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Tree Fern care

denismc · 2023-12-05 17:23:40

Just wondering how many of you wrap up Tree ferns for the winter? I wrapped mine last year but got caught out by the early frost this week, I am near the south coast so frost isn't too severe, hopefully I will get these wrapped tomorrow.

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05-12-2023 6:23pm

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denismc

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Just wondering how many of you wrap up Tree ferns for the winter?
I wrapped mine last year but got caught out by the early frost this week, I am near the south coast so frost isn't too severe, hopefully I will get these wrapped tomorrow.

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#2 05-12-2023 8:26pm
Fern Bench

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I just wrapped mine yesterday. Due to laziness and procrastination it was around a month later than usual, and after a week of frost. It looks ok though.

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#3 05-12-2023 11:05pm
secman

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Ours survived the -13° of the bad winter in 2011, they are fairly hardy. We just tie up the old Fonds and put some old cut up fonds on the crown.

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#4 06-01-2024 9:58pm
Weedy Gonzalez

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We live in the midland which gets hard frost yet all my tree ferns survive whatever the winter throws at them with not much protection at all. A few dead leaves into the crown is all I do. Even my little ones make it through with no protection. They are hardier than you might think.

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