Godlike Productions - Discussion Forum
Users Online Now: 1,600 (Who's On?)Visitors Today: 107,566
Pageviews Today: 191,327Threads Today: 62Posts Today: 1,272
02:33 AM


Rate this Thread

Absolute BS Crap Reasonable Nice Amazing
 

Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!

 
pink cat
Offer Upgrade

User ID: 10754816
United States
05/05/2012 10:51 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
in looking up rare heirloom seeds i have come across such a remarkable tree i had to share it here with you:

[link to theshopatvictoriagardens.blogspot.com]

it is called the dawn redwood

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

it is ancient. once thought to be only a fossil, a few were found in china. now it is making a slow comeback!

i seriously just bought 30 seeds on amazon for a DOLLAR!

it likes acidic soil and lots of water. will even grow in standing water!

my soil is acidic and i have a marsh in the back so i am going to plant mine there.

the trunk can grow to 100 feet wide! such a gorgeous tree!
winding twisting trunk and roots :)
fern like coniferous leaves!

[link to www.dawnredwood.org]

go get some seeds if you live in a place that can grow them. they are the fastest growing coniferous redwoods second only to the redwoods of california.

they can get to be 100 feet tall

:)
🦋
Hermittao

User ID: 15592447
United States
05/05/2012 11:03 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
A living fossel, like the ginkgo and the Coelacanth. South Alabama may be too warm; we're at the bottom edge of Zone 8. Thanks for the information.
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams - Acts 2:17 (KJV)
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 15539400
United States
05/05/2012 11:06 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
What animals and insects like living with them?
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 1152779
United States
05/05/2012 11:06 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
"the trunk can grow to 100 feet wide!"

Really?
pink cat  (OP)

User ID: 10754816
United States
05/05/2012 11:06 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
A living fossel, like the ginkgo and the Coelacanth. South Alabama may be too warm; we're at the bottom edge of Zone 8. Thanks for the information.
 Quoting: Hermittao


i'm at the upper part of zone 4.
you should get some and we can share info on how are trees are growing :)
it says it's ok for zone 8. in china i think it grows in zone 9 even.
🦋
pink cat  (OP)

User ID: 10754816
United States
05/05/2012 11:07 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
What animals and insects like living with them?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15539400


i have no idea! grow one and find out :)
🦋
pink cat  (OP)

User ID: 10754816
United States
05/05/2012 11:08 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
"the trunk can grow to 100 feet wide!"

Really?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1152779


yep! according to the link i provided at dawnredwoog.org which has a preserve!

google image search for dawn redwood they are so amazing looking!
🦋
Hermittao

User ID: 15592447
United States
05/05/2012 11:20 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
".... get some and we can share info on how are trees are growing :)" I’m willing to give it a try. I’ve pushed the envelope on several plant species, including olive trees.

p.s. The olive trees are growing well, but I have my doubts about harvesting any olives. I may try using the leaves for medicinal purposes.

Thanks again!
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams - Acts 2:17 (KJV)
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 15539400
United States
05/05/2012 11:22 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
What animals and insects like living with them?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15539400


i have no idea! grow one and find out :)
 Quoting: pink cat


No way! I never plant anything close to me without knowing what comes along with it.

tard
pink cat  (OP)

User ID: 10754816
United States
05/05/2012 11:39 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
What animals and insects like living with them?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15539400


i have no idea! grow one and find out :)
 Quoting: pink cat


No way! I never plant anything close to me without knowing what comes along with it.

tard
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 15539400


well it doesn't come with polar bears.
this i know.
at least i think it doesn't :)
hmmm....

drevil
🦋
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 13921708
United States
05/05/2012 11:40 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
how fabulous! thanks so much for sharing this!
pink cat  (OP)

User ID: 10754816
United States
05/05/2012 11:48 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
check this out:
[link to seattletimes.nwsource.com]

blue sausage fruit!
really that is the name!
you have to take a look at this.
i'm finding so many weird seeds online you can buy.

and i had no idea that on etsy people are selling heirlom seeds too! and weird varieties of things that are wild and native

the list goes on and on...

like check out this person's "seeds from the forest"
[link to www.etsy.com]

seeds for unusual plants i have never heard of like Fragrant life everlasting, rabbit-tobacco, fussy-gussy, life-of-man, Indian-posy, sweet balsam?

so cool! and you can buy tincture's of stuff called dutchman's britch's and horehound.

i have to go to bed but i am transfixed!
🦋
ExpertOfSound

User ID: 1779676
United States
05/05/2012 11:50 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
bump
GREAT minds talk about IDEAS
AVERAGE minds talk about EVENTS
SMALL minds talk about PEOPLE

Racism is a crime against humanity.

