By Francoise
United Kingdom 
I bought a dixsonia antartica 7 or 8 years ago. It has given fronds every year and I make sure it is protected in the winter. However this year, the fronds are not as long as they used to be. Should I give the tree some fertiliser? If yes, what sort? Many thanks. Francoise
23 Sep, 2011
Answers
Thanks Bamboo. Let's see how Dixie gets on next year. Francoise
23 Sep, 2011
Previous question
No, don't feed it anything now. Some people drop a sugar solution into the top earlier in the year to help it along a bit, but feeding now is not a good idea. You may have had shorter fronds because of the cold winter last year, or because we've had such a mixed and rather poor summer, specially temperature wise, this year.
23 Sep, 2011