ghostsofevolution | Assisted Migration of Florida Torreya to Michigan - Leelanau Peninsula @ghostsofevolution | Uploaded August 2018 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Germination success in planting seeds directly into a rich forest habitat is show-cased during a field visit to our northern-most planter in Michigan (near Traverse City). Liana May is a professional botanist who, in April 2017, planted 100 seeds (from the fall 2016 harvest of Torreya taxifolia in Medford OR). She "free-planted" the seeds directly into the conservation easement on her 40 acres of forested property. Thankfully, by the time she received the seeds, other Torreya Guardians had confirmed an ideal way to foil rodent predation: plant the seeds 4 to 6 inches deep. Liana followed those directions, so we are expecting a satisfying proportion of the seeds to produce seedlings by fall of 2019.
October 2018 UPDATE: A total of 12 seedlings had emerged by the end of this growing season.
To access the full set of videos on Torreya Guardians projects, visit the VIDEOS webpage: torreyaguardians.org/video.html
Germination success in planting seeds directly into a rich forest habitat is show-cased during a field visit to our northern-most planter in Michigan (near Traverse City). Liana May is a professional botanist who, in April 2017, planted 100 seeds (from the fall 2016 harvest of Torreya taxifolia in Medford OR). She "free-planted" the seeds directly into the conservation easement on her 40 acres of forested property. Thankfully, by the time she received the seeds, other Torreya Guardians had confirmed an ideal way to foil rodent predation: plant the seeds 4 to 6 inches deep. Liana followed those directions, so we are expecting a satisfying proportion of the seeds to produce seedlings by fall of 2019.
October 2018 UPDATE: A total of 12 seedlings had emerged by the end of this growing season.
To access the full set of videos on Torreya Guardians projects, visit the VIDEOS webpage: torreyaguardians.org/video.html
