Another Monster Bald Cypress....
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just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Wow! What a beast!
I really like your bonsai videos, especially the azalea videos on YouTube John, wish you'd do more updates....I know its a hassle to film yourself, but they are very informative.
Keep up the good work!
I really like your bonsai videos, especially the azalea videos on YouTube John, wish you'd do more updates....I know its a hassle to film yourself, but they are very informative.
Keep up the good work!
barrosinc
Masterpiece
Cool! I am at work so had a second to look at the video. Was doing some fast forwarding... You said now I remove some foliage and next scroll BOOM naked tree!
I am fast...what can I say?
Giga
Masterpiece
Not bad, I just worked on my massive BC - not as big as this one but BC are really light though - the heavy part is the soil. Great video
markyscott
Imperial Masterpiece
Thanks for sharing your video John. I liked how the carving turned out. But.....
What the heck happened to the hydraulic lift cart your father-in-law was going to build for you? Might have come in handy moving this one. The cart in the video looks a bit - back intensive. You must be aging more gracefully than I.
Scott
What the heck happened to the hydraulic lift cart your father-in-law was going to build for you? Might have come in handy moving this one. The cart in the video looks a bit - back intensive. You must be aging more gracefully than I.
Scott
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
I enjoyed your video...and what a great first step in the direction your going with it. Thanks for sharing! What a beast!
Potawatomi13
Imperial Masterpiece
It could have been interesting to do something with a lower branch
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Waldo Street Pottery
Chumono
Wow! Great vid, as usual. This tree is fortunate to have found you John G! Any gator attacks in bringing this one home? Looking forward to it's progression.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Great tree....
But I love your voice...
So easy to listen to!
Thanks for the Work John!
Sorce
But I love your voice...
So easy to listen to!
Thanks for the Work John!
Sorce
Oh, no...IT SUCKS TO GET OLD!!
It was too tall on the cart....I couldn't reach the top comfortably to do the carving...
. Just put the turntable on the ground!
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Hey Buddy...good to hear from you... This is actually a tree I spotted while in the swamp with you....came back and collected it the following year.
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Yeah John, you could do some voice-over work for radio advertising on the side...
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Or putting every Bonsai Book on tape!
It'll be funny when we do the Japanese ones!
But seriously!
Sorce
Waldo Street Pottery
Chumono
I'd like to make that happen again... Sans gator, of course!
Don Blackmond
Omono
That is the base that everybody should be looking for in a bald cypress..
Nice work and good start. I would have made it shorter (main trunk by 10"-12") removing more of the upper branching, thinking about the finished height and my goal with BC. But, knowing your work, its going to be good when developed at that height.
Nice work and good start. I would have made it shorter (main trunk by 10"-12") removing more of the upper branching, thinking about the finished height and my goal with BC. But, knowing your work, its going to be good when developed at that height.
I soooo agree with this comment...I have little use for BC that don't have a great base...that is the single characteristic that stands them apart from everything else! You can't grow bases like these...period. Yet, I see crappy ones being bought all the time...and the first question asked is how do I improve the base?? Easy answer, you don't, you collect a good one or buy a good one.
Don Blackmond
Omono
Yep. There are tons for sale but very few with good fluted bases. Oftentimes, the ones with fluted bases are big and old and growing in swamp water, so they aren't easy to collect and require getting dirty and some sweat equity. Plus you might look at a hundred or more before you find one to collect.
barrosinc
Masterpiece
Cool that you started posting videos again!
Some updates on azaleas would be nice.
Some updates on azaleas would be nice.
