Plant Redwood Trees

Redwoods are a marvelous tree. They are beautiful in every way you look at it. The problem with redwoods is that they grow very large, so you will want to make sure that you have plenty of space for your redwood tree to grow before choosing to plant one.
The first thing you will want to do is get 20 to 25 redwood seeds. Place them in a cardboard. Plant them shallowly in the ground. The redwood tree seeds utilize the light so that they can germinate. The problem with redwood seeds is that the germination rate is roughly 5 percent.
Now, place the cardboard in a plastic back and seal it. If you can use a zip lock that is great, but if you can’t find a rubber band to tie the bag shut. Put this in an area where there is no sun. It must be a cool area where the moisture within the bag can grow. The seeds you have placed in the cardboard can not become dry while they are trying to germinate. Be careful not to over water the seeds in fear they will grow dry.
Wait until the seed has sprouted into a tree. It must be at least 5 inches tall before you can replant it into a container that has soil. Again, do not over water your redwood tree but try to keep its leaves misted. The thing to remember is that redwoods thrive in the rain forest, so try to imitate that aspect.
A different way of planting a redwood tree is by placing the seeds of a redwood between damp napkins. Place the damp napkins into a zip lock bag and put in aside for a few weeks. When you see a root sprout in the zip lock bag, it is time to transplant the redwood tree seed and root. Get a pot with fertile soil and transplant the root into the soil. Cover it up and let is sit. This process of planting a redwood tree is not the easiest and does not always work in resulting a redwood tree.
The last way to plant a redwood tree is take a bud from a real redwood tree. If there is no bud, a burl works great. The burl is the clump that develops from the bud but has not gone into a shoot or branch towards the base of the tree. Be sure that you get some root from the original tree to transplant into a pot of your own. This method works one out of every ten tries. It is the hardest way to plant a redwood tree because it takes a specific amount of root to ensure it will continue to grow.