Update on Sequoia....

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:11 am

Still dead...

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igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:44 am

For sure... Too sad...

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:28 pm

Would have been a monster this summer with all the rain-closing in on 8"
for June now with anywhere from 2-5" forecast over the next 3 days.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 4:23 pm

Why not plant a dawn redwood instead?

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:34 pm

It would look just like that for half the year

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sun Jun 29, 2014 6:20 am

Touche lol.... The difference is you KNOW it will re leaf

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Sun Jun 29, 2014 7:00 am

Jim- I forget, was yours one of the 'blue' type? I've heard in several conversations that the 'blue' form of Sequoia is hardier... Or are you giving up on them?

Too bad that it's not coming back. I lost a lot of good plants this year too, the extended cold was just too much.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun Jun 29, 2014 9:25 am

canadianplant wrote:Touche lol.... The difference is you KNOW it will re leaf

Thats true

Paul

I don't think it was a blue form...no plans to try again as I don't
know how long I will be at this address...part (or all of the prob)
was the mulch was not piled around the trunk as it should have been..
this may have at least left enough of the main trunk and roots alive
to have a chance...who knows...

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 5:52 pm

Rats.

I had a dawn redwood once. Nice, but of course deciduous.

You can grow vines up the corpse of your Sequoia if you want to salvage something from your effort.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 5:44 pm

too bad it's dead......she was a beauty.