OT - Wollemi Pine

Submitted: Monday, Jun 05, 2006 at 14:29

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Member - bushfix

G'day,

G'day,

spent some time in the mountains yesterday and came home with a Wollemia Nobilis (paid for !)

Have followed the story since David Noble found them in 1994. What a fascinating story and a real honour for David who loves the outdoors. I live relatively close to the Wollemi so am confident it should do well and am happy to plant it in my backyard.

""The discovery is the equivalent of finding a small dinosaur still alive on Earth," said Professor Carrick Chambers, the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens. "It is a really major find."

pretty exciting stuff I reckon.

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Reply By: Member - Omaroo (NSW) - Monday, Jun 05, 2006 at 14:38

Monday, Jun 05, 2006 at 14:38

Hey there Jeremy - good on you!

I reckon that they're great. Real dinosaur fodder in your back yard :)

I will be getting some soon so that I can plant them down in Cooma. It'll be interesting to see if they take off or not in our basalt-based soils. We do have a shale area (ala normal eucalypt-friendly soil) we will try as well by a small cliff down near the river.

Can't wait!

Cheers
Chris

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Follow Up By: Member - bushfix - Monday, Jun 05, 2006 at 20:26

Monday, Jun 05, 2006 at 20:26

G'day Chris,

I think the darker the soil, the more alkaline it will be. Wollemia Nobilis prefer slightly acidic so keen to know what you may have on Omaroo.

a small cliff down near a river.......aaaah with a camp fire....

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Reply By: signman - Monday, Jun 05, 2006 at 15:31

Monday, Jun 05, 2006 at 15:31

Had ours for a while now..and it seems to be thriving. 'HE' sits next to a Huon Pine we bought back from Tasmania. The Huon Pine grows a millimetre/year so it's gonna be some time before I can build a boat with it.
I 'turn' (on a lathe) pens with all the intersting peices of wood we bring back from trips like Houn Pine, Murray River Red Gum, Leatherwood, Sassafras, Kauri, even Mulga. etc.
I got my first small piece of useable dried Wollemi Pine last week, so I'm looking forward to see how it turns out.

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Follow Up By: cokeaddict - Monday, Jun 05, 2006 at 16:33

Monday, Jun 05, 2006 at 16:33

u expecting a flood mate?

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Follow Up By: Member - bushfix - Monday, Jun 05, 2006 at 20:23

Monday, Jun 05, 2006 at 20:23

G'day signman,

thanks for that contribution mate, one mill/year eh? the commercially available wollemis are expected to grow 500mm/yr. we had our honeymoon in tassie and saw that grand huon which is now lying horizontal. beautiful timber. appreciate your application to woodwork too, how do you splint down to a size that alllows pencil diameter without breakage? is there much waste?

how did you get the "small piece of useable dried Wollemi Pine"?

out of interest too, what is your postcode? (wrt growing the pine)

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Follow Up By: signman - Tuesday, Jun 06, 2006 at 09:03

Tuesday, Jun 06, 2006 at 09:03

bushfix
Our postcode is 2570- we are just across 'the valley' from the Blue Mountains..
With the pens- I start with a blank about 22mm square and about 140mm long.
The pieces of seasoned & dry Wollemi were obtained legally thru a NPWS guy.
Have a good one
signman

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Reply By: Member - bushfix - Monday, Jun 05, 2006 at 20:45

Monday, Jun 05, 2006 at 20:45

yes i know it was an ot post and searching shows little response to this topic before

BUT i tell you people, for whatever reason for the lack of interest in this amazing species, perhaps if only you could see one for yourself, up close.....

think of the amount of bleep e you may see in suburban gardens or crawling over and suffocating the natives along a rail line.....there are less than 100 adults of this living fossil left, and they are right here in Austraila!

until then read HERE

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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Monday, Jun 05, 2006 at 21:18

Monday, Jun 05, 2006 at 21:18

Nothing wrong with the post bushfix. It's a very interesting subject. Will probably get one in the near future but it will probably only have a 50/50 chance of survival like most things in our yard :)))))))

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Follow Up By: Member - Beatit (QLD) - Tuesday, Jun 06, 2006 at 07:32

Tuesday, Jun 06, 2006 at 07:32

I bought one also and it seems to be happy enough. Gramps the spiel that come with these pines suggest that even in your 50/50 yard it will survive. It is tolerant of just about anything except when I talk to it and mention the word "yota" he seems to wilt somewhat - can't explain it.

Kind regards

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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Tuesday, Jun 06, 2006 at 17:41

Tuesday, Jun 06, 2006 at 17:41

Hahahaha Beatit. Thanks for the encouragement. The poor thing would be quivering whenever the kids dogs were over for a stay or in 'mowing season' when I'm let loose on the ride-on :)))))))))))

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Reply By: Muddies Doe(Trippn) - Monday, Jun 05, 2006 at 22:34

Monday, Jun 05, 2006 at 22:34

Hi Bushfix

Yeap, Muddy and I are discussing just the same thing for the house, when it finally gets built.
We are thinking more along the lines of using ours as a live Chrissy Tree and 2 on the back patio also.

Amazing and they'll be like the Foxtail Palm when that became the plant to have.

Cya
:)

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Reply By: Sea-Dog - Tuesday, Jun 06, 2006 at 16:28

Tuesday, Jun 06, 2006 at 16:28

Up in Brissy they have one of them trees at the Southbank area on the Brissy River... but it is surrounded by about 15 foot tall steel fencing as it would only be a matter of time before some low life with the brain the size of a peanut came along one night and smashed it down...

Cheers

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Reply By: Member - Ray - Tuesday, Jun 06, 2006 at 19:11

Tuesday, Jun 06, 2006 at 19:11

We bought one recently for our first grandsons first birthday. Had a little brass plaque engraved with his details on it and hope he appreciates it as he grows up.

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