Comments on: Banksia Cultivation http://www.malleenativeplants.com.au/banksia-cultivation/ Corinne Hampel's Blog about Growing and Propagating Australian Native Plants Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:56:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Corinne http://www.malleenativeplants.com.au/banksia-cultivation/comment-page-1/#comment-99246 Corinne Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:13:03 +0000 http://www.malleenativeplants.com.au/banksia-cultivation/#comment-99246 Use a seed raising mix. Fill a container like a 5" pot or something with drainage holes. Lay seed on the surface and cover lightly with about 1/2cm (1/4" ) seed raising mix. Water gently with a spray or stand pot in a dish of water until the surface is wet them remove. Keep the surface damp not soggy. The warm weather is best for propagating. When the seedlings have a set of true leaves, re-pot into their own pot. You could sow the seed each into its own pot from the start, so long as you do not use anything larger than 5", otherwise the mix remains too wet. An article in a recent Australian Plants magazine said that the cold is a problem in the Netherlands for some Aus native plants. You coud try placing the pots inside a plastic bag to create warmth but be aware that banksias are prone to being killed by molds and damping off, and air circulation is important. Use a seed raising mix. Fill a container like a 5″ pot or something with drainage holes. Lay seed on the surface and cover lightly with about 1/2cm (1/4″ ) seed raising mix. Water gently with a spray or stand pot in a dish of water until the surface is wet them remove. Keep the surface damp not soggy. The warm weather is best for propagating. When the seedlings have a set of true leaves, re-pot into their own pot. You could sow the seed each into its own pot from the start, so long as you do not use anything larger than 5″, otherwise the mix remains too wet.

An article in a recent Australian Plants magazine said that the cold is a problem in the Netherlands for some Aus native plants. You coud try placing the pots inside a plastic bag to create warmth but be aware that banksias are prone to being killed by molds and damping off, and air circulation is important.

]]> By: willem feiken http://www.malleenativeplants.com.au/banksia-cultivation/comment-page-1/#comment-99244 willem feiken Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:47:33 +0000 http://www.malleenativeplants.com.au/banksia-cultivation/#comment-99244 i just bought some seeds of banksia cocinea for a friend here in the netherlands. could anyone tell me how to grow banks.cocc. from seeds? thank you for your help willem feiken i just bought some seeds of banksia cocinea for a friend here in the netherlands. could anyone tell me how to grow banks.cocc. from seeds? thank you for your help
willem feiken

]]> By: Planting Banksias http://www.malleenativeplants.com.au/banksia-cultivation/comment-page-1/#comment-1679 Planting Banksias Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:32:49 +0000 http://www.malleenativeplants.com.au/banksia-cultivation/#comment-1679 [...] Banksia cultivation [...] [...] Banksia cultivation [...]

]]> By: Corinne http://www.malleenativeplants.com.au/banksia-cultivation/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Corinne Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:30:33 +0000 http://www.malleenativeplants.com.au/banksia-cultivation/#comment-268 Hi Phil, I must be more careful about the expressions I use! When I feel chilled to the bone at 8am when the temperature is still 0 degrees C (0C), I am still going to feel as chilled if the temperature had been as low as -4C as it was last week, several days in a row. During the summer the temperature can reach as high as 46C-I often say the same thing then about the heat when it gets to 37C. I am doing some research about your comment about the lack of flowering in your Banksias after 6 years. Hi Phil, I must be more careful about the expressions I use! When I feel chilled to the bone at 8am when the temperature is still 0 degrees C (0C), I am still going to feel as chilled if the temperature had been as low as -4C as it was last week, several days in a row. During the summer the temperature can reach as high as 46C-I often say the same thing then about the heat when it gets to 37C.
I am doing some research about your comment about the lack of flowering in your Banksias after 6 years.

]]> By: lacaze http://www.malleenativeplants.com.au/banksia-cultivation/comment-page-1/#comment-254 lacaze Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:23:10 +0000 http://www.malleenativeplants.com.au/banksia-cultivation/#comment-254 Sorry for my english,i just notice,that i wrote "rich"like i would like to be,instead of "reach" phil Sorry for my english,i just notice,that i wrote “rich”like i would like to be,instead of “reach”
phil

]]> By: lacaze http://www.malleenativeplants.com.au/banksia-cultivation/comment-page-1/#comment-253 lacaze Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:19:17 +0000 http://www.malleenativeplants.com.au/banksia-cultivation/#comment-253 Very interesting,and unusual web site! Just one question: How did you rich to that conclusion "when temperature fall at o°c,it does not matter how much lower it gets..." I would be happy to read your comments! Thank you phil Very interesting,and unusual web site!
Just one question: How did you rich to that conclusion “when temperature fall at o°c,it does not matter how much lower it gets…”
I would be happy to read your comments!
Thank you
phil

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