A good year for Trex's , perhaps ?

Dim · Post by **Dim** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:12 am

This one is in a client's garden .... last year this time, it was in a 9cm pot ... I managed to get 6 pups from this one a few weeks ago .... it's growing fast now, and each new leaf gets larger than the previous leaves:

Jo A P · Post by **Jo A P** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:43 am

As fast as it grows mine gets eaten so blue pellets on the menu.

Dim, what is the purple leaved plant in your picture (please)?

Dim · Post by **Dim** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:48 am

Jo A P wrote:As fast as it grows mine gets eaten so blue pellets on the menu.

Dim, what is the purple leaved plant in your picture (please)?

Sambucus black beauty .... lovely shrub and grows fast ....

miketropic · Post by **miketropic** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:23 pm

both of mine are doing well. the steriodial giant I got from Brian had all the leaves stripped for transport.. it now has 1 full leaf anf another opening fro the growth point and my rex also is holding 4 leaves now. there small but there!

Post by **Dave Brown** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 10:04 pm

Mine looked a bit odd today

Mr List · Post by **Mr List** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 11:06 pm

you're going to break that if you don't stop messing with it

multim · Post by **multim** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 7:49 am

They do seem to have gone mad in putting on good growth despite the rotten weather.........again!
Mine is in its second year on planting, left in situ and mulched for the Winter. Largest leaf so far is 30 some inches.

Post by **Dave Brown** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 7:56 am

TRex is from mountains of Taiwan. and the east side of an ocean is much cooler in winter than the NW side generally, so these babies have evolved with chilly, wet winters. In some years growth and pupping starts here in Feb, not this year though.

Post by **Dave Brown** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:21 am

Just a brief update on my small TRex plants.

Somerset77 · Post by **Somerset77** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:40 am

Here's mine, second year planted. (The fence behind is 7ft)
Just measured the leaf in the front and it measures 46" or 1.17mtrs! Think my biggest so far, very pleased!

Leigh · Post by **Leigh** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 3:42 pm

Growing in a 16 and a half inch Pot with a dish underneath it to stop the roots escaping, no feed as yet this year just water.
OH standing on the raised Decking she's 5ft 4 and the Fence is 6ft
Was a Baby from Di (Thanks Di) about 3yrs old now

tropical Tom · Post by **tropical Tom** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:06 pm

crackin pics Leigh, my t rex's are in pots too, hope they end up like yours

pdid · Post by **pdid** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:26 am

An update on mine. Both doing ok, still small but these plants have been a nemesis to me over the years I've been gardening. There is clearly a variation in the leaf shapes and also in the texture/feel. Do I have one of each of the Cornish grooved and the flat leaved Mighty monster?

pdid · Post by **pdid** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:28 am

Those pics are amazing Leigh and just goes to show that it doesn't need to be in the ground to look its besr

otorongo · Post by **otorongo** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:39 am

What do you guys do to get them going?

I planted 2 at different times and both were eaten by bugs / slugs. Do you grow them on indoors until they reach a certain (pest resistant) size before planting them out?

A good year for Trex's , perhaps ?

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