Immortality. In Progress…

Look Hard for the mighty Sequoias!

A while back, I got an immortality kit from a client with a request to plant some Giant Sequoia seeds. “Well, I planted several in the ground in her back fourty and got Zip! Sigh. So I started over again in one gallon nursery cans at my place. I put lots of very dark and organic soil in three  nursery cans. I planted about 8 seeds per nursery can just below the surface (about an  1/2 inch to an inch) and watered them thouroghly so the soil would be moist and then have kept the top soil moist with a watering from a sprinkling can three times daily. After about thirty days, was rewarded with a couple of little green sprouts that kinda look like grass. Not ever being there for the birth of a Giant Sequoia, I was not sure as what to expect.

After about a week or so, the “grass” got taller and 5 “spokes” popped out of each little “grass blade”,  and that is the way it has been for the last two weeks. I had two plants germinate in each pot. The Third (top ) pot had plants come up near the side wall of the pot and apparently got too hot and wilted when they didnt get watered fast enough one hot day. The plants are about two inches tall at present.  Isn’t this exciting? Seing immortality ( or as close as we will all get) created. I will keep you updated on their progress. Lets’s hope I don’t kill the litte guys! Perhaps I should plant some more just to be safe.

(Click on the photo to enlarge the picture Even at this stage, their little trunks are red!)

Little Giants!