“A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers on. Once he gets an answer, he has other questions.” ~Frederick Seitz

There are MORE water molecules in 1 glass of tap water than there are glasses of tap water in EVERY OCEAN ON EARTH.

Thread: THE TRUTH about the "Ancient Astronaut Theory" and Ancient Aliens TV Show AGENDA!
pink cat  (OP)

User ID: 10754816
United States
05/06/2012 12:00 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
woa, 181 types of weird tomatoes!
[link to www.tradewindsfruitstore.com]

i love this kind of thing!

screw monsanto! grow weird tomatoes!
🦋
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 12042051
United States
05/06/2012 12:16 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
I planted a Japanese Larch in my backyard and it also looses it's needles during the winter like the Dawn Redwood. I'm not sure, if it will grow to the height of the Redwood.
flintstone9331

User ID: 15443833
United States
05/06/2012 12:20 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
is there anyone out there that can just cut one of these down for me? i'm a little impatient
flintstone9331
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 11788187
United States
05/06/2012 12:26 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
where did you find the dawn redwood seeds ?
pink cat  (OP)

User ID: 10754816
United States
05/06/2012 12:29 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
where did you find the dawn redwood seeds ?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 11788187


i found them on amazon for a dollar :)
🦋
pink cat  (OP)

User ID: 10754816
United States
05/06/2012 12:33 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
wow, i am going to have to get a bunch of these!
[link to www.breadandrosesgardens.com]

this is food native americans ate and provide a lot of food!

one i have had before called sunchoke, or jerusalem artichoke.
it is from the sunflower family and grows high like a sunflower with big yellow flowers. but you can eat the roots like potatoes!
one plant will give you 6 pounds of food!
and they are perennial :)

these are really yummy. they do taste quite a bit like potatoes and they are gaining popularity again. i've seen them in trendy places like whole foods.

this would be better than potatoes tho because you don't have to replant :)

i'm also going to find some of these groundnuts. again, it is a tuber but packed with protein :)
🦋
Okie

User ID: 15589201
United States
05/06/2012 12:47 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
THIS!!!!

I'm in Oklahoma, NW of Tulsa up in the Osage hills, and the house we bought and are renovating had this strange little tree planted out on the corner of the yard near the intersection of the streets. It looked like some small evergreen, wasn't maybe two feet tall, but I'd never seen anything quite like it.

Then it dropped its "needles" that fall after turning reddish brown, despite my watering, and I figured well, it died. But nope, the next spring fresh new soft "needles".

That's been about three years ago and the thing's close to nine or ten feet tall now. It worried me last summer when we had record heat and drought, but this spring it's bright green and healthy and you can see the new growth already.

Thank you OP for this post, because by the photos of the foilage and the description of it's behavior with the seasons, I now know what it is. A Dawn Redwood.

Now, the semi troubling part. According to the Victoria Gardens site it'll grow to 40 or 50 feet in height, possibly as much 70. That won't be an issue as we've got mature pecans, a black walnut, and several hackberry trees in that range. If however this thing gets as large as the Wiki info, 200 feet tall and who knows how wide, there may be some issues down the road (or even for the road).

cool2

Last Edited by Okie on 05/06/2012 12:52 AM
Okie

User ID: 15589201
United States
05/06/2012 12:58 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
"the trunk can grow to 100 feet wide!"

Really?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1152779


yep! according to the link i provided at dawnredwoog.org which has a preserve!

google image search for dawn redwood they are so amazing looking!
 Quoting: pink cat


Actually, it says the "spread" can be 100 feet which is the branches and leaves of the canopy, not the trunk. Still very impressive though. Can you imagine the shaded area beneath it to enjoy?

cool2
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 13778508
Canada
05/06/2012 01:13 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
Dawn Redwoods are phenomenal trees. You will not go wrong!

One of the original sprigs from that re-discovered Chinese one is planted on the lawn at McGill University. It's not huge yet, but it's awesome all the same.
pink cat  (OP)

User ID: 10754816
United States
05/06/2012 01:13 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
"the trunk can grow to 100 feet wide!"

