Incredible to see how well they have done. When I saw your first video I was only a teenager and a beginner gardener/tree conservationist. I'm now 27 and have planted many many trees in my local area in Yorkshire, England. I have grown 5x endangered species of tree and as I am typing this I have some baby sequoia's germinating on my windowsill as my next conservation project. Thanks for the inspiration all those years ago. I can't wait to see the 20 year update! Kind regards, D Pictures.
I prefer giant sequoias so much over coastal redwoods but unfortunately giant sequoias need fire to successfully reproduce and spread so they’re basically impossible to establish a permanent forest or grove of anywhere in the world except for California. Maybe Australia could work if it got more floods or snow or rain or something. There are a few ways for sequoias to spread without fire and off the top of my head if cones fall off the tree somehow and hit the ground hard enough they can explode, and number two is that the young branches that are still green can be planted and have a 97% survival rate, much higher than the seeds, so every time a sequoia loses a branch there’s a chance that some of the younger growth gets stuck in the ground just right and takes hold, however this has yet to occur in any grove outside of its natural groves in america
There is the State Champion Giant Sequoia growing in the northwest of the lower peninsula of Michigan USA since 1948, near Lake Michigan, in Manistee County. It is over 110 ft tall. And its trunk is over 25 ft in circumference. It's the largest of three. Six seedlings were planted all those years ago. It is the largest Giant Sequoia east of the Rocky Mountains. There are others in Michigan as well.
after being inspired by your trees I planted 50 sequoia seeds in my small university room a few months ago and now have 7 successful little seedings taking up my windowsill and I couldn't be happier! thank you for the inspiration, I love watching these videos
@@babybees1390 I don’t want to shit on your dreams, but a successful giant sequoia grove is nearly impossible anywhere but the western sierras because giant sequoia cones don’t open unless they get above the temperature where the sap sealing them shut melts so the seeds can fall out. You could try growing coastal redwoods, Douglas firs, or sitka spruce though. All of which are massive 300+ foot tall trees with fast growth rates and which do not require frequent fires
@@BigCroca There are many planted giant sequoias outside the USA. See: www.monumentaltrees.com/en/trees/giantsequoia/elsewhere/ They can reproduce elsewhere but the opening of the cones it is hard because for instance in Europe they don't allow fire. But you can collect the seeds of the trees and try to get a tree from it. See: www.monumentaltrees.com/en/trees/giantsequoia/growing_your_own/ for how to grow sequoias.
Yes, I suspect if they were put into larger pots sooner or in the ground sooner they'd be bigger now. There may be a valid reason why the trees were kept in pots for several years. The opposite is one of the reasons bonsai works.
I just ordered some giant sequoia seeds and am hoping that i we’ll get some wonderful trees like this. I have been watching these videos nonstop because of how amazing it is to see them grow. I which them the best of luck
The French Marshal Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a certain tree (not a sequoia). The gardener said it was a slow-growing variety and it wouldn't be until about 100 years to reach adult status. To this the Marshal replied: “In that case there is no time to lose, schedule it this afternoon!
Sorry to hear that. "Fear not the wind of adversity. A kite takes off against the wind, instead of with the wind." (Anthony de Mello) Hopefully it will work the second time
Wow, that is one thick trunk. It's interesting to see the growing seasons on your chart. Do you measure at the end of winter and the beginning of spring?
Happy New Year! My 2 year sequoias all 43 steel alive too...collect money and preparing for introducing to Caucasus...I replaced them to bigger pots, as you advised
All 43 still alive! Good to hear. The Caucasus has a lot of mountains I think. As the Dutch comedian Herman Finkers says: "In the Netherlands we also have a mountain... well, mountain, a hill... at least, it's more of a slope in the landscape... Okay, it's actually just a pit."
"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J."? Okay, you don't happen to be Bruce Springsteen, do you? Thanks. Asbury Park is a small but nice city. By the way, Giant sequoias also grow in New Jersey: www.giant-sequoia.com/gallery/usa/new-jersey/ have Giant Sequoias in New Yersey
Please sir, give the UA-cam account and password to someone close, Just in case something hapens to you (god forbid), so This Channel continue to live as longe as the tree does! Love to see the update!
