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WOLVERHAMPTON  BLS131 Jan 18, 2021 12:52 PM CST |
| My Monkey Puzzle Tree is 20 years old (only a metre high) but has this season turned a bright reddish brown and looks healthy is it dead |
Name: John Pomona/Riverside CA (Zone 9a) CPPgardener Jan 18, 2021 1:10 PM CST |
| Pics? “That which is, is.That which happens, happens.” Douglas Adams |
Name: Gina Florida (Zone 9a) Tropical plant collector 35 years     Gina1960 Jan 18, 2021 1:15 PM CST |
| Wow then mine is never going to be a tree before I die of old age Award winning beaded art at ceinwin.deviantart.com! |
WOLVERHAMPTON BLS131 Jan 18, 2021 1:18 PM CST |
| Gina1960 We are slow starters here in the Uk |
WOLVERHAMPTON BLS131 Jan 18, 2021 1:20 PM CST |
| CPPGARDNER I WILL SEND PICS TOMORROW |
Name: John Pomona/Riverside CA (Zone 9a) CPPgardener Jan 18, 2021 1:23 PM CST |
| Gina, you're in a warmer climate so it should be much faster-growing. Around here (inland SoCal) I would expect around a foot a year in the ground, faster with feeding. They can be very slow-growing in containers or with limited water. How fast do Star Pines grow in your area? I would expect similar rates. “That which is, is.That which happens, happens.” Douglas Adams |
Name: John Scott County, KY (Zone 5b) You can't have too many viburnums..              ViburnumValley Jan 18, 2021 2:57 PM CST |
Here are images of ~20 year old Monkey Puzzle Trees (Araucaria araucana) from 2010 in Germany near Dusseldorf. My brother-in-law lives there, and we've been visiting there since 1987.      Maybe there is something wrong with the subject plant, if it is only a meter tall after 20 years. Having bright reddish brown foliage doesn't sound good, either - since that is the color of dead tissue on this plant. John |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost    DaisyI Jan 18, 2021 3:53 PM CST |
| Yes, we need photos. The color doesn't sound good. I have a couple in pots - they are about 20 years old, very healthy but less than a meter tall. I grew them from seed from the UK - maybe UK Monkey Puzzles are slower growing?  I had a cutting grown Monkey Puzzle in the ground in California zone 8. It is now 50 years old but probably only 40 ft tall. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Name: Gina Florida (Zone 9a) Tropical plant collector 35 years Gina1960 Jan 18, 2021 5:37 PM CST |
| Mine is still in a 4" pot LOL. I actually need to find it out in the GH maybe it needs a step up Award winning beaded art at ceinwin.deviantart.com! |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15           |
BLS131 said:turned a bright reddish brown and looks healthy is it dead It can't look healthy and be dead at the same time.  My gardening Blog! Handmade quilts, new & vintage fabrics in my Etsy store. Summer Song Cottage Instagram Sewing posts |
WOLVERHAMPTON BLS131 Jan 19, 2021 4:04 AM CST |
| On further inspection all the leaves broke off, it is now out and in the compost, thank you for your comments RIP Monkey |
Name: Gina Florida (Zone 9a) Tropical plant collector 35 years Gina1960 Jan 19, 2021 7:39 AM CST |
| Awwww sad Award winning beaded art at ceinwin.deviantart.com! |
Name: sumire Reno, Nevada (Zone 6a)  sumire Jan 19, 2021 4:16 PM CST |
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