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Tom,
About 60 miles south of Buffalo, NY.
Ed
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Tom,
Not sure if you can help or not, but I'm interested in attempting to grow redwood trees in the Northeast US.  I know, not the ideal climate, but am I wasting my money buying seeds or saplings, or should I give it a shot?

If so, would you have any tips on getting started?

Thanks,

Ed
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Hi Ed,
Thanx for your question. Before I answer your question would you tell me you location in the NE US?  
thx,
Tom

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Hi Ed,
Thanx for your question.  The Coastal Redwood, Sequoia sempervirens is hardy to Zone 7 which is equivalent to most of the Mid-South of the U.S. and some of the Atlantic Coast from Long Island Southward.  The coastal redwood is the redwood found on the West Coast.  It does well in foggy, moist, damp but temperate climates.  It does tolerate some cold.    I would go ahead and try it.  Magnolia grandiflora is native to the deep South and often grows to 60 or more feet tall with huge beautiful white blooms.  Here in the Kansas City area, where it is well out of its growing zone, it will often reach 15-20 feet tall and still has the beautiful blooms.  It isn't as luscious as it is in say Pensacola, Florida but it still looks good.  My point?  Try the sequoia and see what happens.  While it is young make sure you mulch the roots with lots of hay or pine needles or cypress bark.  You get a lot of rain in your area so you don't have to worry about moisture and feed the tree with a tree fertilizer that you can pick up at your local nursery.  The other type of redwood is called a dawn redwood (metasequoia glyptostroboides) is hardy to zone 4.  You might want to try that one also.  I hope this helps.
Tom