How to Water Tree Ferns 'Dicksonia antarctica' The Right Way!
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2023
- For most gardeners tree ferns are a headache as they tend to deteriorate year on year once planted in the garden, however their condition can be vastly improved by using my secrets to watering tree ferns that actually work! Don't miss this video and don't forget its absolutely free to share it with your friends.
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Hello to the Island, I am very happy with all your usefull comments and Tipps. My newly aquired Treefern Trunks, very, very huge in size are growing very well. Giving them a regular feeding they had produced fronds almost 1,8 Meters nearly.
Hope they will Shooting more fronds this year or the Next.
Thanks for your useful Tipps and advice.
Loads of Love
Uwe
Hi Uwe, I am glad to see you are having success with your tree ferns. 1.7 metres is excellent for tree fern fronds. With luck, you will get another emergence of fronds soon. Mine are just starting. Kind regards Simon
Great advice. Thank you for posting
Thank you for your comment, New York Garden. You are very welcome. Kind regards Simon
Really Helpful, Thankyou very much.....I've just invested in a 0.5 Metre trunk.....3 fronds just showing and I can see their progress daily....I'm taking photo's daily so that I can monitor its progress....You're feeding tips certainly helped...otherwise, I'd just left it to satisfy its own needs.....Probably to regret my inaction!!....
Hi Steve, I'm glad you found it useful. There are more videos regarding tree ferns in our RUclips library if you are interested. Thanks for watching. Simon
Thanks for that. Really helpful
You are very welcome Stu. There are more videos about this in my RUclips back catalogue if you are interested. Simon
I remember you talked about this a while back. I started doing that as mine are much shorter and younger but they seem to be thriving and doing well so thanks for the advice
You are very welcome, I appreciate you letting know that it worked out for you. Kind regards Simon
Spooky timing! I will look out for it. I had a bit of trouble with it this spring, so don’t want to make the same mistake this winter. Just gone and brought straw and winter fleece and was wondering about leaving a gap to water.
Many thanks
Just watched your excellent video on winter wrapping for ferns, just wondering about watering it over the winter period ?
Thank you for your comment. Your timing is perfect as, assuming it doesn't rain later, I am filming a '5 mistakes to avoid when overwintering tree ferns' video where I will be discussing watering tree ferns over winter. Hopefully, I will publish this Sunday. Simon
Thanks for the video! What would you do with smaller ferns ie trunk approx 20cm from ground level? Would you water in the same way? Also double dose of fertiliser?
Hi Pedro, and thanks for your question. No, I would use single dose fertiliser and water less to avoid root damage from waterlogging. Simon
Thanks! Do you cover the ground in the pot or soil with some sort of tree bark so that water doesn’t evaporate so quickly ?
My ferns are so small is that lack of water how often do you water and feed. Love your videos 👌
Hi Susan, this is a great question. I feed about 500ml half dose miracle grow most days. Plus a litre in the morning plus again in the evening. Then once a week the trunk get a full soaking plus a few litres in the crown followed by a litre of a double dose miracle grow. If you check out my old videos I discuss this in more detail. Kind regards Simon
Sorry, to answer the first part yes it is a lack of water and fertiliser.
Thanks That great, when you say double dose does it matter how much water is in the can ? Also how often do you water in this weather, my irrigation is set to 3 times a day for 1 minwith a watering can rose on the end of a hose
Hi Rick and that's a great question. Yes the amount of water is important. If you are using miraclegro or phostrogen check what the recommended dosage rate is per gallon and then double that rate. It is possible to over fertilise and damage the rootsystem so kind of stick to a dosage you know. Without knowing the flow rate i would check how much water comes out your rose over a minute using a calibrated container. If you are getting a couple of litres i would say you have it right. Simon
@Walking Talking Gardeners Hi Simon thanks for the reply, currently bought the miracle grow liquid fertiliser, I will measure the flow tonight and see what I get, it's not micro I put a watering can rose on a hosepipe with a 1min timer as I was going away so had to use what I had. I have only had the fern a few weeks and so nervous about killing it , but it does have 3 frongs coming out so far so that is a good sign
Thanks for letting me know. It sounds like you have a great plan there. Simon
How many times a day should you water a tree fern in full sun? How long do you spend watering the outside of the tree fern and inside the trunk?
Hi Jimmy, in full sun I have the big ones in the video on micro irrigation for 60 minutes each day, then once a week I soak the trunk and feed etc as per the video. The full soaking treatment takes about 5-6 minutes per tree fern. The ones at home are a little smaller and they get 0.5 litre in the morning and again in the evening with a 0.5 litre regular dosage of miracle grow on top. These are not hard and fast rules but they fit nicely round my work schedule. Kind regards Simon
Hi Simon. I have not got an irrigation system, would you recommend giving the tree? Fern about 5 minutes of water each per day
I always hear they're bad in full sun so how are you finding yours? Looks like they don't get any shade?
Hi Smesh, yes these are fantastic specimens and these are in full sun all day every day. They just need to be watered regularly to cope. These ones I put on drip irrigation at the crown 60 minutes every day. The ones at home get watered daily by hand at the crown. I have made several videos on how to water, and care for tree ferns if you are interested. Kind regards Simon
@@walkingtalkinggardeners I bought a 7 foot one about 6-8 weeks ago. Been watering it everyday in the crown with God knows how many litres of water and also soaking it's trunk daily. In this current heatwave been doing this twice a day. Bought another one locally about 2 foot/ My 7 foot one came in with 3 fragile looking fronds and since has put out 12+ new ones!
Don't forget to apply fertiliser when watering that much. Keep watering the crown daily but you can probably reduce watering the trunk to weekly. In the wild the fronds should be a dark green so if yours are more a light or yellowing green then increase fertiliser application.