There's nothing cooler than somebody geeking out on nature. Here's to you, cool nerd.

FYI, your bedroom is haunted by a grey ghost dog.

I hope you will have the time to write up your findings into a paper/instruction and publish them! Hopefully you’ll find a home for the rest of your sapling before they become too big to remain on your balcony.

@GeorgeMaier

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I am hoping to find somewhere I can plant them fairly soon.

@nicolaalborghetti3151

Жыл бұрын

@@GeorgeMaier good morning congratulations for the video and the commitment. I live in Italy but the internet sites you have proposed cannot be ordered for Italy. are there other sites to order sequoiadendrom giganteum seeds? a thousand thanks

@lufe18

Жыл бұрын

@@nicolaalborghetti3151 if you can find one at a park somewhere, you can harvest your own seeds from the cones. I was able to get around 100 seeds from a single cone that a found in a park in Seattle, Washington - far from anywhere these trees grow naturally. Surely there’s a botanical garden or park somewhere in Italy that has grown one of these beauties!

@Las3nellas

Жыл бұрын

@@lufe18 I have many little pine cones from a Dawn Redwood tree. How do I get the seeds from it? I have tried to do so without any luck.

@somaliano99kingkonghimself75

8 ай бұрын

​@@GeorgeMaier hallo my dear friend thank you for this refreshing information I have tried to find information on how to plant trees from different continent I would love to talk to you could you give me number ore eney thing your face book pls let me talk to you I have bean waiting for years for this

OMG!!!! I've also been doing this for years and I have also been developing my own methods. I honestly can't believe how you have managed to get such a high percentage rate, so much more difficult than people realise. If I try to germinate 100 seeds I can often expect to get 5 trees to a good enough size to plant outside. So weird that I follow you for your mountaineering content but you've dropped a video with the exact info I need for something else.

This is great info. Would love to see a follow up video with a care guide for young saplings

Greetings from a fellow hobby tree grower. I grow oak and linden from local seed. It started with our children brought home a wool ski hat full of oak seed from the day-care yard. The survivors we planted in memory of grandfather and I just have continued from that year. Cheers from Finland

@Neilhuny

28 күн бұрын

What a great tribute to your grandfather!

Im from northern california and now live in seattle where some scientists are talking about encouraging assisted migration of giant sequoia trees: so this information is very helpful in preserving these trees within their native range and their potential future native range.

@kalidilerious

8 күн бұрын

Are you sure they were "scientists"? Because it should be Botanists. It's suspicious hearing this stuff and manipulating the protected forests sounds like a bad idea.

@robertwoodpa6463

4 күн бұрын

@@kalidilerious Yeah look at what the scientists told us about COVID

Excellent work with this experiment. YES, please put together a guide video on germinating and growing sequoia trees!

I have grown oak, judas, wisteria, pinus radiata, all becoming larger trees in large pots. Still healthy . Love growing, strangely satisfying hobby all for future bonsai. Also have a 10year old sequoia doing great.

A small tip! Please leave an outtro on your videos. This enables us to like the video on TV's before it just dissappears at the end, unlike phones where it hangs around. Great video. Thanks for your intensive work.

The Giant Sequoia is an awe inspiring species, well done!

Questions: 1. What was your overall budget? 2. Although it’s been over a year, do you still have any seedlings? 3. If you could do it all again, what would you do differently? 4. Would they be able to survive in the following United States locations? Elko-Nevada, Luna-New Mexico, Valencia-New Mexico, Hondale-New Mexico, Van Buren-Arkansas, Cheraw-South Carolina. 5. Is your guide only to be used in the UK? Thank you for all of your help!

Wow, how beautiful. Here’s a big hug and kiss to all of you who plant trees.

Fabulous! Mr. Johnny Appleseed of Sequoias. You educate and inspire me and now let's get to the rest of the wold!

