{"id":83511,"date":"2021-10-25T12:46:25","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T19:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=83511"},"modified":"2021-10-25T12:46:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T19:46:25","slug":"greenhouse-planting-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=83511","title":{"rendered":"Greenhouse Planting Party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October snow in the Spring Mountains!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Seedlings, snow, and Santa Rita mountains! It\u2019s been a busy month out here in the desert, planting thousands of delicate Joshua Tree seeds; I\u2019ve been organizing, prepping petri plates, germinating, and finally gently nestling these fellas in the soil mixes I described last blog post. All in all, this process is fairly arduous and complex, but the seeds themselves make it a lot easier. As soon as they are set in a little pool of water, they suck it up rapidly and most start producing a root within 2-3 days! A couple weeks into this task, we already have many of our early planted trees starting to emerge with their bright green leaves above the surface. The goal of this planting is to have about 4 plants per genetic line in each of our 4 sites. Sadly, I will be wrapping up this internship before USGS plans to plant these seedings in the desert, but in the meantime I will continue to plant seeds, care for the seedings, and make sure everything stays organized!<\/p>\n\n\n\n