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Greetings,
I know that the climate in the San Francisco Bay Area is suppose to be great for growing Cephalotus follicularis. I picked one up a couple years ago. I know that they go dormant and grow back during the spring. However, each year it's been essentially shrinking and not growing back to the original size of the previous years. Cannot anyone suggest a reason an a solution to my shrinking plant?
I know that the climate in the San Francisco Bay Area is suppose to be great for growing Cephalotus follicularis. I picked one up a couple years ago. I know that they go dormant and grow back during the spring. However, each year it's been essentially shrinking and not growing back to the original size of the previous years. Cannot anyone suggest a reason an a solution to my shrinking plant?
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Re: My Shrinking Cephalotus follicularis
Mon, July 7, 2008 - 3:47 PMAre you growing it in direct sun or diffused light? If the plant is grown in direct sun it will be smaller. Does it have a red or maroon color? -
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Re: My Shrinking Cephalotus follicularis
Mon, July 7, 2008 - 11:03 PMI'm growing it in diffused sun light. -
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Re: My Shrinking Cephalotus follicularis
Tue, July 8, 2008 - 1:14 PMAre you growing it outside? The dying back in winter may be part of the problem. Try overwintering it indoors and you should see more growth next spring. They can take some cold temps, but like most tropical plants they will benefit from a more steady source of warmth through-out the year. If you're growing it in a pot, you might want to un-pot it and check to see that it's not pot-bound or that there isn't a lot of dead root mass obstructing the growth of new roots. -
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Re: My Shrinking Cephalotus follicularis
Sun, August 17, 2008 - 8:45 PMThanks for getting back to me. The plants were always over wintered indoors. I'll check around for a dead root mass to clean up. I just thinking. There is a small chance that what I may be observing is cloning induced cellular senescence. The C. follicularis plant that I have is a clone of the Hummer Giant. I don't know from what generation the clone was generated from, but I do know that clones generated from successive generations accumulate genetic anomalies that eventually cause it simply shut down and die. I do hope that's not the case. I paid a pretty penny for that plant. -
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Re: My Shrinking Cephalotus follicularis
Mon, August 18, 2008 - 10:10 AMOh, that's interesting. I hadn't considered that. Genetic timebomb!
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