How To Grow and Plant The Monkey Puzzle Tree - Araucaria araucana
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- No-one is doubting that the Monkey Puzzle Tree is one of the most impressive and architectural trees that you can grow. However, due to the immense sizes these trees can attain the question you should probably be asking is whether you 'should' be growing it rather than 'how' to grow it. A question for another video perhaps, although it covered in this video nonetheless! To continue, if you would like to know how to grow and plant a Monkey Puzzle tree - Araucaria araucana, then English horticulturist Simon goes into some detail.
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Thank you for your advise. I will absolutely be following it. Id never heard of a monkey puzzle until today on a garden channel in the USA.
Hello Jessie and thanks for your comment. There is a lot of fantastic plant you can grow but unfortunately the garden centres on really sell what the plant nurseries can grow for a quick profit. Hopefully you'll find some more great plants to grow. Simon
You are refreshing- thanks
You are very welcome. Simon 🙂
I love my Monkey Puzzle in New York. Beautiful tree
I also love monkey puzzles and New York. 😃
I bought a monkey puzzle sapling a few months ago and it’s already nearly a foot tall.im just fascinated by them and know I shouldn’t have bought it but its planted about 40 feet from the house so I will see how it goes!😱
I don't blame you Stephen, they are truly magnificent and unlike any of out native trees in the UK. It sounds like you have planted far enough away so hopefully you will gain the full benefit of this glorious tree. Simon
I've seen one planted in a container in someone's front garden. Which is mid size. Seems to look alright. I would love one, but probably not where I live at the moment. Even though it's a big garden. Happy New Year to you both x
Hi Lindsey, the funny thing is that if it's sat on the ground, it's probably rooted through the bottom of the pot! Anyway, thank you for supporting our channel and a happy new year to you too. Simon
Happy new year 🕛 nice 👍
A happy new year to you too Malik. 😃
I simply want these trees as they are almost unchanged since the Mesozoic, so if I grow them and with tree ferns under them with some ginkgoes and various hard ferns I would have a Mesozoic garden.
Yes, you absolutely would! Simon 🙂
Great video.
May I ask what I'm doing wrong my monkey puzzle is still only small like 20 inch tall had it about 8 years why isn't it growing?
It's in full sunlight.
Many thanks
Hi Rico and thanks for your comment. Can I ask if it's in a pot or in the ground, and which country you are in? Simon
@walkingtalkinggardeners hi there uk wales.
Planted in the ground well draining soil.
It's just so tiny.
I assume it's still a healthy bright green colour?
@@walkingtalkinggardeners yes it looks great.
Thanks for that. Well, if they look healthy and you have provided a great environment, then you there aren't any clues for me to follow. However, being in Wales, I imagine you are probably waterlogged for periods of the year, which will cause the plant to go dormant. The soil can be free draining, but if the water table is high, it won't be draining. If this is the case, I would lift it in the winter and plant it in high ground. Kind regards, Simon
Can i control the height by say burying a big pot like a half barrel ? Would that keep it from the 25m height?
Hi Paul, it is an idea but in time the barrel will open and or rot. I think you would be better off planting a different plant.
I was just wondering if I should cut the bottom branches off LOL
Hi there. Yes, you can do it, but I would wait until the winter when the tree is dormant. Kind regards, Simon
Here in San Diego we have very few araucaria bidwillii's around and every single one seems to eventually get cut down by some clown who is scared of the cones. It is very sad. I have not seen araucana here though.
Flipping heck, cutting down such an impressive plant should be a crime. Maybe you should turn 'Geurrilla Gardener' and plant a load of seed in the vicinity. . Sorry to hear that this is going on near you. Simon
@@walkingtalkinggardeners I have a whole forest of them in pots on the side of my house. I started planting them around and giving them away. Unfortunately the guy I was buying them from isn't selling them anymore. 3 huge ones were just cut down in my neighborhood a few weeks ago. I am pretty sure they were planted by either famous botanist Kate Sessions or Madam Katherine Tingley who planted most of them in San Diego. Every time I talk to someone who has one all they do is complain about it and how they want to get it cut down. Then usually it disappears. That is the mentality of most people around here unfortunately.
Here in the UK we can have preservation orders put on trees to prevent a lot of this. I don't know how it would work in the USA but maybe its worth contacting the mayor's office about this? These legacy trees ought to be protected
@@walkingtalkinggardeners Our mayor is the worst and no one can get through to him. San Diego is filled with crime, homelessness and all kinds of garbage unfortunately. There are some very old bidwillii's around though that are in Balboa Park and a grove of them in South Park which is absolutely amazing. Do you think Araucaria Araucana would grow in San Diego where it is warm and dry. I do have one in a pot that seems to do well but a lot of people say they don't grow well in this climate. They do grow up north where it is cooler.
It will tolerate your warm temperatures but how it will cope without a seasonal cold period I wouldn't be able to say. If you already have one then it will do far better in the ground than in a pot. But, yes, it will do better growing in the cooler weather of a higher elevation. They grow well right across the UK including the North But we do have a different climate here. Simon
There's more giant redwoods in Britain than California. On that basis it is possible that monkey puzzle trees are the same. Yes I have one .
Thanks for your comment, James. That just shows how much these native habitats are at risk and the importance of their protection for the future. Simon
How do you grow a monkey puzzle tree? A: It's not hard.
That pretty much sums it up.
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I have a monkey puzzle tree its 4" tall at the moment .
Great advice would be plant in the correct soil, ask me how i kmow 😂😂
How do you know?
What you both said and I'll even throw in what soil would that be
@@walkingtalkinggardenerspotted on in to garden soil and compost mix, the tree didn't like it and promptly died .
Bought ericaceous compost the one I have now is doing fine .
The leaves slowly turning brown should have been a clue really .
@dreammaker730 Thanks Dreamaker, I appreciate you sharing your experience on this. Kind regards Simon
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Does anyone have any good tips on how to transplant a larger (cca 2.5 m tall) araucaria araucana from one spot to another? It has been planted too close to our fence and needs to be moved to a better, roomier place in the garden. We were thinking of wrapping the trunk and branches in burlap or some kind of thicker material to protect our hands (and the tree as well). Has anyone done this? 🌲
Hi Andrea and thanks for a great question. This won't be easy as you are somehow going to have to dig out and lift a viable rootball. This is usually done using specialist machinery whichyou maybe able to hire. If you are planning to do it by hand you may be better off cutting down the tree you have and replanting a new one in the right place. I realise it sounds harsh, but if you are moving by hand there is a good chance you will lose your tree anyway. Good luck with whatever you decide. Simon
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It's a good question but for now I'm fine. However, when I am a rich youtuber- maybe.