Somehow I have mixed feelings about this comment, but both daughters already have the password. The youngest is especially enthusiastic. What?? Every year?
The man from our community's landscaping department who picked the site said it wouldn't be a problem. But should that be the case in the future, the transmission line should be concerned.
Prachtig! Ik hoop dat ze enorm worden! Zou te gek zijn in het kleine Nederland. Ik heb ze nog nooit in het echt gezien, maar ben een tijdje geleden gefascineerd geraakt door deze giganten. Lijkt me prachtig om ze eens in het echt in de US te mogen zien. Ik weet niet of u dit boek kent, maar het moet vast en zeker een interessant boek zijn, al heb ik de tijd nog niet genomen om het zelf te lezen, het heet; 'King Sequoia' van William C. Tweed. Volgens mij vertelt het over de menselijke historische relatie met deze soort boom. (Wat eigenlijk een triest verhaal is natuurlijk). Ergens in de VS, ik dacht New York Natural History museum, moet ook nog een doorsnede van een gigantisch exemplaar liggen waar ze een kalender van gemaakt hebben; per jaarring is er aangegeven welke grote historische gebeurtenissen zich in het leven van de desbetreffende boom hebben afgespeeld. Dat moet erg imposant zijn, omdat je dan als het ware het menselijk perspectief op tijd - in vergelijking met wat die boom allemaal meegemaakt heeft. - goed kunt zien.
Ik heb die doorsnede in New York gezien. Ook in diverse plaatsen in Californië kan je dergelijke doorsnijdingen zien. In Nederland staan best wel veel sequoia's . Zie hier: www.monumentaltrees.com/nl/bomen/mammoetboom/benelux/
When growing from seed, they look just like Arizona cypress and red cedar, they look nothing like dawns or coasts. Pretty interesting. It's like with longleaf pine, which look nothing like the other pines.
What kind of nutrients did you give them once they sprouted and you up-potted them? I really need to know? I'm having a tough time at that stage. Your trees really started to grow once they were planted. Wow. I just planted some in Texas. I hope they can handle the heat. I gave them partial shade.
Once they were in the solid ground, I never provided them with nitrients again. They will get that out of the ground automatically, provided they are not in the desert or something like that, of course. The main thing is that they can get water from somewhere. If it doesn't rain enough, you could water occasionally. Good luck. Hope they make it.
Do these trees need another tree to reproduce? I remember way back in my school years learning about pine cones and gymnosperms but don't remember if they could set viable seeds by themselves. I really enjoyed the video.
I know that giant sequoias are monoecious, meaning that the male and female parts coexist on the same tree. So for fertilized seeds you only need one tree, it is not necessary that there are other giant sequoias in the area, but I am not an expert, the NPS is: www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/science/hartesveldt/chap5.htm
They do better with other trees as their roots interlock making them able to withstand strong wind. A single tree on its own is more likely to be toppled as they have relatively shallow roots.
You now have more sequoias in the Netherlands, but since the tree species only came to Europe in the middle of the 19th century, the trees are not yet old enough to match the dimensions that these trees reach in California.
Heel tof om te zien hoe ze bij jullie groeien. Ik heb deze week ook Sequoia zaden binnen gekregen en ga een poging wagen om deze voor de lokale scouting vereniging te ontkiemen. Heb je tips hoe ik de kleine ontkiemsels de beste kans kan geven?
Dit is een goede site met tips hiervoor. Ook kan je op deze site zien waar in Nederland en België sequoia's groeien: www.monumentaltrees.com/nl/bomen/mammoetboom/zelf_kweken/
At the 'small' tree once, because there was an infection in it. I then had to cut out the top, but luckily a side branch then took over the role of top.
@@RiRiDingetjes With Luck. On this (Belgium) site you can read some good advise how to sow them. www.monumentaltrees.com/en/trees/giantsequoia/growing_your_own/
Pull hard at the top! But seriously, they grow at their own pace. They must be able to catch water on the spot (rain) and suck it up with their roots. If they are in the ground, they will grow faster than in a pot.
