Baby giant sequoia in winter
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Comments (55)" There is also a very large, and interesting plantation of them in Maui, not the southeast, but still a really warm humid climate" Nope! Wrong again! The redwoods there are mostly planted above 5000', a climate where dewpoints are always << 60F, thus nights are going to be in the 50s at worse, and even 30s and 40s in winter. Highs probably never hit 80f, even during the worst heatwaves. Not at all a "really warm humid climate". A few are a bit lower, down to 3000', but their growth seems to become abnormal. Even there, summer are as cool or cooler than Boston's!...See MoreGrowing redwoods and giant sequoias
Comments (33)Just at a guess, giant sequoias might do better than coast redwoods in a climate with cold winters. After all, they grow in the Sierras. Coast redwoods once had a much larger range than they do now. These days they are happiest in the fog belt of the coast, cool temperatures and damp air. I honestly don't know how flexible they are about conditions. I was surprised to see them at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston. Or were those sequoias? I thought I saw both. The third member of this family, dawn redwoods are wonderful trees. Please be aware though that they are deciduous. Sometimes this comes as a shock to people who thought that all conifers were evergreen. They are one of the exceptions. I am blessed to have four coast redwoods growing in my yard, sixty or so years old. No credit to me (they were planted before I was born), but I do feel fortunate to have them in my care. There is something wonderfully inspiring about these magnificent living things. Rosefolly...See MoreTime to fertilize young giant sequoias?
Comments (2)I'd not bother with fertiliser at all, unless a soil test has indicated a severe deficiency in a particular nutrient. Resin...See MoreThe ends of my baby redwood's branches are turning brown and drying up
Comments (10)what mike said ... just understand.. a light bulb is not the sun ... few million degrees of intensity different.... so you have to harden things off .. as noted above .... where are you???? ..... it should go outside.. in full bright shade ... and then planted in mother earth in the fall ... and winter over outdoors ... if its not zone appropriate for your location .... well.. we'll deal with that when you tell us that ... on some level.. you are loving it to death .. lets free it.. to be the tree it is ... its going to be very hard to grow it as a houseplant.. in the long run .... ken...See Moresam_md
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