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Re: Giant Sequoia’s
« Reply #20 on: February 22, 2006, 05:30:07 pm »
Dawn redwood is one of the oldest trees that is known.  I believe its from prehistoric times. 

As for the big pine cone, it sounds a whole log like sugar pine, not redwood.  They can get up to about 2'.  Redwoods are about 1".

I worked with a guy that was measuring a sugar pine.  But, a squirrel was also working on one of those cones, while it was green.  It fell a couple hundred feet and hit the guy on his head.   :D  Good thing he had a ding hat on.  It still drove him to his knees. 
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Re: Giant Sequoia’s
« Reply #21 on: February 22, 2006, 06:11:15 pm »
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Sounds like your 'redwood' cones are a good description of the sugar pine cones or maybe the jeffrey pine or digger pine.
Me thinks the redwood cones are about ½" in diam.

Here is a pic
redwood cone

and of a Digger pine cone
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Re: Giant Sequoia’s
« Reply #22 on: February 22, 2006, 06:18:39 pm »
I was thinking sugar pine as well. I was reading the other day that for such a gigantic tree family, they (redwood and Sequoia) have such small cones and seeds.
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Re: Giant Sequoia’s
« Reply #23 on: February 22, 2006, 09:27:51 pm »
Sugar Pine cones... Digger Pine grow on the really low site class lands.  Sugar Pine grow up in the Sierra and all the way into the coastal Redwood zone.  Coulter Pine grow on harsh sites down around So. Cal and have large cones that look kinda like Digger Pine but smaller.  Jeffery are the same size and shape as Poderosa pine cones.
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Re: Giant Sequoia’s
« Reply #24 on: February 23, 2006, 08:45:21 pm »
ahhh that verry well could be, I was aware of the sequa size and only figured that they BIG one was from the redwoods, but I stand corrected.  was the sugar pines similar to the redwoods?   I spent a lot of time looking at the woman I was with & the others running around (I was 25 or so then ;) )  now I pay more attension to the surroundings that don't have 2 legs :D  but then my woman makes sure of that  :o ::)  ;D


I only got to see that BIG cone from about 30 or so yards, I assumed it was the redwoods, while I did get the sequas cones home I never tried to get any to grow as our ohio soil PH is bad for them ...   I'll be goig back there someday before I hit 50 for sure  8)

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Re: Giant Sequoia’s
« Reply #25 on: February 23, 2006, 11:34:05 pm »
Quote from: SPIKER on February 22, 2006, 05:07:41 pm

 those would kill ya if it hit ya from top ! one I saw comming out being carried by a guy was a GIANT thing looked to be 18+" long and maybe 6" dia.


If you were in one of the sequoia groves, than a cone this large could only be a sugar pine.  lots of 18" cones, but rarely do I see ones longer than that. and yes, a green  one could probably kill you if it hit you. A friend of mine lost his skylight a few times to sugar pine cones.

Without a doubt, if a green digger pine cone fell and hit you, if it didn't kill you on contact , you would probably bleed to death. :o those things  weigh a few pounds, and have very sharp spikes.

To the original question, I think they may do well in your area. At the given elevation, I would imagine you get plenty of below freezing days in the winter, and several warm days in the summer. The only thing you probably lack is the extremely heavy snow. Lots of Sequoias were planted here 30 to 40 years ago, and those trees are now 60 to 80 feet. Still a small tree, but a beautiful one.
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Re: Giant Sequoia’s
« Reply #26 on: March 04, 2006, 03:37:55 am »
I have some sugar, redwood, and sequoia cones, with a some seeds as well. ;D
Never did try planting any though. :-\
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Re: Giant Sequoia’s
« Reply #27 on: March 04, 2006, 09:01:30 am »
Furb, depending on how long you had them and how they were stored they might be duds by now. ;)
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Re: Giant Sequoia’s
« Reply #28 on: March 06, 2006, 11:04:01 pm »
I have had folks plant the Sequoia in semi wet soils with good success.  I have some butt logs in the yard that are 5'+ and only 28 years old.   We removed 10 in West Salem a couple years ago and the fella that planted them told me the eage.  the growth rings are up to an inch and a quarter apart, for some years.   I took some to the Oregon logging conference again this year to make lumber for 650 bird feeders, for outdoor school kids this May. ::) :-X
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Re: Giant Sequoia’s
« Reply #29 on: March 07, 2006, 08:11:30 pm »
hehehe  I saw West Salem, and though huh I never knew there were sequas there (I have a home in West Salem OHIO)  lol  dah

but groth rings 1" appart?!  that is much faster than I had imigined.  I was under impression they were slow growers

how about sending some pine cones / seed this way!? :);)

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Re: Giant Sequoia’s
« Reply #30 on: March 07, 2006, 08:25:33 pm »
They are slow growers, especially when they are crowded and are getting big.  Some of the redwoods I saw had lots of growth rings per inch, but the younger managed stands have very fast growth.   Spaced properly and no overstory to compete with makes a huge difference.
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Re: Giant Sequoia’s
« Reply #31 on: March 08, 2006, 05:57:10 am »
Light and space = pseudo-fertilizer  ;D
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Re: Giant Sequoia’s
« Reply #32 on: March 09, 2006, 03:24:31 pm »
I just had 450 planted and I hope they grow nice and fast like what is talked about up above. Looking forward to seeing the progression between them my fir and the cedar that survive the deer and elk :)
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