You should have a picture at the end of year of you standing next to them showing how much taller they’ve grown. Also this is frustrating for me. My Sequoia is about 6+ months old and it’s hardly grown any taller at all in maybe the last 4 months. Just like my last one before it finally died but I don’t think I’m having the same problem this time around.
But what if I grow faster than the trees? As for your tree: Is there sufficient nutrition in the soil? I guess, it is probably in its dormant period and will grow again in the spring.
Sorry to hear this. Try again! "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."- Thomas Edison
Incredible to see how well they have done. When I saw your first video I was only a teenager and a beginner gardener/tree conservationist.
I'm now 27 and have planted many many trees in my local area in Yorkshire, England. I have grown 5x endangered species of tree and as I am typing this I have some baby sequoia's germinating on my windowsill as my next conservation project.
Thanks for the inspiration all those years ago. I can't wait to see the 20 year update! Kind regards, D Pictures.
A good thing you planted thes endangered trees! (I have made a new update: 16,5 years.)
As a Northern California native, this made me so happy to see! I love these trees. Would love to see yours next time I'm in Holland.
One day they will be so high that you can see them from California
I prefer giant sequoias so much over coastal redwoods but unfortunately giant sequoias need fire to successfully reproduce and spread so they’re basically impossible to establish a permanent forest or grove of anywhere in the world except for California. Maybe Australia could work if it got more floods or snow or rain or something. There are a few ways for sequoias to spread without fire and off the top of my head if cones fall off the tree somehow and hit the ground hard enough they can explode, and number two is that the young branches that are still green can be planted and have a 97% survival rate, much higher than the seeds, so every time a sequoia loses a branch there’s a chance that some of the younger growth gets stuck in the ground just right and takes hold, however this has yet to occur in any grove outside of its natural groves in america
Awesome to see they're still going strong!
"Every dream could be willed into creation by those strong enough to believe in it." - George Bernard Shaw
There is the State Champion Giant Sequoia growing in the northwest of the lower peninsula of Michigan USA since 1948, near Lake Michigan, in Manistee County. It is over 110 ft tall. And its trunk is over 25 ft in circumference. It's the largest of three. Six seedlings were planted all those years ago. It is the largest Giant Sequoia east of the Rocky Mountains. There are others in Michigan as well.
That's great. The more the better
after being inspired by your trees I planted 50 sequoia seeds in my small university room a few months ago and now have 7 successful little seedings taking up my windowsill and I couldn't be happier! thank you for the inspiration, I love watching these videos
Seven, that's a good result! The Placer County Big Trees Grove in California has only six trees!
maybe I can start my own grove here in Wales!
@@babybees1390 I don’t want to shit on your dreams, but a successful giant sequoia grove is nearly impossible anywhere but the western sierras because giant sequoia cones don’t open unless they get above the temperature where the sap sealing them shut melts so the seeds can fall out. You could try growing coastal redwoods, Douglas firs, or sitka spruce though. All of which are massive 300+ foot tall trees with fast growth rates and which do not require frequent fires
@@BigCroca There are many planted giant sequoias outside the USA. See:
www.monumentaltrees.com/en/trees/giantsequoia/elsewhere/
They can reproduce elsewhere but the opening of the cones it is hard because for instance in Europe they don't allow fire. But you can collect the seeds of the trees and try to get a tree from it. See: www.monumentaltrees.com/en/trees/giantsequoia/growing_your_own/ for how to grow sequoias.
I have 13 sequoias grown from seed :)
Yes!!! I've been waiting for an update!!!!! They're growing quite large. The next few years and they'll be massive
step-by-step
Best film of 2022. So far.
Definitely the best movie I've made this year.
When the world needed him most he returned
"E.T. phone home."
@@martinvn123 it's great seeing the success of your Sequoia's over the years I can only hope mine will be as big as yours one day a got it a week ago.
every year I come back to check these. Thanks for keeping up with it.
"A satisfied customer! We should have him stuffed!" - John Cleese in Fawlty Towers.
I love coming back to these videos each year, excited to start the same journey someday, hoping to buy some seeds soon!
This is a channel that I forget exists but it's always a nice surprise when you upload. Keep the good work
"The advantage of a bad memory is that one can enjoy the same good things more than once." - Friedrich Nietzsche
From the graph, it seems like they really took off when you moved them into the ground.
