Extended season starting trees indoors

[cmeg1]

here is wool

I will literally try to lace and web this product over my inspired bonsai soil in the above post.
Possibly incorporate into also.
I will probably put some Siberian Elms or pines into bonsai pots this season……just gotta’ do it.
Its volcanic stone……I love the stuff.

**** also if you pour black humic acid solution over the perlite it gets an attractive tan color……the black crystals in solution.Then gets nice shades of algea green..(I have seen orchid spahgnum get horrible shades of rust and black colors as a top dressing…grow wool stays green especially if interlaced and webbed in very thin layers).

**** take note the colors the perlite turns to after just a week of watering with the black humic acid soloution( from powders is best and cheapest).

 

[MaciekA]

When you finally do have some trees in bonsai pots, it's going to be pretty epic.

 

[cmeg1]

BEEN CONSIDERING COAST REDWOOD

I like the evergreen variety better…..seems to backbud and prune better too.
I love seeds that do not need pretreatment also.
I will attempt seedling cuttings like the JBP I grow.I am also doing this with Various Larch species too.
It would be fanstastic to see some super low and muti-branch/clump or kabudachi form from these and the Larch too.Seedling cutting could do the trick.
I like the form in the picure,but also would be great to have some kabudachi or clump style by means of some super budding right off the roots on some seedling cuttings.

 

[Srt8madness]

I haven't been able to get any dawn redwoods to sprout yet
Laid some over perlite and shallow in vermiculite. Hoping they're just slow to germ

 

[cmeg1]

I haven't been able to get any dawn redwoods to sprout yet
Laid some over perlite and shallow in vermiculite. Hoping they're just slow to germ

Most have very low germination….where was the seed from?

 

[Crazy Diamond]

BEEN CONSIDERING COAST REDWOOD

I like the evergreen variety better…..seems to backbud and prune better too.
I love seeds that do not need pretreatment also.
I will attempt seedling cuttings like the JBP I grow.I am also doing this with Various Larch species too.
It would be fanstastic to see some super low and muti-branch/clump or kabudachi form from these and the Larch too.Seedling cutting could do the trick.
I like the form in the picure,but also would be great to have some kabudachi or clump style by means of some super budding right off the roots on some seedling cuttings.
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Nice project!! I think you will make them grow really fast with your set up

 

[cmeg1]

Nice project!! I think you will make them grow really fast with your set up

Thanks.It will be fun.I have Larch popping up now too……will make seedling cuttings from everything and see how they act!

 

[Srt8madness]

Most have very low germination….where was the seed from?

Ooh, tough to remember. I got my all my different seeds from Treeman or something on Etsy and from Rare Exotic seeds.

 

[cmeg1]

Ooh, tough to remember. I got my all my different seeds from Treeman or something on Etsy and from Rare Exotic seeds.

Sheffields sells 1 gram packs of two different seed variety and notes crop year too……redwood are VERY expensive seed….most expensive I ever saw.

 

[Srt8madness]

Sheffields sells 1 gram packs of two different seed variety and notes crop year too……redwood are VERY expensive seed….most expensive I ever saw.

Makes sense, they don't weigh anything! I got a pack of 500 seeds though. Left some in damp paper towel in fridge to stratify, maybe they'll germ better.

I forgot in my first post, dawn redwood are the seeds I'm trying to sprout

 

[Srt8madness]

Looks like I did say that, doh! I need to make a big order from sheffields

 

[cmeg1]

 

[Lorax7]

I just started growing a batch of redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) from seed (also from Sheffields). I bought the "Extreme Collection" seeds that are collected from a grove high in the mountains where they naturally experience greater temperature extremes than coastal redwoods typically do. My hope is that at least some of the seedlings will have the genetics to survive Michigan winters so I can have more redwoods in my collection without having to find room for them to overwinter indoors.

 

[cmeg1]

I just started growing a batch of redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) from seed (also from Sheffields). I bought the "Extreme Collection" seeds that are collected from a grove high in the mountains where they naturally experience greater temperature extremes than coastal redwoods typically do. My hope is that at least some of the seedlings will have the genetics to survive Michigan winters so I can have more redwoods in my collection without having to find room for them to overwinter indoors.

I belive they can do a zone 6 winter….I was eyeing them too…….such a low getmination tate and no cash for a larger order.

I so love trees that need no pre treatment…..jbp,siberian elm,larch ,sequoia….fresher usa zelkova

 

[Srt8madness]

Sheffields sells 1 gram packs of two different seed variety and notes crop year too……redwood are VERY expensive seed….most expensive I ever saw.

Can't paste a link, but I verified it is treeseedman on Etsy.

The JBP and other seeds I got from him all passed the sink test, with zero floaters. Out of the 500 dawn redwoods maybe a dozen floated.

 

[cmeg1]

The new wave of foliar fertilizing.

Dunking the seesling cuttings in whole was great,but more work than I’d like.
Enter the atomizer!!!
These are cool and should do a great job on the Seedling cuttings….can spray repeatedly for a cohple hohrs and get the same effect….very,very fine atomized spray….especially when I add the yucca powder as a surfectant to break down the water molecule and really spread it onto the leaves.The little 500 ml container will spray for 20 minutes.

 

[MaciekA]

Idea: Disassemble/remove the pistol grip, gain control of the trigger, then put it on a rail suspended above the seedlings in the tent, and automate application

 

[cmeg1]

Idea: Disassemble/remove the pistol grip, gain control of the trigger, then put it on a rail suspended above the seedlings in the tent, and automate application

Perhaps later this season in a proper building outside!
Excellent idea
I hope to have the entire operation outdoors in an insulated building sometime this season with a much larger ebb and flow……..yay
Huge overwinter crop……less work.
So excited for this…….and finally regain my spare room in the home.

 

[MaciekA]

I never thought I'd be reading a quality shed appreciation thread on bnut, yet here we are. Bravo! That is going to be sweet

 

[cmeg1]

I never thought I'd be reading a quality shed appreciation thread on bnut, yet here we are. Bravo! That is going to be sweet

Totally ready