Signs of Spring

The temperature started spiking. Clearly after the wolf ate the ground hog.

Next week it will go to 51F (+10C). I checked the trees outside today and although sequoias did not have any hints of budding just yet, both the Norway spruces and the ponderosa pines certainly had some buds. Again, this is nothing like last year, but still substantially a beyond normal warmer weather.

Inside the house, the sequoias continued to do amazingly well. No dead sequoias and the speed of growth seems to pick up. Here is an updated video with another week of growth. I shifted the viewing angle a bit but it's now a more sturdy mount, so the video should get a steadier in the future:

Yesterday I watered all sequoias (and doug-fir and norway spruce) using top-bottom method. Then today I sprayed them with chlorotholanil. And finally I added a diluted feeding mix, about 10ml to each tree. I made the feed by mixing about 10ml of concentrate with about 500ml of water and about 2g of MgSO4.

Liquid concentrate used for feeding

#394 continues to rock:

#394 Feb 5, 2017

2016/17 sequoia crop on Feb 5, 2017

I continued moving Norway spruce to large containers. In addition to moving I added a few sticks and attached the ones that were almost laying on the ground to be a bit more vertical. I know that the roots are developing very well but the concern is that the needles in contact with wet soil may start develop some rot.

Before:

Norway spruce leaning on the ground. Feb 5, 2017

And after:

Norway spruce with stakes to hold plants above ground. Feb 5, 2017

Doug-fir also continues to grow strongly. I believe it's no different than in previous years. Overall, they develop faster than sequoias and much faster than the Norway spruce.:

Doug-fir. Feb 5, 2017