Yes, I suspect if they were put into larger pots sooner or in the ground sooner they'd be bigger now. There may be a valid reason why the trees were kept in pots for several years. The opposite is one of the reasons bonsai works.
I just ordered some giant sequoia seeds and am hoping that i we’ll get some wonderful trees like this. I have been watching these videos nonstop because of how amazing it is to see them grow. I which them the best of luck
I've been following your progress videos for years, and I just love them! Keep going, thank you so much for doing what you do!
Beautiful. They look like very happy trees
“Lets build some happy little trees.” ― Bob Ross
You my good sir are a legend. And thank you for sharing these two beauties journey with us.
I grew a Siberian pine from seed. It eventually can reach 44 m in height, but it grows VERY slowly. A very similar tree grows in the Alps.
Northern California native and I think it's so awesome to see these in Europe. I wish more people took an interest in these amazing trees.
Omg yes! Ive been dying for updates
"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet." - Saadi; Persian poet 1200-1292
The dedication is crazy
The fact that it will grow 2 feet every year until the age of 100
Always makes me smile
Wow, I didn't expect this response! Are you the real one? ("God has too many middlemen who work on their own behalf" - Hugo Olaerts)
So neat! Thank you for documenting this
That was awesome! I will document my pair of sequoias too
they grow so much faster in the ground! I'm surprised they do so well surrounded by water
Sequoias and other giant redwoods are adapted to grow in temperate rainforest, they do very well in wet conditions :)
The water only helps, they are used to yearly floods which dump thousand of gallons of water into their roots all at once
@@sycodeathman Could they grow well next to a pond?
I'm gonna plant a sequoia in a few days so this was really interesting to see, great video!
Prachtig, ik heb ze in het echt gezien in Californië maar ik kom bij jou ook een keer kijken
Did you happen to also collect data on the trunk diameter over the years?
"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit." - Nelson Henderson
The French Marshal Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a certain tree (not a sequoia). The gardener said it was a slow-growing variety and it wouldn't be until about 100 years to reach adult status. To this the Marshal replied: “In that case there is no time to lose, schedule it this afternoon!
@@martinvn123 Beautiful
Holy crap, they've grown fast!!. By the way, I'm curious to know what the trunk diameters of both Sequoias would be now.
I'm glad to see they're still healthy and strong! I hope to get a sequoia growing kit for the second time. The first one didn't make it sadly.
Sorry to hear that. "Fear not the wind of adversity. A kite takes off against the wind, instead of with the wind." (Anthony de Mello) Hopefully it will work the second time
Awesome man! I'm trying to get a grove going in the Ozarks of Oklahoma!
Hope it works. The more trees the better
How are they doing? I'm in Northwest Arkansas and was wondering if they would do ok here.
@@TheArtificiallyIntelligent they should be okay just about anywhere hardiness zone 6 or higher (to a point)
For how big they get I'm surprised at how slowly they grow.
"Slow and steady wins the race." - Robert Lloyd
Wow, that is one thick trunk. It's interesting to see the growing seasons on your chart. Do you measure at the end of winter and the beginning of spring?
Happy New Year! My 2 year sequoias all 43 steel alive too...collect money and preparing for introducing to Caucasus...I replaced them to bigger pots, as you advised
All 43 still alive! Good to hear. The Caucasus has a lot of mountains I think. As the Dutch comedian Herman Finkers says: "In the Netherlands we also have a mountain... well, mountain, a hill... at least, it's more of a slope in the landscape... Okay, it's actually just a pit."
@@martinvn123 I like your mode of life and jokes...but I worry about your trees after 200-300 years in slopy country
They are growing so fast !
OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration
This is awesome !
fantastic! Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA!
"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J."? Okay, you don't happen to be Bruce Springsteen, do you?
Thanks. Asbury Park is a small but nice city. By the way, Giant sequoias also grow in New Jersey: www.giant-sequoia.com/gallery/usa/new-jersey/ have Giant Sequoias in New Yersey
Please sir, give the UA-cam account and password to someone close, Just in case something hapens to you (god forbid), so This Channel continue to live as longe as the tree does!
