How Many Seeds Are in a Sequoia Cone

The coast redwood

Do sequoias have seeds?

Sequoias have both male and female flowers—they are monoecious—so both male and female cones form after pollination occurs. The female cones are fertilized in late summer, and seeds begin to form. At the end of the second growing season after fertilization, the female cones mature and produce about 200 seeds each.

How do you get the seeds out of a redwood cone?

Just dry them, and they’ll open, and then the seeds can be knocked out. Hope they’re fully ripe. The cones take 1½ years to mature, but with a 10-year old tree, it might be the first crop, not ripe yet. Once mature, they will remain green on the tree for many years.