I've been growing and planting sequoias and coast redwoods for some years now, and eventhough I live in the pacific northwest I can tell you it's no easy task, especially getting them to a point where they are mature enough to plant in a permanent location. just discovered your channel, thank you so much, I'm gonna try what you did. Hopefully I'm successful.

Thank you, and congratulations I have a philosophy of "plant the seed!" If it germinates, you've won, if it doesn't germinate, then you haven't lost anything. Two years ago three trays of thirty-six corned-beef tins, each with one apple core. I estimated 1,500 apple trees and gave them away to visitors who told me "You're a GENIUS", but I thought "It's what apple trees have been doing for yonks". Cheers, Chris

@MaYbYl8eR

Ай бұрын

what a bad idea. Youre not johhny appleseed. the people youre giving the tree to, and possibly yourself, wont understand that apple trees from seed will be vastly different from traditional apple trees, which are spliced with a root stock. Trees from seed typically are much much taller and therefore harder to maintain and harvsest. they also lack the hardiness of a spliced tree.

You and your teammate did something amazing science here. We need more of like you and wishing a widespread growth of those wonderful trees in your area.

I love the scientific approach you've taken. It would be amazing if you could share your data with the rest of the community.

Thank you so much! I too have been frustrated by the anecdotal information on the topic so i was really refreshed to see what you did here and very appreciative that you posted it. I'd pay $10 for your published findings... you have to be considering it

@GeorgeMaier

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your kind words! Glad that this was so helpful! I’ve now posted some guidance (all freely available) on my website superlativetrees.com - hope that, along with this video, is of some help! Happy growing

Thanks George for making this video It helped me I'll also plant some sequoias for my future generations and as a symbol which would represent me and I'd live 3000 years via this tree 🌲 .

Hey everyone!!! A written up quick growing guide is now available here: superlativetrees.com/pages/growing-giant-sequoia-from-seed If you live in the UK, you can now buy your seeds directly from me: superlativetrees.com/collections/all Buying your seeds from me helps to support my research and guide production going forward. Unfortunately, due to legislation, I can only sell to people in the UK. I'm working towards a full research report based on this experiment, it's not fully ready yet, but will be put up on the website once it's done :)

@Paul-hl8yg

Жыл бұрын

May i ask what you plan to do with any successful growing trees?

@RNGclips_

Жыл бұрын

Ok

@thevictoryoverhimself7298

Жыл бұрын

A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they may never sit.

@HyuLilium

Ай бұрын

That website seems to contradict this video. It mentions 4-6 weeks in the refrigerator, but you had the best results with 1 week.

@GeorgeMaier

Ай бұрын

@@HyuLilium ah I think you might be getting a bit mixed up between the two different effect graphs. 4-6 weeks in the fridge yields highest probability of seed germination full stop. That’s the first and most important effect. Longer than that and I found fungal growth damaged some of the seeds. The effect second is: The longer they’ve been in the fridge, the faster the seeds that will germinate (i.e. the undamaged ones) do germinate. I.e. if they’ve been in there a long time you’ll get all the germinations you should expect within the first week. This is somewhat independent of germination probability. Speed of germination is not always massively important, probability of germination is more important. So I stand by the 4-6 week target.

Hi George, Thanks for all the work you've put in. It could definitely help me. I've come up with a plan to increase the biodiversity in a young forest (15 years I think with only couple early species) by helping nature along. I'll try and use my knowledge of food forests and permaculture. I will grow seedlings of local trees that are really big so they have proved themselves. There are two sequoias with two miles which I want to use seeds from. Your findings and possibly upcoming guide should help me along. Now I need to find some volunteers to help and offers growing space and get going. We'll have a great forest by the time I'm ready for my wheelchair. :-)

Superb! From the title, I thought "what a nerd, who needs more than a handful?" But I watched it. You and Lee deserve a massive pat on the back for the work you have done. It really is very useful. I have grown a few Giant Redwoods in my time - usually as bonsai, once as a tree for the back garden before Her Ladyship insisted it was removed ... Basically, I have wasted a lot of money on seeds that didn't germinate and grow very well - this would have solved all my problems. Thank god for nerds

Hi George, I've been watching your channel since your PhD days. This episode helped me in the sense that it inspired me to think about a topic I never thought of before, and to consider dedicating some of my balcony space to grow them and plant them in areas around me. I look forward to your guide!