Love to see the update!
Somehow I have mixed feelings about this comment, but both daughters already have the password. The youngest is especially enthusiastic. What?? Every year?
YEEEES Great! So beautiful
"If one really loves nature, one will find beauty everywhere." - Vincent van Gogh (also Dutch but I still have my both ears.)
Can't wait for new video update!
I fianally made one
I can’t wait for the next update on the trees
Aren't you worried that the transmission line right next to them will cause them to be cut down?
The man from our community's landscaping department who picked the site said it wouldn't be a problem. But should that be the case in the future, the transmission line should be concerned.
It’s not exactly easy to remove a tree 20+ feet in diameter
Prachtig! Ik hoop dat ze enorm worden! Zou te gek zijn in het kleine Nederland. Ik heb ze nog nooit in het echt gezien, maar ben een tijdje geleden gefascineerd geraakt door deze giganten. Lijkt me prachtig om ze eens in het echt in de US te mogen zien. Ik weet niet of u dit boek kent, maar het moet vast en zeker een interessant boek zijn, al heb ik de tijd nog niet genomen om het zelf te lezen, het heet; 'King Sequoia' van William C. Tweed. Volgens mij vertelt het over de menselijke historische relatie met deze soort boom. (Wat eigenlijk een triest verhaal is natuurlijk).
Ergens in de VS, ik dacht New York Natural History museum, moet ook nog een doorsnede van een gigantisch exemplaar liggen waar ze een kalender van gemaakt hebben; per jaarring is er aangegeven welke grote historische gebeurtenissen zich in het leven van de desbetreffende boom hebben afgespeeld. Dat moet erg imposant zijn, omdat je dan als het ware het menselijk perspectief op tijd - in vergelijking met wat die boom allemaal meegemaakt heeft. - goed kunt zien.
Ik heb die doorsnede in New York gezien. Ook in diverse plaatsen in Californië kan je dergelijke doorsnijdingen zien. In Nederland staan best wel veel sequoia's . Zie hier: www.monumentaltrees.com/nl/bomen/mammoetboom/benelux/
Majestic giants!!
They are now small trees for a man, but a large species for mankind; Neil Armstrong would say
When growing from seed, they look just like Arizona cypress and red cedar, they look nothing like dawns or coasts. Pretty interesting. It's like with longleaf pine, which look nothing like the other pines.
'Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.' - Orson Welles
What kind of nutrients did you give them once they sprouted and you up-potted them? I really need to know? I'm having a tough time at that stage. Your trees really started to grow once they were planted. Wow. I just planted some in Texas. I hope they can handle the heat. I gave them partial shade.
Once they were in the solid ground, I never provided them with nitrients again. They will get that out of the ground automatically, provided they are not in the desert or something like that, of course. The main thing is that they can get water from somewhere. If it doesn't rain enough, you could water occasionally. Good luck. Hope they make it.
Awesome!
Good thing you zoomed out to space.
I couldn't zoom out any further
Bravo!
Do these trees need another tree to reproduce? I remember way back in my school years learning about pine cones and gymnosperms but don't remember if they could set viable seeds by themselves. I really enjoyed the video.
I know that giant sequoias are monoecious, meaning that the male and female parts coexist on the same tree. So for fertilized seeds you only need one tree, it is not necessary that there are other giant sequoias in the area, but I am not an expert, the NPS is: www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/science/hartesveldt/chap5.htm
They do better with other trees as their roots interlock making them able to withstand strong wind. A single tree on its own is more likely to be toppled as they have relatively shallow roots.
Good stuff!!
thanks
I am not for non native species, but this is pretty cool. An arborist is gonna be really confused in a few decades.
You now have more sequoias in the Netherlands, but since the tree species only came to Europe in the middle of the 19th century, the trees are not yet old enough to match the dimensions that these trees reach in California.
This is great. Do you fertilize them?
No, they have to figure it out for themselves 🙂
Heel tof om te zien hoe ze bij jullie groeien. Ik heb deze week ook Sequoia zaden binnen gekregen en ga een poging wagen om deze voor de lokale scouting vereniging te ontkiemen. Heb je tips hoe ik de kleine ontkiemsels de beste kans kan geven?
