Bald Cypress From Cutting

BonifaceVIII

About a 2 1/2 months ago I made some cuttings of a Bald Cypress. I put em in a humidity dome with root hormone. There is new growth on most. But they are not rooting, and it's been almost 3 months. Could anyone tell me how long, averagly, it take for a Bald Cypress to root?

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Tiny-Plant

I have allso tried to get cypress to root but with no good results I have 2 months old cuttings with no sign of new growth. Are you shure that they haven't rooted yet? If there is new growth there propably is allso new roots.

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BonifaceVIII

Well, I'm pretty sure. I put them in rock-wool cubes and one of them with new growth I cracked open down the middle gently. I looked at the 'trunk' and no roots were comming from it. It's odd, how does something grow with no roots? I thought maybe the roots were really small, so I put it under a microscope and I still saw nothing...

whidn

I tried to propegate bald cypress once, I just used regular old soil in an open pot. Well it didnt work.

I had some juniper cuttings with new growth and no roots. I think they have roots now.

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salix

Hey, all you Cypress folks. I did a quick search on Google and found this article that might be of interest:

http://www.bugwood.org/christmas/97013a.html

It's about cypress/cedar hybrids used as Xmas trees, but I assume that the information would still apply. It says in here that rooting takes at least 3 months. Give it a read and see what you think.

whidn

Hay salix thanks for the great link....

does anyone know if there is a differance in leyland Cypress and Bald Cypress in this area?
Are they even in the same family? I've been wondering this for awhile. I have no experiance with leyland Cypress to speak of but it looks from the pictures that they would be in the juniper family.
Is this so? Or are they in a class of their own? Can someone clear this up for me?

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ripsgreentree

I think that you are expecting too much, I often will not even check to see if cuttings have rooted for one full year. Things that will root in three months are willow, mums and other soft wood cuttings. Bald cypress cuttings should be taken in the spring and protected from freezing there first winter and if they come out the next spring with new foliage you may have roots. I have found that seeds are much easier and quicker. Seeds that I have put into a bed in the very early spring are already up to 30 in tall and 1/2 to 3/4 in thick. I am already collecting five gallon buckets of seeds to germinate for next spring. This year I will be germinating bald cypress and montizuma cypress seeds. Good luck with your cuttings.

Glenn

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salix

Yup. Different thing altogether. Sloppy work on my part, I must say. Bald Cypress: Taxodium distichum . Leyland Cypress: X Cupressocyparis leylandii. Here's a link: http://wpsm.net/Taxodium.pdf
(brings up a pdf, unfortunately) that's maybe a tad more useful, but still not great. The relevant passage for those not inclined to deal with a pdf:

“Rooting of cuttings is difficult but possible, as is grafting.”

So, you're once again better off listening to the advice of a Regular here, this time Glenn. One of these times I might know what I'm talking about, though. Really.

Bonsainut

Definitly agree, 110 percent seeds the way to go here. But dont give up on the cuttings untill at least late spring!

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