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"the seeds only being able to grow successfully in full sun and in mineral-rich soils, free from competing vegetation. Although the seeds can germinate in moist
by lukan 3y ago
"the seeds only being able to grow successfully in full sun and in mineral-rich soils, free from competing vegetation. Although the seeds can germinate in moist needle humus in the spring, these seedlings will die as the duff dries in the summer. They therefore require periodic wildfire to clear competing vegetation and soil humus before successful regeneration can occur" (Wikipedia)
They need fire and sun. (And maybe also cold winters).
Britain does not have that.
- lenerdenator 3y agome m8 dave can provide the fire so long as the old bill doesn't find out about it (lad's on magistrate's orders to not have matches)
- __turbobrew__ 3y agoOI wherz ur matches loicense!?
- wizzwizz4 3y agoYou don't need a license for matches. They're not even age-restricted! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-15404073 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-154040...
- pvaldes 3y ago> these seedlings will die as the duff dries in the summer Again the myth of Prometheus, "they need fire, burn, burn, burn"... Yawn. may die --On California-- UK is a little more humid. Sequoiadendron grows happy in most temperate areas, including most of Spain. Segovia has some of the tallest trees out of USA, and is a hot place on summer. We have also a few small Sequioadendron forests on the North of Spain since 1950 or even in Granada since 1870. Some Sequioa sempervirens live even in Jaen (and they don't need fire at all, because gardeners do all the work of taking care for the saplings).
- indoordin0saur 3y agoSide note, but the Sugi tree of Japan is perhaps the most similar tree to the Sequoia in terms of appearance.
- acchow 3y agoDo these redwoods in Spain also reproduce naturally?
- pvaldes 3y agoThat would depend much more on cattle and lawnmowers than on fires. But it does not matter, because we don't need to wait for the natural spreading of the seeds. We can plant any tree that we need, were we need it. And we, for sure, will need a lot in the near future. After all, we put any road that we need where we need it. It was not an obstacle for the last 200 years, so all is needed is the political will to do the same with forests.
- acchow 3y agoWell, there used to be 6 trillion trees on earth and today there are only 3 trillion left. Planting 3 trillion trees manually is certainly a lot more work then allowing them to reproduce exponentially.
- pvaldes 3y agoBut much more efficient and with much faster grow. The sooner 8 trillion people start planting 3 trillion trees, the better. My quote is filled. Your turn.
- bcrosby95 3y agoI've always found the idea that a tree that lives for 2000 years "needs" fire for reproduction on human timescales dubious. The places these trees grow naturally are not naturally fire prone. Go look at any lightning strike map.
- Chris2048 3y agoperhaps the seedlings can be cultivated manually then, until they can survive without intervention - then they should last a long time.
- rob74 3y agoWell yeah, I mean that's nothing new - it's called a tree nursery. But, as the BBC article states, the chances of them reproducing in the wild are slim...
- darkr 3y agoIf we've learned anything from Jurassic Park, it's that life...finds a way
- xeromal 3y agoI think that's the point of this post. They're manually cared for until they survive but they don't have to worry about them reproducing. Kind of a nice feature!