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I have just put my Bald Cypress in shallow water for the summer. I used three of those plastic barrel liners - the 1/4 depth ones, and a few inches of water. I'm sure if I watered them every day they'd do fine, but they are in the growing area and get watered every two days and tend to get a bit dry. These are big stumps in a basic garden potting soil mix. Bald Cypress aren't too particular. Despite their moist habitat I have seen them on "drought-tolerant lists"

Your tree really shows how quickly branches can be developed in a couple of years. I wonder if it would be improved if you could get the branches to alternate more. At this point, although they don't quite line up, at this scale they almost look horizontally opposed. Mine are nowhere near this point. Just looking at healing the top cuts.

Nice tree!

Matt

8-Sep-2002	#3
TreeBay Tips:5¢ Advice:Free *MODERATOR GROUP* Join Date: Aug-2001 Location: Silicon Valley Country: USA USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 9,743	I have just put my Bald Cypress in shallow water for the summer. I used three of those plastic barrel liners - the 1/4 depth ones, and a few inches of water. I'm sure if I watered them every day they'd do fine, but they are in the growing area and get watered every two days and tend to get a bit dry. These are big stumps in a basic garden potting soil mix. Bald Cypress aren't too particular. Despite their moist habitat I have seen them on "drought-tolerant lists" Your tree really shows how quickly branches can be developed in a couple of years. I wonder if it would be improved if you could get the branches to alternate more. At this point, although they don't quite line up, at this scale they almost look horizontally opposed. Mine are nowhere near this point. Just looking at healing the top cuts. Nice tree! Matt __________________ Want to be a seller on bonsaiAUCTIONS? Get authorized today! bonsaiTALK: Over 100,005.36 Megabytes Served this Month!