Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Redwoods - Day 1

We have begun growing some Coastal Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) from seedlings.

The two seedlings arrived in the mail today from a grower in Michigan. Found them on eBay for about $4 each. They were packed in a cardboard box with shredded newspapers to keep them protected and wet?. They apparently are in good health after that trip. My uneducated guess, from reading about growing these online, these two are probably several months old at least.

Specimen B2
Approximately 9" tall


Specimen J2
Approximately 10" tall



I have been using a number of resources online for tips on growing redwoods. We'll see how they do and I'll continue to post updates here to track their progress.

http://www.virtualsecrets.com/redwood_and_pines.html
http://www.redwoodworld.co.uk/faqs.htm
http://www.ehow.com/how_4421951_plant-grow-redwood-seedling.html