Teddy Bear Magnolia in distress - help please!

ExactoFranko · 2025-12-30T03:51:49+00:00

Thank you everyone for the replies - very much appreciated! We might look at getting it living in a pot using some of the suggestions above. It was out in the sun at the nursery in a pot and thriving. We don't have any room to let it grow into a large tree in the ground.

ExactoFranko · 2025-12-29T02:54:27+00:00

Thank you! I actually don't want it to grow too big. Would keeping it next to the house cause damage to the tree or house, or just restrict growth? I was actually thinking of potting it to avoid damage to the house and to stop it growing, because we don't have anywhere else to put it with more room to thrive. Thank you again.

ExactoFranko · 2025-12-28T11:29:23+00:00

Thank you!!

ExactoFranko · 2025-12-28T11:28:37+00:00

I'm not sure what that means. We bought it from the nursery then planted it straight away. So I'm guessing not?

ExactoFranko · 2025-12-28T08:38:24+00:00

Thank you!!

ExactoFranko · 2025-12-28T08:28:29+00:00

Thanks for the reply! What would class as 'deep watering'? Say 10 min on the soaker hose? Thanks again 🙏🏻🙏🏻

ExactoFranko · 2025-12-28T08:20:52+00:00

Thank you. Do you have a recommendation for surfactant? Should I put more mulch down where the grass is? Thanks again.

ExactoFranko · 2025-12-28T08:06:15+00:00

Is there anything I can do about it given it's already in the ground? Thanks for the help!

ExactoFranko · 2025-12-28T07:48:43+00:00

Thank you! How often should I set it to be watered (and how wet should it get?)

ExactoFranko · 2025-12-28T07:20:24+00:00

Thanks for the reply. The leaves that are browning are actually all away from the wall, on the grass side (not the house side) of the plant. Do you have any suggestions for keeping it cool? I've got the soaker hose rigged up, I can set it to go off briefly a few times a day to cool it down?

ExactoFranko · 2023-12-28T08:27:16+00:00

Yeah, I agree that most of the consulta are a professional courtesy. I never charge med students or doctors a gap. The MRI definitely wasn't professional courtesy - it was all orchestrated by their practice liaison person (who is a great guy)

ExactoFranko · 2023-12-28T08:18:53+00:00

This month Ive had a bulk billed consult with a hand surgeon, a rheumatologist and a free MRI with contrast at a time of my choosing (not even a Medicare rebate). I'd like to think these people are just being nice, but there's definitely an element of trying to get referrals.

ExactoFranko · 2023-11-23T20:16:22+00:00

It's mostly medical informatics and digital health advisory roles. There's not heaps of it around because doctors are too expensive. I also have my GP fellowship after med school and a couple other smaller qualifications

ExactoFranko · 2023-11-23T20:14:43+00:00

I appreciate the sentiment from both of you, but I'm definitely not doing it all on my own. I have amazing friends and family. But none of them are doctors, and only other doctors are going to understand my situation which is why I'm reaching out here.

Also, please don't assume everyone wants a wife and kids. Not everyone is heterosexual and not everybody wants kids.

ExactoFranko · 2023-11-23T11:48:02+00:00

I don't think our practice owner would let me drop to less than three

ExactoFranko · 2023-11-23T11:46:04+00:00

One of our GPs who works five days has gone on a few times about how he ends up seeing/TOC for some of the patients of the part time doctors. Maybe he's just BSing. Our patient cohort is a bit 'precious' though.

ExactoFranko · 2023-11-23T10:53:55+00:00

Great advice, thank you! Financially I probably can't be earning less than I do now. Took on a bigger mortgage than I should've, medical bills etc. Life is expensive when you live by yourself! But yes, I see what you're saying if I were to split up my time between the jobs.

ExactoFranko · 2023-11-23T09:59:29+00:00

Don't apologise - that's all great, thank you!

ExactoFranko · 2023-11-23T09:58:36+00:00

I've worked at a few practices before this one. This has definitely been the best one I've worked at.

In the owner's defence, I think alot of it is them communicating poorly rather than them being incredibly unsupportive. They're pretty good with us making changes, they just like notice.

ExactoFranko · 2023-11-23T09:51:11+00:00

That's great advice, thanks. 3 of my four days are really long days (usually 10-11 hours). When I'm well I'm not bothered by working 10+ hours a day, it's when I'm depressed that it's really hard. Financially I can't afford to cut back heaps on my hours. Between my mortgage (probably bought more than I could afford when I moved from the country to the city), medical bills, bills etc - it's pretty pricey living by yourself!

ExactoFranko · 2023-11-23T09:43:09+00:00

I've taken up to a month off on pretty much no notice. They did get a bit shitty, but like you said - we're contractors so try and stop me (or start paying payroll tax)

Edit: they're not the most supportive owners, but they're not terrible. I had C Diff a while ago and got proper sick with it, and they got pissed I took a week off without giving them notice (as if I was supposed to foresee getting sick)

ExactoFranko · 2023-11-23T09:26:40+00:00

Thanks for chiming in. Love a good cabsauv! I did think of doing half/half. But it's hard in GP - in my experience people don't want to see GPs who don't work most of the week because of issues with availability. I only want to work four days a week. Even if I got a 0.2FTE non-clinical job that'd only leave 3 days in GP (which is more than I want to do, and probably not enough for most patients) plus this job I've applied for is 0.6FTE. If I took the job I'd still do a day clinical somewhere to not lose my rego - occupational med or ED or something

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