Gday Red & Co!
Sorry it's taken me so long to reply to your questions - been kinda busy.
In short, I don't know. I'm not familiar with
E. jacksonii, and I have never really grown Eucalypts from seed. Sorry I can't help. (It's been almost 5 months since you posted, so I daresay that by now, they've either died or survived to grow on - hopefully the latter is true.)
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Originally Posted by PeterH
If it survives it looks like Eucalyptus polyanthemos ( Red Box).
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Well Peter, it
has survived and is growing quite well, but I'm almost certain it isn't
E. polyanthemos. Initially, the rounded leaves made me think you could be correct, but now that it's put on more foliage, I'm leaning towards local Euc species with more lanceolate leaves, such as
E. meliodora (Yellow Box),
E. camaldulensis (River Red Gum) and
E. viminalis (Manna Gum).
The tree now stands at 900mm from the soil - that's 3 times the original trunk height (although I have had to wire the new leader into a more upright position). While I am more than likely going to be chopping the new leader for taper, I thought I'd experiment with wiring some bends into the thin new growth.
I've also included 2 photos of young Cup Moth larvae, just because they're so pretty. They are currently munching on the leaves of a Red Box we have growing in the front yard.
Thanks.
Fly.