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July 07, 2006
Potted up my baby giants
I broke down today and moved three giant sequoia seedlings to larger pots.
These guys were born last year and are pictured in my TreeDazzled gallery. They've done fine, despite the endless fog and cold in San Francisco, but recently started to turn brown, particularly near the bottom of the tree at the trunk. I decided that this might be (I hope it is) due to the trees having reached the limits allowed by their rather small, shallow pots.
When I transplanted them, I found that each tree had a large coil of rather large roots at the bottom of the pot. Seems to me that this root mass could be prone to drying out easily in terra cotta. So I'm optimistic that the change will help.
July 7, 2006 in Conifers | Permalink
Comments
How tall are you planning to grow them?
It would be interesting to see them in a huge pot.Imagine youself moving them in a forklift.
I have a "Ceiba" and I plan to grow it in a big pot.
Posted by: pabonster | Oct 2, 2006 12:17:46 PM
Hi,
I'm from Belgium and I bought a Giant Sequoia in 1988 (it was a couple of inches tall back then and packed in a small tube).
Actually, I bought 2 of them (one Coast Redwood and one Giant Sequoia, but the first one died the next winter...)
The Giant Sequoia stayed in a terracotta pot from 1988 till 1995 and in that time it grew only 2 feet and a couple of inches.
In 1995 I planted the tree in the garden and over the past years it has started to grow exponentially.
In 12 years it has grown from a few feet to (as far as I can 'guess' - I measured it year after year until it was too tall for me to measure -) about 22 feet tall. The bottom of the trunk is almost one foot thick. Unfortunately I had to cut the bottom branches because the tree was covering a considerable amount of space and it is positioned quite close to the neighbours (originally exactly 10 feet).
I just wonder how far the roots have gone already since people say that the roots grow as wide as the tree grows tall... I guess in a couple of years those roots will meet my neighbours on both sides of the house.
By the way, since last year the tree has grown what seem to be two seed cones near the top, so who knows I'll be able to grow seedlings in the future.
Eric
Posted by: Eric H | Mar 12, 2007 7:04:56 AM
I wonder if any of your wonderful seeds will grow here in my state of Michigan?
Posted by: Diana | Sep 21, 2007 10:59:05 AM
I'm hoping to get some of these free seeds.. My grandson is participating in a green thumb festival!
Posted by: Caroline | Mar 7, 2009 11:19:46 AM
what is a sequoia? Thanks!
Posted by: terry | Mar 9, 2009 9:20:14 AM
Wow I looked at the pictures and those are going to be really neat trees when they grow up. Can't wait to see some of your trees in a few years.
Posted by: Aaron | Mar 9, 2009 12:51:58 PM
I just stumbled upon your site and was wondering if those trees grow in Florida? If so what kind of information to get them started down here.Send me to a site or whatever to help me.This sounds like a great project for my Grand kids!!!
Posted by: G.Tischer | Mar 10, 2009 6:06:43 PM
These are beautiful trees - wonder how they would do in NC...
Posted by: D. Baye | Mar 14, 2009 5:11:31 PM
I'm excited about my tree seeds. We have a lot of cedars in our yard and they are not shaped well.
Posted by: Lori | Mar 23, 2009 11:11:06 AM
finally a place to see the what the tree look like as fledglings
Posted by: todd | Mar 25, 2009 5:50:28 AM
Will these trees grow in MI
Posted by: Teresa Donat | Apr 5, 2009 7:09:47 AM
what is the coldest temp they can tolerate
Posted by: Teresa Donat | Apr 5, 2009 7:10:44 AM
I have never seen an actual sequoia, I live in Louisiana. Not sure if they grow here? i bet they are simply beautiful to see in person!
Posted by: Stacie Neal | Jun 26, 2009 6:25:12 PM
Hi I was looking at information about seed stratification and found the site. I have just aquired about 150 sequoiadendron giganteum seeds and plan on growing as many as I can. I also have about 30 other giant sequoias from various nurserys that are in different stages of growth. I have braeburn apple plants growing nicely from seed. Thanks for the helpfull info.
Nick
Posted by: Nick | Jul 14, 2009 7:02:05 AM
I am a tree hugger and I would love to plant the seeds you send me. Thank you.
Posted by: Karen | Nov 29, 2009 2:54:28 AM
I am trying to teach my son about natural world we live in. I thought us growing a tree(s) together would be perfect.
Posted by: Ann | Dec 17, 2009 5:18:45 AM
any plant that has large roots must be planted into larger pots as they grow or tthe will eventually die from not having enough room to grow. as your plant gets bigger you have to keep an eye out for dying leaves or branches or stems this will help tell you when it is time to replant or to seperate the roots and plant them into two seperate larger pots thus giving them even more room to grow, hope this helped
Posted by: barbara zeeb | Dec 18, 2009 4:58:49 AM
cannot wait until i get the trees
Posted by: mark | Jan 16, 2010 2:54:52 PM
cannot wait until i get the trees
Posted by: mark | Jan 16, 2010 2:54:52 PM
Where can you buy sequoia's and would they grow in Florida
Posted by: Stephen | Feb 12, 2010 5:54:39 PM
I.m very excited to find your site.I have wanted to try growing these since I was a kid reading an ad in a magazine for free giant tree seeds.
Now I can try it with my grandchildren, how cool is that.
Thank you very much, renew the earth
Posted by: Gwen | Feb 18, 2010 12:37:19 AM
I would love to plant some of these in my yard, I bet no one here will have any! ! !
Posted by: Nancy Robinson | Mar 1, 2010 8:05:56 AM
I did not know you could plant trees in pots. Thanks for the knowledge.
Posted by: FRAN | Apr 22, 2010 8:10:44 AM
Can someone tell me the best way to germinate sugar pine seeds? Eric
Posted by: Eric Pizzoferrato | Apr 23, 2010 8:32:44 AM
I have a 5-foot (10-year-old) sequoia in a 50-gallon pot in my yard and want to transplant it (legally) into the ground at a good location near a sequoia park in the California Sierra foothills (e.g., Calveras Big Trees or Sequoia Not. Park). Does anyone know of a good location? Does anyone know of a national or state park forrest program that transplants people's young sequoias in park areas?
Posted by: Gayle Dukelow | Jul 15, 2010 10:50:50 AM
