Lazylightningny
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Beautiful progression. Your tree has put on some amazing growth.
Progression of One of My Bald Cypress
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Thanks!
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Update:
Spring update, it is filling in nicely, IMHO
Spring update, it is filling in nicely, IMHO
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UPDATE:
I removed the three lowest limbs to show some more trunk. Thinned some of the foliage and wired some of the new growth. Working on the apex, I will tighten it up later this summer.
Here is a couple of shots of the hot, stagnant water that I grow it in.
I removed the three lowest limbs to show some more trunk. Thinned some of the foliage and wired some of the new growth. Working on the apex, I will tighten it up later this summer.
Here is a couple of shots of the hot, stagnant water that I grow it in.
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UPDATE:
I had some time today so the big guy got a make over, here is what he looked like before I started:
The apex is a hot mess...
The wires are starting to cut in
More of that hot mess apex
Thinned out a little
I had some time today so the big guy got a make over, here is what he looked like before I started:
The apex is a hot mess...
The wires are starting to cut in
More of that hot mess apex
Thinned out a little
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One thing that I found peculiar was that there were several different types of foliage on the big guy, from regular to scale, to post scale. Cool, huh?
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A shot of the roots that are growing from the pot
A shot of the hot, stagnant water that I grow them in all summer, they like it, I think
The trunk is bulking up
Wire completely removed and ready for, whatever
A shot of the hot, stagnant water that I grow them in all summer, they like it, I think
The trunk is bulking up
Wire completely removed and ready for, whatever
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Three hours later, here he is ready for the next phase
SU2
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A+ man!!!! Thanks for posting these BC progressions, you do such a great job it's really educational to follow these (and just awesome seeing great material being worked right!!)
barrosinc
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Cool post! That is a lot of work to do each year!! These things go wild!
JoeH
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I put mine in a pond this year and the growth is nuts, roots coming out all over and the trunk is swelling up like crazy.
WNC Bonsai
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Tjose appear to be some unusually deep pots. Are they plasric or mica? What is your source? I have some big BCs that need deep pots until I can reduce their roots enough for shallow trays.
JoeR
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I didn’t even know that BC had different foliage types. Very interestinf
Mellow Mullet
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Thanks! And, I know, I have four of them!
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Submersion is the bomb!
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I have had them for years, all of the large rectangles are mica. I got them at a club auction, one of them has a Home Depot sku and barcode on it. Wouldn't it be cool if you could just run down to the Home depot and score a big mica pot? The smaller cypress is in a round mica pot that I got off of the FB auction page and the other smaller one is potted up in a Dollar Tree oil drain pan.
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Me either, this is something new this year for me.
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barrosinc
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You're not joking! These things release the kraken each year!! I wanted one before...
Hahahahha
SU2
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Haha yeah same here, have 2 myself and have only seen the normal leaflets so far!