@GeorgeMaier

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad it might be of some help to somebody out there haha

@Eddyspeeder

2 жыл бұрын

@@GeorgeMaier: What's funny is that for my high school project (nearly 20 years ago...) I originally intended to also do an experiment comparing plant growth under different conditions, but by recommendation of my biology teacher it was reduced to investigating how to distill Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter from soil. It's surprisingly been of use later in my career 😅

Brilliant . Am so pleased you had the love and the patience to do this.

Thank you for the info. You, and Will with the assist, are doing some good work doing all that research, experimenting and data collecting, and letting the people know! Good stuff! I just got some seedlings myself from the Johnsteen company, here in the U.S. Planning to make a bonsai out of both my Coastal Redwood and the Giant Sequoia; however, after watching this, I probably will feel more comfortable in the future going through with germinating my own seeds. I kind of have my own anecdotes in the works right now though for stratification, 6 Colorado Blue Spruce and 5 Norwegian Spruce seeds I just got in the fridge this evening, hoping they both germinate at least 1 good one *apiece..we shall see...

Got a smile out of the STATA graphs. Excellent work.

@GeorgeMaier

9 ай бұрын

Always appreciate someone who’s able to identify statistical analysis software 🙌

@eamonomalley5125

Ай бұрын

I recognized STATA too, great stuff! As an undergrad who uses it for all of my econ assignments, I wasn't sure this was something that people used in the real world haha, so this is great to know!

Congrats. This is a highly thought out experiment with very important data that should be published in a botanical/agricultural journal for a wider audience. Please do so.

Thank you! I finally bought my home and will start a project, plant pecan and other trees that help native birds (especially maritacas) from brazil. your data will help me a lot! again, thank you!

Great video! I did exactly what you have done 20 years ago and found that all Redwood seeds, Coast, Dawn and Sequoia sprout extremely easy on a wet paper towel in a warm dark environment. No cold stratification was needed. I was able to sprout more seeds than I could possibly use. Unfortunately for me, I live in the wrong area, Charleston, SC and the only trees that would grow in this area are the Dawn Redwood. I tried really hard for a few years with the other two but they would all eventually die at some point. You should have much better success in your part of the world.

Can't even beleave you put so much time and effort to proper collecting the data and watching this experiment. Great work! I hope you will publish your work with all data somewhere

You are a true academic. Really impressed with your study design. Thanks for useful, data-based info!

I love to see people doing real science at home! I have been doing my own research on growth from Seedling to Sapling, mostly with already "born" as you put it, starters about an inch tall in most cases, but I would love to try from seed. I got interested in growing Red Woods because I thought they would make excellent Bonsai candidates. They are so robust and swift growing you hardly need to wait the years and years it can take to safely dwarf other species. I am really looking forward to buying the pdf of your results and hearing/reading about your ongoing observations!

thank u for this! i bought giant sequia tree seeds and i didnt know how to grow them in the best way. your data is so clear and helpful :)

I absolutely JUMPED when Will suddenly appeared out of nowhere

Thank you for sharing the results from your experiment and your dedication! Spending hours counting seeds and logging data is no easy task! Mad respect!!!

My man here is really expanding the knowledge of humanity and doing it humbly... massive respect from mexico my friend

I hope you continue with the gardening experiments. This was cool to watch

Thanks for all the time and effort you have put into this!!

I really appreciate the effort you put into this. It's beyond helpful!

