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[Alexander's Horse]

The fern leaf may look bad but if the bulb and roots are still alive it should come back.

If the soil in the pot dried out you need to act fast.

[finbar]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
The fern leaf may look bad but if the bulb and roots are still alive it should come back.

If the soil in the pot dried out you need to act fast.

This from the man known as the Osama Bin Laden of lawn terrorism.

[Alexander's Horse]

I enjoy bringing plants back to life - mostly my own.

[finbar]

Which invites the question - Do you deliberately neglect them to the point of near-death for the joy and satisfaction of resuscitating them?

[Alexander's Horse]

Its more the case that long periods of neglect followed by short bursts of intensive care is my gardening style.

Even my Photinia Robusta are not robusta - probably because I haven't watered them since I put them in 2 years ago. I'll have to do something about that soon.......

[finbar]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
Its more the case that long periods of neglect followed by short bursts of intensive care is my gardening style.

I recognise the syndrome. It's akin to my approach to the cigarette ash and dead flies on my desk.

Even my Photinia Robusta are not robusta - probably because I haven't watered them since I put them in 2 years ago. I'll have to do something about that soon.......

I remember planting one of those many years and relationships ago. I think it was in Melbourne. They're hedge-making plants, aren't they?

[Alexander's Horse]

Yeah, I bought about 20 foot high plants to make a screening hedge.

They've grown about 2 inches in 2 years

The robusta part is probably true because they have survived with no care but I probably should have bought the Photinia "thriva withouta water" variety.

[ravagon]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
The fern leaf may look bad but if the bulb and roots are still alive it should come back.

If the soil in the pot dried out you need to act fast.

It did dry out a bit but only on the surface I think. I'm sure it was the light that did most of the damage rather than my neglec, er, lack of water.
I've tried taking it out of direct sunlight but it may've been too far gone for that to have made much difference.

[Alexander's Horse]

Its raining here today, which will take the brown tinge off my lawn and I didn't have to do a damn thing

[finbar]

Originally posted by ravagon

It did dry out a bit but only on the surface I think. I'm sure it was the light that did most of the damage rather than my neglec, er, lack of water.
I've tried taking it out of direct sunlight but it may've been too far gone for that to have made much difference.

Ah! Now we're getting some specifics. The leaves/fronds were burnt by the sun. You didn't tell us that. That's quite a different matter from the soil drying out in the sun and killing the plant. Which was the obvious conclusion to draw from your vague description of the symptoms. If you want our help, ravagon, you have to pull your weight with some details.

Again, without pre-empting Hydey - although he does neglect this thread almost to the extent that You-Know-Who neglects his front and back You-Know-Whats - you could try removing the dead foliage which is only burdening the healthy part of the plant. If, indeed, there is a healthy part left. If there is, you might see some fresh growth emerging.

[finbar]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
Its raining here today, which will take the brown tinge off my lawn and I didn't have to do a damn thing

Hydey ordered the rain. He has connections in High Places, you realise.

[Alexander's Horse]

The Masons control the rain?

[ravagon]

Originally posted by finbar

- you could try removing the dead foliage which is only burdening the healthy part of the plant. If, indeed, there is a healthy part left. If there is, you might see some fresh growth emerging.

I'm thinking removing the dead bits (95%)would pretty much amount to your earlier suggestion about ditching it and getting another one at this stage.
Wouldn't the dead matter still provide some sustenance if left where it is - My fern having canabilistic tendencies and all?

[Alexander's Horse]

I wonder what Hydey feeds his garden - probably chips.

[Wilderess]

I love this thread.

Dear Hydey the Garden Guru, I have tried to improve a potato plant (Solanum tuberosum) by breeding so that this cousin of a nightshade would produce chips, as my son who is a nerd who lives on chips and coke would get his chips. The problem is that my son likes bacon-flavoured chips, but I have only succeeded in producing onion-flavoured chips. This may be the result of onions growing in a near-by field. Now I have decided to move the potato field into the vicinity of a piggery. Do you think this would do the trick or should I plant slices of bacon down under with the potatoes?

My hydrangea seems to suffer from clorosis. My friend says that I should give it the coffee grounds of my morning coffee. Do you think it would need bacon and eggs as well?