t rex
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:36 pm
i noticed my t- rex has a strange leaf?
just wondered why it come out like this
just wondered why it come out like this
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Re: t rex
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:55 pm
normally just about to try and flower
Re: t rex
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:04 pm
yes it has buds comming ok. 
Re: t rex
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:27 pm
just found this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV7QSQTdPfI
mine just seems to spread outwards rather than upwards, in that video the height is massive in one season, could i be mine is planted near to a elderberry tree to the left.. that stops it shooting upwards.. and more outwards for the light...
my t rex is around 5/6 years old now.
any thoughts ive been thinking about removing the elderberry, it just provides a screen from next door.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV7QSQTdPfI
mine just seems to spread outwards rather than upwards, in that video the height is massive in one season, could i be mine is planted near to a elderberry tree to the left.. that stops it shooting upwards.. and more outwards for the light...
my t rex is around 5/6 years old now.
any thoughts ive been thinking about removing the elderberry, it just provides a screen from next door.
Re: t rex
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 4:11 pm
are you sure it is a rex and not the plain tetrapanax?
doesn't look right for that old at all.
doesn't look right for that old at all.
Re: t rex
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 4:46 pm
yep that was my main concern, but i just checked i ordered it back in 2009
TETRAPANAX PAPYRIFER 'REX', 10ltr - £35.00 ,from amulree. so im pretty sure its a rex.
so its not at old as i thought but been in there a good few years. i mulch it like madly and use chicken pellets.
its got quite a stem on it , maybe it surprise me next year
TETRAPANAX PAPYRIFER 'REX', 10ltr - £35.00 ,from amulree. so im pretty sure its a rex.
so its not at old as i thought but been in there a good few years. i mulch it like madly and use chicken pellets.
its got quite a stem on it , maybe it surprise me next year
Re: t rex
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:17 pm
Do you have buds on yours Parkeey .I Thought mine would flower I had the strange leaves .Mines just branching lots of growing points 6 or more now.
Re: t rex
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:32 pm
yep its got some real big buds, just about to start flowering shortly 
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Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:36 pm
That's good have to put some pictures up later ?
Re: t rex
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:39 pm
yea will do, i also have a canna, its the first time ive grown it, but it got really big and tall but never flowered..... 
am i right in thinking the first yr of canna's dont always flower. come to think of it, i never fed it though...
am i right in thinking the first yr of canna's dont always flower. come to think of it, i never fed it though...Re: t rex
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:43 pm
just found this picture on my laptop, same plant earlier this year in June!! i think its definitely now spreading its leaves for the light, as the tree to the left blocks some of the light..
Re: t rex
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:49 pm
Mines in full shade no sun near a chestnut tree its done ok .
Re: t rex
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:27 am
I really am amazed..I have 1 from the uk and a diff form from the states and neither of them put on growth like the ones over there do..mines in rich soil full sun and its just slow..
Re: t rex
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 1:11 am
that is a really weird size, mine has been in since 2011 and the trunk is about 8ft now
Re: t rex
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 4:41 pm
bummer...