tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021652013683238618.comments2014-08-05T18:54:22.359+01:00TREE SEEDSAbout TREE AIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15631532488154292702noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021652013683238618.post-69417326682945159392010-09-22T15:02:24.128+01:002010-09-22T15:02:24.128+01:00Hello! It's great to hear about your Baobab, a...Hello! It's great to hear about your Baobab, and in my experience to get one in 5 to that size and in good health can definately be counted as a success!<br /><br />It'll be interesting watching the seedlings going into dormancy, though I do wonder what to do with the mini forest as it continues to grow. It would be interesting to see what kind of size trees somewhere like the Eden project can accomodate, and whether they have a suitable climate zone. I'd certainly be sad to see them on the compost heap or suffering through lack of root space!TREE AID Volunteerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18325309222084070515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021652013683238618.post-79297476794197073952010-09-21T14:26:10.200+01:002010-09-21T14:26:10.200+01:00Thanks for keeping us updated on the progress of t...Thanks for keeping us updated on the progress of the trees, I am interested in the question as to why you are growing them too. I caught the bug volunteering in the office and out of 5 baobab and 5 neem seeds given to me in the spring, the outcome has been one so far healthy baobab seedling, about 9 inches tall and with bright green leaves. I am keeping it on a sunny windowsill at home, and understand that as the temperature drops it will shed its leaves and become dormant until next spring, during which time it is best not to water it at all. I grew it in very well drained compost which it seeems to appreciate. I've read that they don't like cold draughts at all.<br /><br />I find it exciting growing such an exotic, even quixotic tree, and noting the already slightly bulbous base to the trunk. It does give me a feeling of connection with the tree nursery growers in say Burkina Faso, without diminshing the differences in our circumstances and different reasons for growing baobabs. But my question is, as the tree grows bigger, and hopefully stays alive, what to do with it?<br /><br />I could try bonsaing it, but it would be great to find it a home where it could grow to a venerable size - the Eden project??another tree aid volunteernoreply@blogger.com