This is amazing. I don’t often watch videos that literally leave me open-mouthed but this did! I’ve been trying and failing to grow at home for the last year, all the conflicting research led me to failings. I’m going to start again today, thank you ♥️

Just ran across your video, and had to say thank you! Videos like this are extremely helpful, well done sir!!!

Wow ! I just sprouted about 2 dozen and was looking for information to grow them. Im impressed how many you grew. Good to help endangered or threatened tree species! Great work ! 👏 😊

They are so so cute! I’m so happy they were born and I hope the ones you gave away go to good homes ❤ Thanks for sharing this is beautiful!

That is so impressing! Thank you for your immense work! I've just ordered several hundreds of seeds and I also was confused by different ways of germination so I started searching for more, can't wait to try your method now. Thank you so much! Wish you happiness and new discoveries!:)

love this! Your findings are the same as mine for sequoia sempervirens and almost all other garden plants. Waiting longer is the same as cold stratification given plenty of seeds and fresh uninfected soil. There are garden plants that NEED stratification and soaking, but most don't.

Fascinating! Thank you for doing this, and for sharing your findings! Would love to grow some of these sometime. I’m not currently aware of other info out there so I’d be very interested in a guide!

This is brilliant work. Thank you for sharing the data.

Coming home from nights out then checking for hours!! Dedication to the cause 🙌🙌🙌

@GeorgeMaier

2 жыл бұрын

I wanted to die haha!

@PlanetImo

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

This information is exactly what I needed!! You did in fact help somebody!!

WOW. I appreciate all the work you put into this..and these are some very expensive seeds now. I've really struggled with growing ones in my area, more than any other tree. Your findings make total sense to me.

This is amazing info!!! So useful! I also wonder if the findings work on other types of trees too. Fascinating. Ty for your time!!

Well studied data. Appreciate your effort in compiling this data.

Huge amount of work! Thank you!

I’m planning to grow as many as I can this spring! This video is so helpful ❤ if you can give any more of your top tips that would be much appreciated! X

I JUST got a sequoia seed ring and fallen sequoia bark necklace from an etsy shop called 'growgoodcalifornia' because i miss seeing Sequoias everyday. im so happy to come across your video! thanks for sharing :,) it brings back good memories! This is so amazing keep it up, I just sent this to the grandkids

That's amazing, I've been wanting to do it for a long time and plant them all over my home city. Thank you for the video

More advice please :) like what soil or environment does the seedling need? I am amazed by your patience and what a great work and an experiment. Thanks !

Thank you for all of the time and effort you put into this research, you're amazing! My somewhat estranged adult son just gave me a tiny packet of 40 sequoia seeds. There was something, maybe, profound about this. Wish me luck.

@MrJDOaktown

9 ай бұрын

I'm in Oakland and just starting out. If you've got any tips......

You’re a king. Stumbled on this vid literally 2 minutes after scarifying the seed coat of my two sequoia seeds and setting them in water.. I can’t stratify them anymore because they’ll freeze but this is an incredible video. You have done great work and I thank you.

Thank you for making and sharing this amazing video! It's very interesting, and inspiring. Your methods can be applied to most all seeds. I hope you found homes for all your tree babies.

Thanks for this video! Super helpful as I am wanting to grow my own giant redwoods!

Your record keeping must be an outstanding system

This video is absolutely excellent. Thank you

Wow you two did a lot of work and research on these. I’m very impressed. Great job guys and hopefully a lot of the seedlings will live and grow into giants👍

ty for your time

Awesome! I too grow all three types of redwood. They are fascinating trees to grow. I have planted some out in the countryside near me. It's cool knowing I'm not the only one obsessed with these trees! Looking forward to any updates in the future.

@oiocha5706

2 жыл бұрын

What country are you in?

@deersbrook4485

2 жыл бұрын

@@oiocha5706 UK, same as George.

@andrewclack4881

4 ай бұрын

me too. Have you any experience germinating swamp cypress as I'm trying to germinate my own collected seeds (England).

