LittleDingus
Omono
This is my redwood family from almost exactly 1 year ago. August 15, 2019 by the timestamp on the photo.
The far left is a dawn redwood I had planted from seed back in January of 2019. The middle is a coastal redwood and the far right is a giant sequioa. Both were bought as plugs when the weather warmed so roughly April/May 2019 I forget exactly.
This is the same family photo almost exactly 1 year later. August 22, 2020 by the timestamp on the photo
The towel in the background is the same towel in both photos. The bottle of Marsala for scale is long gone I've substituted a more standard tape measure to avoid this problem in the future!
I'm actually only noticed the difference because google photos pointed out the old photo to me. I was just thinking the other day that I was disappointed in how much the sequoia had grown because it doesn't seem to change much. Turns out it's kinda like your children. If you look at them every day, you don't notice the little changes. But when you go to grandma's house who hasn't seen them in a while she exclaims "My, look how you've grown!"
All are grown in grow bags. I up-potted them from 1 gallon to 3 gallon in the spring. All are in Napa 8822 with some smallish percentage of chunk coconut coif because I feel it helps bind the oil dry so it's not so loose until the roots can help fix it. All are watered frequently and heavily especially when the temps are above 90F. The coastal and dawn redwoods get a misting most every day. I try not to mist the sequoia.
The far left is a dawn redwood I had planted from seed back in January of 2019. The middle is a coastal redwood and the far right is a giant sequioa. Both were bought as plugs when the weather warmed so roughly April/May 2019 I forget exactly.
This is the same family photo almost exactly 1 year later. August 22, 2020 by the timestamp on the photo
The towel in the background is the same towel in both photos. The bottle of Marsala for scale is long gone I've substituted a more standard tape measure to avoid this problem in the future!
I'm actually only noticed the difference because google photos pointed out the old photo to me. I was just thinking the other day that I was disappointed in how much the sequoia had grown because it doesn't seem to change much. Turns out it's kinda like your children. If you look at them every day, you don't notice the little changes. But when you go to grandma's house who hasn't seen them in a while she exclaims "My, look how you've grown!"
All are grown in grow bags. I up-potted them from 1 gallon to 3 gallon in the spring. All are in Napa 8822 with some smallish percentage of chunk coconut coif because I feel it helps bind the oil dry so it's not so loose until the roots can help fix it. All are watered frequently and heavily especially when the temps are above 90F. The coastal and dawn redwoods get a misting most every day. I try not to mist the sequoia.