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Old 30-09-2006, 11:08 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Eucalyptus ficifolia seeds

On 30/9/06 06:47, in article
, "Farm1"
please@askifyouwannaknow wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message

However, as these trees had been severely damaged by fire, we

wondered if
there would be nay hope of regeneration or whether, seeds having

fallen
perhaps, there will now have to be a frantic thinning out of future

baby
eucalypts!


Eucs are famed for their capacity to recover from fire. Very quickly
they sprout again from the truck and later from the branches, not all
branches but most of them. In a few short years, you'd never know
that a fire had been through, except for the blackened trunk. Mind
you they also go up like tinder boxes in a fire - don't plant any near
the house.


I'm glad to hear they're likely to recover because really large areas were
blackened. And yes, we did think of how quickly and easily they must burn.
There were houses in the area and one had scorched earth right up to its
front porch. They must have been frantic, poor souls. We could see smoke
rising up in the hills from where we were staying down in Funchal and were
told that they've had about 3 forest fires this year simply due to intense
heat.
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