So far I have been measuring height of sequoias. Although it's a good indicator of progress, it's not the whole story. This time in addition to the height I took pictures of the trees from above to give an estimate of their overall volume.
Before that, here is an update height measure table:
In two weeks since the last post top three retained their spots. The rest of top ten saw a significant shake up.
Placed ninth two weeks ago #33 jumped up five places to the fourth position adding almost 5" in two weeks. It more than doubled its height since last winter, going from 10" to current 22". It will also be clear from the top view that it appears to be the fastest overall growing sample.
Former fourth #63 dropped two spots to be ranked sixth.
#38, which was ranked fifth dropped two places down. Its permanent planting location so far keeps failing to realize into significant growth. It remains a healthy looking sample with very good lateral branch growth and moderate to weak vertical growth. There are numerous competing shoots on top with no one clear leader.
Former number six #104 saw steady growth of just under 2" nudging it up one place to fifth spot.
#39 went from seventh to ninth but overall saw a decent 1.5" height growth in two-weeks, which is to say it was overgrown by even stronger samples. #24 retained its eights spot by adding a bit over 2" to pull ahead of #39.
Closing top ten is #118 that maintained its position adding 0.5" per week.
The 10-21 spots saw some minor ups and downs but nothing out of the ordinary. #CA1 remains extremely weak and is highly unlikely to survive. The needles are thin with numerous black spots embracing entire green volume. #15 on the other hand keeps strengthening moving up only one spot to 12th but it is now approaching the top ten.
Now to the top views.
As it was mentioned above, #33 grew vigorously this season doubling its height. Here is a picture showing its lateral growth:
It appears to be as wide on average as it is tall with foliage evenly spaced around the plant. Other strong plants have wide branches but #33 has overall high density all around for a plant that doubled its height since winter.
As it is clearly seen on the picture above, height is not the whole story. #104 on top right is almost as tall as #33 and 1.5" taller than #24, but it has less than half the volume of these two.
Another good example is current leader #34. Sitting comfortably over two inches above next closest rival, it has branches only on one half of the plant and the middle section is devoid of any branches at all. Calling it a "leader" is definitely a stretch:
The "real" leader at this time appears to be #31. It is placed second height-wise, training 2.25" behind #34 but with its even volume around and along the trunk it is the strongest sample at this time. Although not permanently planted, it was moved a month ago to a much more open spot with ten times the volume of the container:
Edit:
An experiment with placing a few samples in full sun with no shading from 8AM till 8PM. I took one (almost) three year old strong sample (#39), one weak old sample (#65) and one representative of the younger 2 year old samples (#221):
Before that, here is an update height measure table:
In two weeks since the last post top three retained their spots. The rest of top ten saw a significant shake up.
Placed ninth two weeks ago #33 jumped up five places to the fourth position adding almost 5" in two weeks. It more than doubled its height since last winter, going from 10" to current 22". It will also be clear from the top view that it appears to be the fastest overall growing sample.
Former fourth #63 dropped two spots to be ranked sixth.
#38, which was ranked fifth dropped two places down. Its permanent planting location so far keeps failing to realize into significant growth. It remains a healthy looking sample with very good lateral branch growth and moderate to weak vertical growth. There are numerous competing shoots on top with no one clear leader.
Former number six #104 saw steady growth of just under 2" nudging it up one place to fifth spot.
#39 went from seventh to ninth but overall saw a decent 1.5" height growth in two-weeks, which is to say it was overgrown by even stronger samples. #24 retained its eights spot by adding a bit over 2" to pull ahead of #39.
Closing top ten is #118 that maintained its position adding 0.5" per week.
The 10-21 spots saw some minor ups and downs but nothing out of the ordinary. #CA1 remains extremely weak and is highly unlikely to survive. The needles are thin with numerous black spots embracing entire green volume. #15 on the other hand keeps strengthening moving up only one spot to 12th but it is now approaching the top ten.
Now to the top views.
As it was mentioned above, #33 grew vigorously this season doubling its height. Here is a picture showing its lateral growth:
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| #33 July 2015, top view |
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| #24 and #33 next to each other July 2015. Compare with volume of #104 on top right. |
As it is clearly seen on the picture above, height is not the whole story. #104 on top right is almost as tall as #33 and 1.5" taller than #24, but it has less than half the volume of these two.
Another good example is current leader #34. Sitting comfortably over two inches above next closest rival, it has branches only on one half of the plant and the middle section is devoid of any branches at all. Calling it a "leader" is definitely a stretch:
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| #34 July 2015 top view |
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| #31 July 2015 |
An experiment with placing a few samples in full sun with no shading from 8AM till 8PM. I took one (almost) three year old strong sample (#39), one weak old sample (#65) and one representative of the younger 2 year old samples (#221):
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