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Originally Posted by Snarkie
Yeah, the $60 red bananas at Lowes are from Monrovia. I know their dawn redwoods are grown from rooted cuttings, as opposed to being seed grown. That limits the genetic diversity severely; a dangerous practice on a tree still so close to extinction in the wild.
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Woah, that's not good at all! But I imagine it's much slower to raise them all from seed?
Well I did buy a Manzano about a month ago that wasn't from Monrovia, it was some 2 feet tall in trunk then. I had scoped them out before, and figured if any were left when I made it back to the garden center, I'd buy one. This was the last one they had upon my return. It was $26 so I went for it haha!
It's putting out a leaf a week under these super rainy cloudy days in the low 80's and nights in the 60's. And now the newest leaf is almost as tall as I am (6'1").
Monrovia may have high quality stuff to begin with, but I wonder how much of their value diminishes while sitting in garden centers? Unless you are fortunate to find a garden center which takes really good care of their stock.
How kind are you to rescue so many, Cincinnana!!