Tree fern help is it dead?

Spruce,

Excellent! Thanks for sharing!

I still have the stumps from the Dicksonias that I lost.
Will put my mind to doing something similar.

 

This is where I got mine from
http://www.seagravenurseries.co.uk/home/tree-ferns

 

Steel rots, so not too sure as to the implications of that on a Tree Fern, but it can be bad for the human body (especially the blood stream).

Quite possible that they have taken their toll on it to the extent that the struggle to survive was just too much this year.