Nolina Nelsoni

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Couldn't resist this offer from an Ebay seller in Spain but is German 😕 http://www.ebay.de/itm/Nolina-nelsonii-50-cm-Topf-/261176444640?pt=DE_Haus_Garten_Garten_Blumen_Pflanzen&hash=item3ccf5446e0
Certainly got my juices going.
But when I received it....

I just couldn't believe how the seller had emasculated the plant. He chopped all the roots off and stripped most of the trunk just so that they can ship the plant cheaply 👿
I'm not too sure that this plant is the same as advertised in the first place. I am suspicious of that huge basal trunk which thins out. But if its not a Nelsoni what is it? A Xeric expert in the UK has wished me luck re-rooting this plant as he says they are notoriously difficult to re-root
BTW the seller has told me this plant is twenty five years old and was grown in Argentina.

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Posted : 18/03/2013 6:10 pm

seedscanada

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Andy, that is a gorgeous plant! I know nothing about them though.

I see many plants available from Germany or Spain. But they refuse to ship here to Canada.
Like:
http://www.ebay.es/itm/Jubaea-chilensis-26-cm-Topf-/251079683820?pt=DE_Haus_Garten_Garten_Blumen_Pflanzen&hash=item3a7583eeec#ht_817wt_732

I'd love to have one of these sent. Maybe from them to you, then to me?!?

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Posted : 18/03/2013 6:31 pm

andym

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Adam.... yes its still a gorgeous plant but it will need TLC to keep it alive. I am impressed with the 50cm trunked Brahea Armata for €160 but not our warmth and sunshine to keep it alive. I have told the owner that if I order any more plants from him they will be shipped with pot and roots.

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Posted : 18/03/2013 9:06 pm

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Hi Andy,

that a beauty! I re-root Yuccas and Dasylirion without much effort BUT they need heat to do so which may be your limiting factor. I typically plant these rootless plants in a well draining soil and keep the soil slightly moist....not soaking wet. Place them in full sun (ha ha ha in your climate:D ) in your hottest microclimate. Use a BLACK container which will heat up in the sun. Wait 2 to 3 months and you should see roots coming out the bottom. If you have a heating pad like this USE IT!

Posted : 18/03/2013 10:06 pm

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yes, Andy, please use a heated germinating mat on that beauty.
A stunner.

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Posted : 18/03/2013 10:27 pm

andym

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Tim .... you are wicked 😆 but believe it or not during our warming period from approx. the late 1980's until around 2006 we had some very warm summers.... not all but quite a few. Sadly we have a cooling trend now 🙁
Anyhow I managed to lift the beast and have soaked it in a Container and what is this I can see 😀

I plan to put some Rootgrow on the roots and plant it in a black Pot in sandy soil. I will put it in a plastic greenhouse to further aid its recovery Don't have any heat mats unfortunately.

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Posted : 19/03/2013 11:35 am

TimMAz6

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Hi Andy,

based on that photo you should not have any difficulties with that Nolina.......I see roots already...........nothing like the Yuccas I've received over the years. I've had Yuccas blow over in their containers 1 or 2 months after planting them and they still had little to no roots..........Yuccas love heat. 😀

Posted : 20/03/2013 9:50 pm