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Growing Giant Redwood from seed

8 years ago

Hi all,

My old college professor gave me some S. giganteum seeds along with seeds for a few other exotic species. I decided to sow them for fun and miraculously after ~2 weeks one of them germinated.

Does anyone have any experience caring for these seedlings? Currently i have it in a small pot in a fast draining soil mix in my indoor greenhouse below a T5 light.

My main concern is lighting, should these be left underneath a grow light or in a shaded location?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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Embothrium

8 years ago

It'll definitely want plenty of light.

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dale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
8 years ago
Raising Forestry Seedlings at Home

.giant-sequoia.com/about-sequoia-trees
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Nicole
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This is really cool! I'm interested in how the tree turns out. Where are you going to plant a tree thats going to get so big?
dale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
8 years ago
They can be kept as a Bonsai if desired.
dale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
8 years ago
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Growing Seqouia from Seed

Usually soak seed for 12 to 24 hrs. Drain and place seeds in sealed sandwich baggie. Place Baggie in refrigerator for 3 to 4 weeks, to simulate winter( break seed dormancy). Remove seeds,sow on the growing medium surface, and cover with light mulch of grit ( Perlite or Pumice is good). Growing medium Peat:Vermiculite or Peat:Perlite at 1:1 ratio. Use a deep cup or Cone Containers.

Feed with MG 24-6-16 with each watering at 50ppm N for 2 weeks,when first true needles appear. Increase to 100ppm N after 2 weeks till late summer. Then reduce to 50ppm again during dormnacy periods.

50ppm N is about 1/2tsp MG 24%N per 2.5 gal water

100ppm N is about 1tsp MG 24%N per 2.5 gal water

Follow the techniques in Raising Forest Seedings at Home

For Growing in Containers using the different growing Phases as a guide.

Seedlings in Conetainers RL SC10

Tree containers are available at

https://www.stuewe.com/products/rayleach.php

Good Luck
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Kate LeVering
8 years ago
My kiddos and I had 2 growing for a while in a small terarium which came with the seeds (gift from a relative). They definitely need humidity. Maybe a homemade plastic terarium made from a water bottle would be a good place to start. They normally live in a rain forest so be sure to keep them moist.
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omaoua28
Original Author
8 years ago
Thank you all for the feedback. Sad to say, the little guy seemed to have gotten scorched after putting it under a fluorescent bulb :/

I'd planned to grow it as a bonsai. I sowed ~10 so hopefully I'll have at least 1 other specimen but with such a low germination rate I'm not getting my hopes up.

Thank you all again for chiming in :]

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