Dicksonia antarctica protection survey

[Rick1965]

As people have said, it really depends where you are in the UK. I have a number of tree ferns that have been in the ground since the 1990's, I have never protected any of them and have not lost any. However, I would say that if I had protected with for example fleece, I may have been able to retain the previous years growth which would have given a better overall look.

[pdid]

A bit more useful.

Can you change the topic title to "Dicksonia Antarctica protection survey" too.

[fern Rob]

A bit more useful.

Can you change the topic title to "Dicksonia Antarctica protection survey" too.

Changed it.

[fern Rob]

I remember that well, it was quite settled where it was hey kris

It's my favourite video as its the only time my wife has helped in the garden! (Plus an flash of knickers!


WARNING! The video does contain some upsetting scenes so Rob you may want to give it a miss.

I think Rob will leave the forum if he see's that vidjo again

Thats why i protect tree ferns

[fern Rob]

I remember that well, it was quite settled where it was hey kris

It's my favourite video as its the only time my wife has helped in the garden! (Plus an flash of knickers!


WARNING! The video does contain some upsetting scenes so Rob you may want to give it a miss.

Hopefully that should never happen again .

[pdid]

I remember that well, it was quite settled where it was hey kris

It's my favourite video as its the only time my wife has helped in the garden! (Plus an flash of knickers!


WARNING! The video does contain some upsetting scenes so Rob you may want to give it a miss.

Hopefully that should never happen again .

The Wife's knickers? Boooo that's the only reason I watch your video's

[Dave Brown]

Interesting results so far, and shows why there is never agreement on protection methods

[fern Rob]

mmm very

[Tom2006]

Interesting results so far, and shows why there is never agreement on protection methods

Looks like a majority are not wrapping as standard. Like you say Dave regional and local variations in weather mean you can't treat your olants the same as someone else does.

[fern Rob]

Interesting results so far, and shows why there is never agreement on protection methods

Looks like a majority are not wrapping as standard. Like you say Dave regional and local variations in weather mean you can't treat your plants the same as someone else does.

It would be interesting if we could gather the data of county locations to see if there where any trends

[Dave Brown]

It would be interesting if we could gather the data of county locations to see if there where any trends

If it was a database we'd be ok, but very difficult on a forum

The way it would work with a database is ask everyone to fill out a record, which may ask all the questions we have in the survey, but could also ask for County, No of times protected last winter, coldest temperature etc. etc

Then you could query of all those 'winging it' what counties were they in. If 10 people are winging it, but live in Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset there probably is no problem. If those winging it are all in West Midlands different story

[dino]

Definitely not winging it here

[fern Rob]

It would be interesting if we could gather the data of county locations to see if there where any trends

If it was a database we'd be ok, but very difficult on a forum

The way it would work with a database is ask everyone to fill out a record, which may ask all the questions we have in the survey, but could also ask for County, No of times protected last winter, coldest temperature etc. etc

Then you could query of all those 'winging it' what counties were they in. If 10 people are winging it, but live in Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset there probably is no problem. If those winging it are all in West Midlands different story

One day i would like to do that on a large scale.

[fern Rob]

Definitely not winging it here

Nor am I, I have had a few bad frosts now.

[Panama Pete]

Good to see how diverse the methods are we all use.

Ensettes survey next maybe?