First sequoia left the house in a permanent move!
Tracey, Keith and their family who live half a mile from my house adopted #24. We moved it today to a full sun location on a gradual slope about 7-10 degrees. The soil is surprisingly very different than at my current location. I will let Keith explain a bit more later on that.
The location marked with the shovel was chosen for good water flow from higher ground and it is on the path of water runoff from the house roof (behind camera). The slope accelerates more dramatically closer to the neighboring house located on the right. Large 50ft tall conifers can be seen in the background, which was another positive sign of the location.
A 3x3 hole was dug and filled about 4-6" of mix of 2" river cobble and smaller gravel:
Three 2 cu ft bags of potting soil were gradually mixed with with abut 2 cu ft of peat moss, 1 cu ft of river gravel, 1/2 cu ft of cedar mulch, a quart of perlite, lightly sprinkled with garden lime. About 1 cu ft of the original dirt consisting of mostly sand and white clay was also added to fill the volume. Water was added and thoroughly mixed to give consistency of wet sponge twice throughout the procedure.
Once filled to about 2/3 of the container height the two container halves we carefully removed. It required cutting one large root sticking through a drainage hole on container side as it was not allowing smooth removal of the pipe.
Finally a mound around the base was built from smaller river gravel and finally topped off with larger river cobble to provide stable base support:
Keith and Tracey will add some mulch around the tree and place guards later today.
With some luck this tree will be visible from the main access road if it manages to take hold. I am really excited about this sudden opportunity. I believe it is a good site for sequoia and this new soil will definitely add new data to the experiment. Thank you Keith and Tracey!
Here is a report on the remaining trees.
There was still overall surprisingly slow vertical growth across all samples despite 100% sunshine all week. There were no big breakouts this period like last few weeks. Even #33 slowed down a lot, which was most likely caused by the recent relocation. #24 at the time of the relocation gained one spot but mostly due to #39 losing some minor height.
The sun experiment so far is producing mixed results. Larger #39 lost minimal height and #65 continued its wild dance of the non-leading branches, this time by 0.5" downwards. However, there is now an emerging lead for #65, which will hopefully stabilize and give this sample some direction.
The two young samples in Sun experiment continued to grow steadily with #221 adding very strong 0.75". For a tree of such an age and size it is in fact very good.
Finally, since #24 is now relocated to the full sign, it is also colored with light orange in the table.
Tracey, Keith and their family who live half a mile from my house adopted #24. We moved it today to a full sun location on a gradual slope about 7-10 degrees. The soil is surprisingly very different than at my current location. I will let Keith explain a bit more later on that.
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| Future location of experiment #24. August 2015. |
A 3x3 hole was dug and filled about 4-6" of mix of 2" river cobble and smaller gravel:
Three 2 cu ft bags of potting soil were gradually mixed with with abut 2 cu ft of peat moss, 1 cu ft of river gravel, 1/2 cu ft of cedar mulch, a quart of perlite, lightly sprinkled with garden lime. About 1 cu ft of the original dirt consisting of mostly sand and white clay was also added to fill the volume. Water was added and thoroughly mixed to give consistency of wet sponge twice throughout the procedure.
Once filled to about 2/3 of the container height the two container halves we carefully removed. It required cutting one large root sticking through a drainage hole on container side as it was not allowing smooth removal of the pipe.
Finally a mound around the base was built from smaller river gravel and finally topped off with larger river cobble to provide stable base support:
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| #34 August 2, 2015. 21.5" at 2 years and 9 months. |
Keith and Tracey will add some mulch around the tree and place guards later today.
With some luck this tree will be visible from the main access road if it manages to take hold. I am really excited about this sudden opportunity. I believe it is a good site for sequoia and this new soil will definitely add new data to the experiment. Thank you Keith and Tracey!
Here is a report on the remaining trees.
The sun experiment so far is producing mixed results. Larger #39 lost minimal height and #65 continued its wild dance of the non-leading branches, this time by 0.5" downwards. However, there is now an emerging lead for #65, which will hopefully stabilize and give this sample some direction.
The two young samples in Sun experiment continued to grow steadily with #221 adding very strong 0.75". For a tree of such an age and size it is in fact very good.
Finally, since #24 is now relocated to the full sign, it is also colored with light orange in the table.
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