and they were only smal to start with.

How do you mean iffy? Don't worry if they haven't got any leaves yet. Just don't overwater them.

[The Codfather]

its had too much water thats the problem......it will pull through though.

[Mr List]

do they keep growing from near the top after they try to flower or split into a few heads?

[Dim]

mine is a recently bought one ... had one leaf 2 weeks ago, now has 4 (I have it on my windowsil above the bath .... gets steam from the bathwater everytime we bath)

will plant it out on thursday and protect it if the weather gets cold again

[Arlon Tishmarsh]

Had a look at my planted out rex this morning. It was only a tiddler last year from Jaxx in Bristol but grew quite well with leaves approx 600mm. All my others are in half oak barrels whereas the one in the pic is in an old concrete lined fish pond. On clearing out some of the old bedding plants etc from last season, i've found 4 new pups coming up about a meter from the "mum". I was surprised to find those as its never had any root disturbance etc to set any pups off.

BoY am i glad i didn't plant any out unrestricted in the garden as my top soil is about 3ft deep in places and based on the one in the concrete pond , they would have run riot

Should hopefully make for a cracking bed of rex's now

[pdid]

Here`s mine showing symptoms of no light!


Tetrapanax by pdmann80, on Flickr

[Yorkshire Kris]

do they keep growing from near the top after they try to flower or split into a few heads?

On mine you can see in pics two and three the new bud emerging near the top in between the flower heads.

[bamboo bibb]

Hi had mine four week and as doubled in size already, my first time with one when should i plant it up in the garden.

[Libby]

should we be unwrapping them now then? We had another frost last night Do we need to start watering them as well ?
I will get a pic tomorrow.

[Yorkshire Kris]

should we be unwrapping them now then? We had another frost last night Do we need to start watering them as well ?
I will get a pic tomorrow.

Mine was never wrapped and open to the elements.

[Adrian]

Mine flowered year before last and it kept on growing from the main stem but last year it branched from many of the old leaf bases.
as they get big the leaves get smaller.