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Growing a Sequoia
Hi,
I'm busy germinating giant Sequoia seeds and they seem to get along well, they grow nicely for the first few weeks and then all of a sudden the leaves dry up and the plant dies (usually they grow to a height of 2"/5cm before drying up). They are very young and still are in the nursery (a small box that keeps the air humide). Initially i thought that maybe the conditions were too humide for the seedlings so i moved some of them out of the nursery and that didn't help much. Has anyone grown Sequoias, if so in what conditions ? What kind of soil did you use ? TIA, Cedric -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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Growing a Sequoia
"Cedric Rouvrais" wrote in message news:52fcbf216e0866dd9df9d7ec9b8fba95.122560@myga te.mailgate.org...
Hi, I'm busy germinating giant Sequoia seeds and they seem to get along well, they grow nicely for the first few weeks and then all of a sudden the leaves dry up and the plant dies (usually they grow to a height of 2"/5cm before drying up). They are very young and still are in the nursery (a small box that keeps the air humide). Initially i thought that maybe the conditions were too humide for the seedlings so i moved some of them out of the nursery and that didn't help much. Has anyone grown Sequoias, if so in what conditions ? What kind of soil did you use ? First off..where are you located? I managed to root Coastal Redwood cuttings. Out of 15 cuttings, 3 actually took, and out of those three, one grew very well. Redwoods and Sequoias are in the same family. These trees tend to like dryer conditions, but so much as to let them dry out. I don't think the humidity would be and issue. It just might be the soil. I've been the Redwood National Forest in Northern California and to Sequoia National Park. Both places differ in soil conditions..so it could be anything. However, you can use the same rules for Cedars and apply them to Redwoods and Sequoias. Which I think is 1/3peat 1/3loam and 1/3inorganic...with a little more in the inorganic. Perhaps moving out into dryer conditions too quickly put them into shock? Also, have you been fertilizing them? If so, hold off doing that and just keep up on the watering. I'm located in Southern California so the conditions are very dry, but you still have to be careful when watering. The Deodar Cedars out here do very well and can stand up to our hellacious droughts. But you put one in a pot, and it's a different story. Any rate...I hope someone else can give some more insight into this. -DLNorton |
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Growing a Sequoia
Hi,
Thanks for your reply ) I'm currently based in a flat in Paris, so i'm using artificial lighting for my bonsais. Luckily the flat is rather well heated: 77°F/25°C in the day and 68°F/20°C at night. The air in the flat being rather dry i put my trees on top of a small bowl that serves as a short of pond. The conditions though are far being those of the Sequoia park ... sigh. I haven't been adding any fertilizers or anything of the kind, i think it would downright kill the plant ... they seam to young too me for that kind of treatment. However i admit to not having used peat as i was afraid that it would be to acid for the seedlings, i'll take your advice and give it a go with the 1/3 peat added to the rest and keep you informed. Regards, Cedric -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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Growing a Sequoia
For the record, i found this interesting page:
http://www.batnet.com/askmar/Redwoods/Sequoia.html Cedric -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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