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Article #453Re: Giant Sequoia ?
From: Plantsman
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 00:00
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You can grow these from semi-mature wood cuttings, but like the germination rate of their seeds, your success rate will be somewhat low for the number of cuttings attempted. If you get one out of ten to root and then survive, you'll be doing good. Cuttings should be taken in the late summer, about 6"-10" long, be sure they are limb ends with a positive lead. Slice them off on 45� angles, dust generously with a rooting hormone powder or paste and place in half and half mixture of moist sand and sterile potting soil and cover the tray with a clear plastic film tent. You will need to keep it out of the direct sun to prevent overheating and mist them daily in the mornings. If, after all of this you get some to live, consider yourself very lucky! The easy way out of all this is to just go ahead and buy a Chinese Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). They are very pretty, easy to grow, and get very large, very fast! Plantsman plantsman@prodigy.net Marc Kossa wrote in message <36F0BA0F.C4D38F9C@hotmail.com>... :Hello, : :I would like to know if it is possible to grow a Giant Sequoia <saving bandwidth snip>
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