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Originally Posted by luteo
Woah, that's not good at all! But I imagine it's much slower to raise them all from seed?
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It is, but not by much; maybe a couple months. It's easier to root cuttings using overhead misters on a large scale, but Heritage Seedlings used seed for their Jiffy pots and bare root stock. Their plants were superior to Monrovia. Additionally, rooted cuttings have smaller and more brittle root structures, at least on Metasequoia.
I'm sure I ended up with a few that originated from Monrovia, but most of mine are from sources using Chinese seed, including myself, second generation seedlings from yard trees here in the US and a few unknowns. I have one of the largest diversities of dawns out there, so once they begin reproducing, I'll have an excellent seed source and a healthy genetic diversity to continue the project for millions of years.