Need advice - baby monkey-puzzle tree

 


Hey, I'm new to the forums :) Need some advice on a new tree that I
baught
today.

I (probably foolishly) baught a what looks like a nearly dead baby
monkey-puzzle
tree. Ive been wanting one of these for years, I spotted
one as a child and fell
in love with them and vowed that when I got my
own house I would buy one.

I have some where to put it in the garden but I'm not sure whats the
best thing
to do for it. Poor wee thing, don't want to completely kill
it.

Any advice??? Should I plant it in a bigger pot for a while? or should I
just
plant it where its going in the garden? Its an open space, gets the
sun all day.
I've baught plant food for my other plants that I got
today, will that help it??
I can't really find any information on it.

Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks. (I can get a pic tonight of it)




--
shez

 


I guess no one has experience with these trees then :)




--
shez

 



Plenty of info in the net.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1452/

 


 I (probably foolishly) baught a what looks like a nearly dead baby

I assume you mean that you bought an Auricaria?  Which one?  The common name
od monkey puzzle is used to describe all of the Auricarias round here.


Poor wee thing will need a huge garden - acres of it to be on the safe side
for any humans if it's one of the Auricarias that get huge cones.


Assuming that it's an Auricaria, then it's a tree.  It needs to be in the
ground, not a pot, but given how huge they can get, put it a long way from
any structure - minimum of 30 ft)

Its an open space, gets the

Just dig a generous hole and plant it.  Dont' feed it till it's well
established and don't overwater it - these things tend to grow best in dry
climes.

 


Like most new plantings, they do need to be watered regularly until
well established. I'll also add that in spite of their reputed cold
tolerance, Monkey Puzzle babies are tender - I lost 60 1-1/2 -to 2 ft
Monkey Puzzles this past winter.  They were planted in generous pots,
stored in a sheltered area awaiting a benefit Spring plant sale.
After a week of freak arctic temps (reaching a pipe bursting low of 9
degrees) they looked ok and I thought I'd dodged a bullet, but very
sadly, almost all slowly went brown & croaked.
Nancy T