@deersbrook4485

4 ай бұрын

@andrewclack4881 Sorry Andrew, I've not tried swamp cypress before. I hope you manage to germinate some as they are awesome trees!

Thanks! Looking forward to your publishing of these results!

Cheers mate, Great vid. Really appreciate you sharing your data.

thanks for generating such useful data!!

Amazing video, super cool project! Love from Estonia

This is good stuff I'm glad you did it and shared it

It's a great research. I'm from Brazil and it's a good guide. Hope you include Maple trees in this research 😊

Thank you for your contribution.

fantastic video!! this is very helpful. looking forward to more data and info - thanks!!

Excellent methods and simple well done video. You killed it! I’m inspired to dive in and try this.

Great video. Yes, please make a guide. I would love to read it. I have planted 24 this year and 7 of them are "born", waiting for more. Made so many mistakes, but have more seeds and want to grow some more. Need a propper method.

Good research on germination conditions. Thank you.

Great stuff,...More please!

Thank you so much for doing all these and sharing

Your effort was not in vain and is much appreciated! I now have an idea what to do, thank you!

Thank you for this video! Amazing work

What a terrific effort you made here bro! Thank you very much. Please allow me to share a couple bucks with you for this, to show my appreciation. I love these trees. I grew up about 20 minutes from the General Sherman tree and fortunately my parents loved to take me and my 3 siblings to see the Giant Sequoias. It was an unforgettable experience and I hope and pray that more people will plant these all around the world in great number for prosperity

@GeorgeMaier

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your appreciation and kind words! I visited CA a few years ago but was, unfortunately, unable to visit any of the sequoia groves. I'll have to go back soon to have that experience.

Excellent breakdown. Thanks

I salute you and your work. Great stuff.

Well done! OVer the last few weeks I scoured the ground under the giant sequoias in a local park here in Oregon. I brought home all the cones to discover the one and only green cone I found dried and hundreds of seeds fell out. Zero seeds from the brown cones. I returned to the park a week later and out of the 15 or so mature sequoias the one that gave me the green cone had several more green cones under it. They are drying now. I'll continue to collect these cones and assume that single cone single tree that is mapped with a photo of the tree would add some value to further experiments. Now to sprout some using your updated data!

This is an amazing research experiment! thank you!

This video helping me a lot,greetings from Hungary 🇭🇺. Very informative,thanks for this

This will help lots of people thank you so much. They are my favourite tree. One day, if that day ever comes, I would love to have a huge property where I can grow a forest of them. I think many others will too, especially since so many were cut down decades ago and not replanted.

I'm so glad you guys are doing this and I stumbled onto it! They're notorious to propogate for me, it took me three years and a few hundred seeds to get one to germinate and I bodged it, rookie... I think it'd be ironic to have one of the biggest trees in the world as a bonsai.

Love the data. Great work

You have done really great work! I think it would be amazing if you shared your data as well, so that perhaps the wider community could add to the foundation you have built

Wow!!! Nice video!! I will grow some sequoias too down here in the south. Love growing tree seedlings 🌱🌲

Thanks!

@GeorgeMaier

Жыл бұрын

Glad you found the video useful!

Thanks this was so useful! I appreciate the effort it took!!

@rigobertosolorzano8568

Жыл бұрын

Any chance there's a follow up video?

Last year i bought seeds from 15 places and tried all kinds of groups. Water amount, shade, some growing fertilizers, diff soils, length of strat, freezer, rain water, light color filters. Of over 1000 seeds maybe 20 germinated all from one supplier and 3 made it out several months and all since died. This year trying again. I shouldve waited for them to sprout like u instead i have like 3 seeds sprouted next to each other and their fragile and I dont want to kill seperating them to own containers. This data is super useful thanks!!

Great job! Proud of you!

Great work, you should definitely publish that work.

Wow, impressive work!

Awesome video! Keep up the great work. I’m attempting to grow some myself, with the long term goal to purchase land for conservation and reforestimh