Dit is een goede site met tips hiervoor. Ook kan je op deze site zien waar in Nederland en België sequoia's groeien: www.monumentaltrees.com/nl/bomen/mammoetboom/zelf_kweken/
How many times did you cut the top back? Nice trunk on the Right one in the thumbnail, good nubari
At the 'small' tree once, because there was an infection in it. I then had to cut out the top, but luckily a side branch then took over the role of top.
No way its already been a year since the last one!
"In a river, the water you touch is the last of what flows by and the first of what is to flow by. So it is with time." - Leonardo da Vinci
5:03 They are getting giant!
The sky is the limit
How cool! My sequoia seeds wont sprout sadly
I a sorry to hear this. It happens sometimes. It happened to me a few times too. Don't give up.
@@martinvn123 how did you sow them?
@@RiRiDingetjes With Luck. On this (Belgium) site you can read some good advise how to sow them. www.monumentaltrees.com/en/trees/giantsequoia/growing_your_own/
Do an update every year
Did you just plant them in the ground and "forget" about them or do you regularly fertilise and otherwise take care of them?
Of course I have not forgotten them, but in terms of their development they now stand on their own feet; I mean own roots
Nice
Yay !
yay, yay!
Thanks. I feel old as fuck now.
"Age is something that doesn't matter... unless you are a cheese!" - Billie Burke
It must be a really wet soil if those two sequoias can grow well with all these black alders.
Think of how tall they'd be by now if they didn't have all the root competition.
Is one of them growing next to a power line?
Yes, but hopefully far enough away. Otherwise, the power line will have a problem
I saw this video and the first thing I did after I finished it, I went and bought Giant Sequoia seeds online.
A good job. Hope it will go grow.
@@martinvn123 Little update, out of seven trees that came up, four has survived and they now grow slowly and steady!
awesome
Thanks for the compliment. "Modesty is the art of letting others say all the good you think of yourself."- Philippe Bouvard
@martinvn123 I am waiting for this year's update.
done
I have a question - How to make a tree grow faster any tips?
Pull hard at the top! But seriously, they grow at their own pace. They must be able to catch water on the spot (rain) and suck it up with their roots. If they are in the ground, they will grow faster than in a pot.
@@martinvn123 Thank you
❤❤
In no time they will be giants!!!
I agree if your definition of 'no time' is 1000 years.
Hehe the giant sequoia and the coastal sequoia grow very fast when cultivated, you will be amazed how much they can grow in 20 or 30 years
Crazy how they take 500-600 years to mature
"How poor are they that have no patience." - William Shakespeare; Othello (1622) Act II, sc iii
@@martinvn123 ?
@@martinvn123nvm it is 50 to 100 years or more sorry for the miscalculation
@@martinvn123 wait no it is still 500-600 years maybe even 750
I have made a new update: 16,5 years now. Here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/9NiY2xQkKOA/v-deo.html
You should have a picture at the end of year of you standing next to them showing how much taller they’ve grown. Also this is frustrating for me. My Sequoia is about 6+ months old and it’s hardly grown any taller at all in maybe the last 4 months. Just like my last one before it finally died but I don’t think I’m having the same problem this time around.
But what if I grow faster than the trees? As for your tree: Is there sufficient nutrition in the soil? I guess, it is probably in its dormant period and will grow again in the spring.
My tiny giant sequoia seedling that sprouted was too weak and it didn’t make it 😞 I was going to plant it in our forest when it was bigger
Sorry to hear this. Try again! "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."- Thomas Edison
I have a sequoia that is 3 years old.
Great. Go for it!
@@martinvn123 In 6 years I will plant it in m'y forest.
Time for a new video? :)
I was a little bit busy, but I made finally an new one: ua-cam.com/video/9NiY2xQkKOA/v-deo.html
Martin, good afternoon. Can I get some advice from you via e-mail?
клас! добр
спасибо
Dans 200 ans quand ce sera un arbre géant un bûcheron fou va abattre cet arbre et s'amuser
I'm envious because it doesn't grow in a Japanese environment
You're sure? See: www.giant-sequoia.com/gallery/japan/. You could give it a try!