Remove the empty cones from the bucket. Cover the seeds with cool water and soak them for 24 hours. Drain off the water and sow the seeds immediately. Fill a 3-inch-deep nursery tray with a mix of equal parts sand, loam and acidic pine compost. Leave the top inch empty. Water the mix and press the surface firm. Scatter the seeds onto the growing mixture. Aim to space them one-half inch apart. Press them firmly onto the surface and cover them with a one-eighth-inch-thick layer of sand and pine compost.
Place the nursery tray where temperatures stay around 40 degrees Fahrenheit, such as outdoors against a north-facing wall. Chill the seeds for one month. I would LIKE to suggest he switch to a dawn redwood; a deciduous relative in the Sequoia family that survives nicely on the East Coast. A lot of people enjoy growing this 'living fossil'. But Brian has this Ozymandias thing going, so I'll stick with his choice. The tree at Tyler Arboretum is growing in clay soil with a high water table—but Mike Karkowski adds that it's planted higher than its surroundings and so has never had to tolerate water pooling around its trunk.
And when you consider placement, be aware that these trees also need to be sheltered from the desiccating winter wind but have a lot of airflow—and hopefully be getting that airflow in an area with non-humid summers. And, of course, they require an enormous amount of room to grow up and out if they do manage to survive the first couple of hundred years. After which, they'll need that reliable fog. And it is probably not a coincidence that most of the long-term survivors growing outside of their 'comfort zone' have had the benefit of professional Arboretum staffers on hand all their lives.
But if he—or any of our other listeners—still wants to try, they should visit local arboretums with specimens for advice. There are trees growing in these professional surroundings in most parts of the country.
And I'd avoid buying souvenir seedlings from California unless you live there, of course. Several cold-hardy varieties have been bred specifically for the adventurous out-of-town amateur arborist; look for these named varieties and try and pick one whose breeding best matches your climate.
Not unless he can ensure that the land is safe from other uses for the next thousand years or so. A better way to achieve that goal might be with a bonsai. These trees train very well; and there are bonsais alive today that are years old.
This way, his spirit would live on in a tree that his descendants could take with them as they moved around—as opposed to one that gets cut down to make room for a gas station in Sign up today and be the first to know when a new article is posted and when there are special offers too! This will ensure that they don't dry up and it will give space for the roots to spread.
Once you found a place large enough a 10m radius is a good start you can plant your sequoia at its definitive spot. Remember to add some slow release conifer fertilizer to boost the roots production during the following year. If you have deer in your area, protect your young tree with chicken wire during the first years of growth as deer love to chew on buds and young stems in the spring. Question 22 days ago. What is the ideal time of year to plant the established plants outside?
I'm hoping that these will survive outdoors in my climate. I do plan on protecting them with fencing deer and some sort of insulation for the first few winters. I would really hate for them to die because I planted them too late in the growing season. I also don't know how they would hold up in a heated house with no dormancy all winter. Current nighttime temps are a few degrees above freezing, but it's going to be snowing soon. Should I plant them now?
Or keep them indoors until spring? Answer 22 days ago. I would say that when leaves are falling is a good time to plant a tree outdoors. In the northern hemisphere, that could mean September to November depending on your climate. Make sure to plant it in a well drained area and water it well after planting it. You can add some insulating material such as straw or dead leaves to give it extra protection before the snow starts falling. It will help the roots establish before the deep freeze.
Question 7 weeks ago. I have a coastal redwood about 15 inches tall and a sequoia about 3 inches tall They were a year old when I got them in May. They're doing great on pots on my porch , can I plant them outside this fall? Answer 7 weeks ago. Yes that should be fine. You may need to protect it from the cold if you're in a cold climate. It's also a good idea to put some protection from animals around it for the first year or two. On day 4 of them being in the bag I noticed a tiny sprout and on day 5 it is looking bigger.
None of the other 9 seeds have sprouted yet. Tip 3 months ago. I tried two different ways one was leaving it in a bag and one was planting directly into soil after stratification 10 each, im exited to see if they germinate!
Question 4 months ago on Step 4. Hi there, this is a very helpful guide. My seedling looked healthy up to the 3 cotyledons but a week has past with no further leaves coming through. The stem also is turning green from the initial red colour. Do you have any ideas why that may have happened? Question 5 months ago on Introduction. The first, careful steps in the life of a beautiful and fascinating tree, that is likely to become a giant that will outlive me multiple times.
Photo diary of the little giant redwood shown above. Growing giant redwoods Sequoiadendron giganteum from cuttings is also possible, but I do not have much experience with that. Once I managed to get a few through the winter. When they started growing new green tips in spring, I planted them in the hope that they would root, but sadly that didn't work.
The use of a rooting hormone like IBA, adjusted compost, and some more trial and error experience would probably dramatically increase the chance of success. When you're striking cuttings, please do so late in season when the growing of the new offspring is still strong, but the wood has already hardened somewhat. You should also strike your cuttings from trees as young as possible.
The different horticultural varieties or cultivars are all propagated by grafting. For those who do not have the patience to experiment with seeds or cuttings, giant sequoias are also available in most of the tree nurseries. They are not the most common trees, but are not hard to find.
Once in a while I see them in European garden shops with prices varying from 7 euro to 25 euro 8 to 30 dollars for a tree 30 cm 1 ft tall. Also the variety 'Pendulum' is not very hard to find. Specialized tree nurseries have larger trees available, but those can be very expensive.
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