Really?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1152779


yep! according to the link i provided at dawnredwoog.org which has a preserve!

google image search for dawn redwood they are so amazing looking!
 Quoting: pink cat


Actually, it says the "spread" can be 100 feet which is the branches and leaves of the canopy, not the trunk. Still very impressive though. Can you imagine the shaded area beneath it to enjoy?

cool2
 Quoting: Okie


you're so lucky to have one!
🦋
Not Anonymous Coward

User ID: 4696606
United States
05/06/2012 01:33 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
Royal Empress Tree
Fastest Growing Tree in the World!
Up to an incredible 15 feet of growth per year!
[link to www.brighterblooms.com]

I planted 4 of these late last year and so far this year I've had 6 feet of new growth

I bought seeds years ago and had no luck so I bought seedlings and they have worked out great..
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 14274384
United States
05/06/2012 02:03 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!

in looking up rare heirloom seeds i have come across such a remarkable tree i had to share it here with you:

[link to theshopatvictoriagardens.blogspot.com]

it is called the dawn redwood

I'm a little dyslexic...where can I get one of these Red Dawn trees? There were alot of trees in that movie, how will I be able to tell mine apart?
asymetriclogic

User ID: 7891423
United States
05/06/2012 02:10 AM

Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
Thanks. I just ordered them and some others. We will have to compare notes at some point.
Where spirit, logic, intuition, and truth intermingle.

USMC Lifer.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 15399111
United States
05/06/2012 09:03 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
Royal Empress Tree
Fastest Growing Tree in the World!
Up to an incredible 15 feet of growth per year!
[link to www.brighterblooms.com]

I planted 4 of these late last year and so far this year I've had 6 feet of new growth

I bought seeds years ago and had no luck so I bought seedlings and they have worked out great..
 Quoting: Not Anonymous Coward


I just had to quote this from that site, it is so hilarious:

"My sister gave me the Royal Empress Tree as a gift - we had just moved into a newer house with no mature trees. I planted this late in the year and didn't realize that the leaves show up a little later than my other trees. I am sorry to say that I just pulled the "stick" out of the ground planning to toss it in my compost bin. Imagine my surprise when I saw that the roots had been growing. I assumed that pulling the stick out of the ground would have killed it, so didn't follow ANY of the recommendations when replanting and just sort of stuck it in the ground. My husband didn't realize that I had replanted it and accidentally weed wacked the stick, and then ran over the rest with the lawn mover. No fertilizer, no water, no fancy dirt or compost. It grew at least 20 feet that growing season and I can't wait to see what happens this year!"
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 13054977
United States
05/06/2012 09:08 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
A living fossel, like the ginkgo and the Coelacanth. South Alabama may be too warm; we're at the bottom edge of Zone 8. Thanks for the information.
 Quoting: Hermittao


Bald cypress looks similar. A Mexican version of bald cypress called Montezuma cypress is a little bit more evergreen and grows faster. I have both in my backyard.

I also have Bald-Montezuma cypress hybrids developed by Chinese scientists. We don't even do that here in USA despite the face they are native to North America! Dawn Redwood is native to China! Anyway, they are growing hybrids over there by millions!

[link to sfagardens.sfasu.edu]
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 13054977
United States
05/06/2012 09:12 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
A living fossel, like the ginkgo and the Coelacanth. South Alabama may be too warm; we're at the bottom edge of Zone 8. Thanks for the information.
 Quoting: Hermittao


i'm at the upper part of zone 4.
you should get some and we can share info on how are trees are growing :)
it says it's ok for zone 8. in china i think it grows in zone 9 even.
 Quoting: pink cat


According to someone from 9 zone that tried them, he doesn't seem to be impressed with Dawn Redwood. He said that Bald cypress and Montezuma cypress are easier to grow then again last year was one of the worst on record for drought and heat.
pink cat  (OP)

User ID: 10754816
United States
05/06/2012 09:14 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
Royal Empress Tree
Fastest Growing Tree in the World!
Up to an incredible 15 feet of growth per year!
[link to www.brighterblooms.com]

I planted 4 of these late last year and so far this year I've had 6 feet of new growth

I bought seeds years ago and had no luck so I bought seedlings and they have worked out great..
 Quoting: Not Anonymous Coward


wow, do they do ok in a cold climate do you know?
🦋
pink cat  (OP)

User ID: 10754816
United States
05/06/2012 09:14 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: Dawn Redwood Tree! Can grow 7 feet a year! Endangered, Ancient and GORGEOUS! and You can have one!
A living fossel, like the ginkgo and the Coelacanth. South Alabama may be too warm; we're at the bottom edge of Zone 8. Thanks for the information.
 Quoting: Hermittao


i'm at the upper part of zone 4.
you should get some and we can share info on how are trees are growing :)
it says it's ok for zone 8. in china i think it grows in zone 9 even.
 Quoting: pink cat


According to someone from 9 zone that tried them, he doesn't seem to be impressed with Dawn Redwood. He said that Bald cypress and Montezuma cypress are easier to grow then again last year was one of the worst on record for drought and heat.
 Quoting: AlcoholicRunner


ya they don't do well in dry weather, it says. they need lots of water. they can even grow in standing water
🦋





GLP