Ol’ boy rocked up w/ a $600 grass tree. Haven’t planted it yet but looking at the price and care instructions… fuck that. I mean it looks nice but who the f pays that for single tree.
It should have a tag attached, showing the date and place of gathering and who did the gathering. Also a licence number for the gatherer. That tag needs to stay attached to the tree to prove that it wasn’t illegally gathered. There’s a HUGE black market for illegally gathered grass trees, both here in Aus and overseas. If it’s illegal, then the seller needs to be called out and made to pay the fine. Or the purchaser pays it when discovered. Check state requirements. Also grass trees gathered in maybe QLD can end up here in Vic, where they really don’t belong and struggle to survive. It’s a poor soil and dry conditions specialist, so overwatering is a real problem for the plant in a suburban setting with automatic watering nearby.
Yes, it won’t grow much unless it gets a ‘cool burn’ around the base every few years - don’t burn the topknot cos that kills the tree. It does need some fire in the right place and at the right time to reduce competition around it’s very small root zone and so to thrive.
lol… my first thought was dayam that’s more than my new soundcard.
Second thought was this will be an expensive mistake. Dude up the road has 3 of these in his front garden. Like $1800 worth of tree that anyone could just dig up and take off with them.
I have not used a soundcard since the 80’s. Creative labs soundblaster it was. Without one you had to listen to the grating noise of the 1 bit motherboard speaker connector while playing games. These days I use the amazing analog sound output or bluetooth from the motherboard to headphones. You must have really discerning ears.
Ol’ boy rocked up w/ a $600 grass tree. Haven’t planted it yet but looking at the price and care instructions… fuck that. I mean it looks nice but who the f pays that for single tree.
Are these the ones you need to set fire to sometimes?
I wouldn’t. They often don’t survive.( have seen results of many bushfires )
Gawd hope not.
I have set fire to the other native grasses in the background before but that was a less expensive mistake lol.
They are very slow growing, that tree could be older than you are. Antiques always cost more.
On the care instruction manual, reckoned it’s 100 yrs old 🧑🦽
It should have a tag attached, showing the date and place of gathering and who did the gathering. Also a licence number for the gatherer. That tag needs to stay attached to the tree to prove that it wasn’t illegally gathered. There’s a HUGE black market for illegally gathered grass trees, both here in Aus and overseas. If it’s illegal, then the seller needs to be called out and made to pay the fine. Or the purchaser pays it when discovered. Check state requirements. Also grass trees gathered in maybe QLD can end up here in Vic, where they really don’t belong and struggle to survive. It’s a poor soil and dry conditions specialist, so overwatering is a real problem for the plant in a suburban setting with automatic watering nearby.
Yes, it won’t grow much unless it gets a ‘cool burn’ around the base every few years - don’t burn the topknot cos that kills the tree. It does need some fire in the right place and at the right time to reduce competition around it’s very small root zone and so to thrive.
when logging companies go into old growth forests to cut them down this is what they are really after.
They get more money for the grass trees and tree ferns than they do for the trees.
( we used to call them Black Boys, in open forest and grasslands they get tall and stand alone. )
That costs more than my pc lol
lol… my first thought was dayam that’s more than my new soundcard.
Second thought was this will be an expensive mistake. Dude up the road has 3 of these in his front garden. Like $1800 worth of tree that anyone could just dig up and take off with them.
they wouldn’t last a week in Carlton
I have not used a soundcard since the 80’s. Creative labs soundblaster it was. Without one you had to listen to the grating noise of the 1 bit motherboard speaker connector while playing games. These days I use the amazing analog sound output or bluetooth from the motherboard to headphones. You must have really discerning ears.