Giant Sequoias do not grow just by themselves. They have partner species. Not to be too pedantic about how they grow in their natural habitat but more conifers are coming to live near the giants.
But before we jump to the new additions here is how existing sequoias fared in the last few weeks:
Temperatures held in mid- to upper- 80s with occasional rain. A few days stayed mid-70s.
Top three grew over an inch each with the leader #33 adding two inches and first to reach 30" height. #31 grew just a little faster than #34 and it allowed it to jump to second place. #31 and #38 that were both placed in a large container are doing exceptionally well.
It is too soon to tell direct full sun exposure effect, but after first two months the samples in partial shade did better. #39 in full sun developed some minor disease in the lower branches. Four 2-inch long branches turned glossy black. They were removed and an ample amount of sulfur powder was put on the affected spot. #24 (named Jack), which is now also in full sun at Keith and Tracey's survived first two weeks of transplantation at the expense of massive lower 1/3rd branches turning completely rusty brown. However, the top 1/3rd looks very healthy and managed to add minor but appreciable height and volume.
On to the expansion. My daughter and I spent this summer vacation at Olympic National Park in WA. We had a chance to spend one morning at the Matt Albright Native Plant Nursery. Nursery manager Dave Allen and his staff were extraordinarily gracious with their time showing us around the place. We were also able to re-plnat around 200 plants, mostly Grand Fir (Abies grandis) and some Pacific Red Cedar (Thuja Plicata) from germination cells into three inch seedling containers:
We brought back some seeds and then even more were ordered. more on this in the next post.
But before we jump to the new additions here is how existing sequoias fared in the last few weeks:
Top three grew over an inch each with the leader #33 adding two inches and first to reach 30" height. #31 grew just a little faster than #34 and it allowed it to jump to second place. #31 and #38 that were both placed in a large container are doing exceptionally well.
It is too soon to tell direct full sun exposure effect, but after first two months the samples in partial shade did better. #39 in full sun developed some minor disease in the lower branches. Four 2-inch long branches turned glossy black. They were removed and an ample amount of sulfur powder was put on the affected spot. #24 (named Jack), which is now also in full sun at Keith and Tracey's survived first two weeks of transplantation at the expense of massive lower 1/3rd branches turning completely rusty brown. However, the top 1/3rd looks very healthy and managed to add minor but appreciable height and volume.
On to the expansion. My daughter and I spent this summer vacation at Olympic National Park in WA. We had a chance to spend one morning at the Matt Albright Native Plant Nursery. Nursery manager Dave Allen and his staff were extraordinarily gracious with their time showing us around the place. We were also able to re-plnat around 200 plants, mostly Grand Fir (Abies grandis) and some Pacific Red Cedar (Thuja Plicata) from germination cells into three inch seedling containers:
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| Planting Abies at Albright Native Plant Nursery August 2015 |
We brought back some seeds and then even more were ordered. more on this in the next post.
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