How to Grow Redwood Seedlings Inside

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Purchase a packet of Coast Redwood (Sequoia Sempervirens) or Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia Glyptostroboides - much more hardy than Sequoia Sempervirens)seeds.

   You can acquire them online.
   
   You could also buy "sample packets" for the price of 3 dollars from the F.W.
   
   Schumacher Company in Sandwich, Ma.
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   Step 2: Soak the desired amount of seeds you wish to start in cool tap water for a period of between 3 and 5 days.

   You may place them in a small, seal-able plastic baggy or other container which won't leak.
   
   Keep the container out of direct sun.
   
   At the end of this period, you will notice that some of the seeds have become swollen. , This should be the flat that has holes in the bottom for drainage.
   
   Place this flat into another flat of the same size, but one which doesn't have drainage holes in it. ,, You may sew them closer but you will be separating them later when they are bigger and stronger. ,,, You can do this with the screws that come in the packaging and by cutting a two by two inch gap on the lateral sides of the grow dome, near the top.
   
   The light should be able to slide right in these holes, protruding outside of each by about 2". ,,,, If direct sun is a problem, use a curtain or white shade cloth to reduce the intensity of the sun a bit.
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   Step 3: Place the fast draining

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   Step 4: proper soil mixture in the flat.

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   Step 5: Now remove the water and seeds from the container (you can do this by gently pouring the water and seed onto a rag

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   Step 6: but make sure that rag doesn't have any chemical or cleaning residue on it).

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   Step 7: Gently sew the seeds

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   Step 8: about two inches apart

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   Step 9: into the flat.

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    Step 10: Cover the seeds with about a millimeter or two of soil

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    Step 11: so that they may gently pop up when they germinate in ten days or so.

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    Step 12: Gently mist the soil with the plastic spray bottle

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    Step 13: saturating the soil with water.

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    Step 14: Attach the t5 fluorescent single tube light to the inside of the plastic grow-dome.

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    Step 15: Place the plastic dome on the flat

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    Step 16: covering it.

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    Step 17: Place the flat on top of the Hydrofarm Seedling Heat mat

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    Step 18: Plug the fluorescent light into an electric timer that is set to be on for 16 hours a day and off for 8 hours a day.

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    Step 19: Place the whole set up in a bright

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    Step 20: but not DIRECTLY SUN-LIT window.

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