Giant Sequoia Potting Advise

[Halifax]

Thanks, Coh. I just moved it into a larger pot but I will make a planting box for it next spring and let it go to town. I don't have a plan as I purchased it this way, but clearly, I need a plan!

 

[linina]

I am so happy to find this forum, I had to register a new account so that I can discuss about giant sequoia!!!
I bought my 2 baby sequoias in June and been repotting them into small tea cups with bonsai soil. When I repotted, I did not more than just a trim so that the root would fit into the pots. They have been growing very well since, I see new shoots on both. However, I also see some yellow and brown foliages. Somehow, those small ones seem to love to be in shade more than under the sun; I am supposed the sun/heat dries them out.
Now that the SoCal is going into "winter," I hope they will do fine. I have been feeding them a little bit of bonsai fertilizers and see them doing well with it. Hopefully they will survive their first winter here...

 

[Halifax]

They look really nice! I have also started seedlings this year, but they are behind yours in growth. My GSs get morning and afternoon sun, with a shadecloth shading them midday. I mist the canopies every morning, too.

 

[linina]

Hello Everyone!!

Hope you have a great planting day. I have found some little tiny guys in the bonsai soil of my sequoia and I am inexperienced so I am not sure if they're bad or good and what do I need to do with them. They're extremely tiny so it was so hard for me to photograph them. I put a little video on my youtube instead. Please help me identify them; are they good or bad? what should I do if they're bad guys?

Thank you
Here's the link

 

[linina]

a better than the other clip but still not the best, I apologize. It is truly tiny and I had a hard time finding it

 

[Potawatomi13]

Odd to see up at surface of soil. Do cups have drainage holes? Likely baby earth squirms.

 

[linina]

Odd to see up at surface of soil. Do cups have drainage holes? Likely baby earth squirms.

Hi, yes the cup has holes for drainage, although I do water it more regular than most of my plants because I’ve read that they don’t like the wet and dry period; sequoias like to stay hydrated. I’ve found quiet a few ones dead today when SoCal gets really dry lately and I didn’t get to water them until I get home. So do they harm the roots if left untreated?

Also, I think they are there might have something to do with my ferterlizer then because it’s organic stuff. They’re not on the surface though, I scraped up the soil surface so that I could add some moss on top and I horrified seeing a few of them. Didn’t know what they were.

 

[sorce]

some moss

If you add some big patches its likely you'll bring some things to eat those worms with.

Though...they may not be worms.

Doubt they're harmful. I got em.

No worries.

Sorce