linina
Sapling
Hi everyone,
I have found quite a few threads here for Giant Sequoia, however, I feel the need to open my own thread now because as long as I still have these babies in my yard, I think I will run into problems now and then.
So here, welcome all of the knowledge, advice and really, anything you know at all about Giant Sequoia would be appreciated and very helpful in my journey to keep them as my bonsai.
Currently, I've found a lot of squirmy wormy little white thing under the soil but, in another thread, I was assured that they will do no harm to my Sequoias. Hence, I will leave it there and see how it goes!!
Now, I know they like to stay hydrated, not wet and then dry watering technique. So I try to keep them moist yet leave room for water to drain completely. I realized that when watering, they thrive to have water from head to toe (or root) because they do absorb water through their foliages as well. So I've got a lot of new growth on the tips and the trunk. However, fertilizer is something I have not figured it out yet. I have been using NPK 12-4-5 for them (very little at a time so I won't mess it up) and they've responded well (new growth). As far as I know, now that it's winter (in Southern California...) I will pace it out with fertilizing and stop until summer again. Now, I don't know about pruning; root pruning nor branch pruning. I haven't dared to try it, except clipping off a couple tips.
So if anyone has advice for me and want to share your knowledge about Giant Sequoia, please feel free to. I'd love to learn more and most certainly want to keep them healthy as possible due to their hard to grow naturally.
Thank you for reading so far ?
L
I have found quite a few threads here for Giant Sequoia, however, I feel the need to open my own thread now because as long as I still have these babies in my yard, I think I will run into problems now and then.
So here, welcome all of the knowledge, advice and really, anything you know at all about Giant Sequoia would be appreciated and very helpful in my journey to keep them as my bonsai.
Currently, I've found a lot of squirmy wormy little white thing under the soil but, in another thread, I was assured that they will do no harm to my Sequoias. Hence, I will leave it there and see how it goes!!
Now, I know they like to stay hydrated, not wet and then dry watering technique. So I try to keep them moist yet leave room for water to drain completely. I realized that when watering, they thrive to have water from head to toe (or root) because they do absorb water through their foliages as well. So I've got a lot of new growth on the tips and the trunk. However, fertilizer is something I have not figured it out yet. I have been using NPK 12-4-5 for them (very little at a time so I won't mess it up) and they've responded well (new growth). As far as I know, now that it's winter (in Southern California...) I will pace it out with fertilizing and stop until summer again. Now, I don't know about pruning; root pruning nor branch pruning. I haven't dared to try it, except clipping off a couple tips.
So if anyone has advice for me and want to share your knowledge about Giant Sequoia, please feel free to. I'd love to learn more and most certainly want to keep them healthy as possible due to their hard to grow naturally.
Thank you for reading so far ?
L