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Redwoods- how to grow them in containers

Redwoods characteristically produce some seed each year with some areas being good producers most every year while others with apparently the same conditions very rarely produce any seed, possibly for either genetic, climatic, or nutritional reasons. Seed is gathered by climbing the trees when cones are ripe, or with luck, finding an area where squirrels are doing the hard labor. Seed size varies from 59 to 300 M/pound with an average of about 120 M. Viability of seed we have used has varied from a high of 65% to a low of 8%, normal seems to be about 15-20%. Stratification of seed seems to do little good and in general is not practiced.


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Author(s): Herb Baer

Publication: National Nursery Proceedings - 1978