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Hey Bandito,
You are in a fairly rich bonsai environment. Good club in OKC (the Central Oklahoma Bonsai Society), that has a number of folks with Bald Cypress- You might try giving them a gall, also Sonlight Nursery (South on 44 about 10 miles) who is OKbonsai on this site, has done a number of cypress bonsai. I did a workshop with him in April on BC for their club and some folks from Tulsa. PM me if you want contact info for the club or the nursery.

In the OKC area you can trunk chop until August, I did about a dozen trees we collected in 2004 three weeks ago, they have all responded well with loads of new growth. Now is probably a bit late for a first time attempt. You can do the whole bit- chop, carve and rootwork in February before it takes off. Good luck, John

16-Aug-2005	#8
Vonsgardens Professional Amateur Join Date: Feb-2005 Location: Arkansas Country: USA USDA Zone: 7 AHS Heat Zone: Hot Posts: 2,639	Hey Bandito, You are in a fairly rich bonsai environment. Good club in OKC (the Central Oklahoma Bonsai Society), that has a number of folks with Bald Cypress- You might try giving them a gall, also Sonlight Nursery (South on 44 about 10 miles) who is OKbonsai on this site, has done a number of cypress bonsai. I did a workshop with him in April on BC for their club and some folks from Tulsa. PM me if you want contact info for the club or the nursery. In the OKC area you can trunk chop until August, I did about a dozen trees we collected in 2004 three weeks ago, they have all responded well with loads of new growth. Now is probably a bit late for a first time attempt. You can do the whole bit- chop, carve and rootwork in February before it takes off. Good luck, John