Collecting Redwoods

[dpowell]

Just wanted to show some pictures from a collecting trip this past weekend. Was invited by a member of another forum to some property he had permission to collect on. Naturally I had to go for the biggest tree possible which was a cut down stump. Spent around 3 hours digging it up and had to attach it to my backpack in order to carry it back to my truck.
After planting it measures 11" at the base with probably another 2" buried lower. It's now sitting in a shady spot at the side of my house and if it makes it through the summer it should have a good future in store.
Sorry for the lousy iPhone photos, but I didn't feel like lugging my camera out with along with all my other gear.

-Danny

 

[Umeboshi]

Looks like this tree has some carving in its future.

 

[misfit11]

Looks like this tree has some carving in its future.

Definitely. You should have no problems with its survival, though. Bob and Zach Shimon realized long ago that redwoods survive collection with very little roots. Good luck with it and keep us posted.

 

[Attila Soos]

Also, one can collect redwood burrs, which do not need to have any roots at all. A few years ago I was in Mendocino, and saw a sign about these burrs. The guy had a large pile in his yard. These are swollen pieces of redwood trunk, with lots of dormand buds. They had a flat bottom, with no roots whatsoever. The pieces are just sawed off the main tree.
I planted one piece in moist sand a few years ago, and now I have a small redwood forest, with a dozen trunks.