Bald cypress seedling questions

[milehigh_7]

Where my BC peeps at? I have a few questions.

First, how aggressive can you be with roots when repotting?

Second, do people generally want them tall and straight or cut back for movement?

That’s it for now!

 

[Ming dynasty]

I want to know the same lol

 

[19Mateo83]

How big are said seedlings? I usually go pretty hard on BC roots. @Cajunrider or @BillsBayou would probably be the ones who would know best.

 

[milehigh_7]

How big are said seedlings? I usually go pretty hard on BC roots. @Cajunrider or @BillsBayou would probably be the ones who would know best.

They should be here tomorrow

 

[Cadillactaste]

Clyde ... I'm going to invite you to a bald cypress group on Facebook. Mind blowing the resources there and what I've gleaned for knowledge on the species.

 

[Cajunrider]

Where my BC peeps at? I have a few questions.

First, how aggressive can you be with roots when repotting?

Second, do people generally want them tall and straight or cut back for movement?

That’s it for now!

In a good growing environment you can be very aggressive with the roots. Remember collected BC can be cut back to practically stump and roots will grow back. The problems people have with seedlings come from buying bare rooted seedlings that have been pulled for a long time in massive batches done for nursery or forest replanting. Those are very stressed and aggressive root pruning will kill them. Healthy seedlings that have just been pulled can be cut back hard.

Bonsai people always want movement. Yard people want them straight. Take this with a grain of salt since I don’t sell seedlings. I grow a lot of them last year just for foresting purpose.

 

[Dabbler]

Mine 50 year old BC - I can bee very aggressive with the root if it's healthy and it hardly bats and eye - On my youtube channel I have a video of me cutting all the roots and such

 

[czaczaja]

Clyde ... I'm going to invite you to a bald cypress group on Facebook. Mind blowing the resources there and what I've gleaned for knowledge on the species.

Can we get a link?

 

[Cadillactaste]

Can we get a link?

Sure... in all my years of doing bonsai. I've never come across something with the steak of information to chew over as I have found there.

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[Maiden69]

The problems people have with seedlings come from buying bare rooted seedlings that have been pulled for a long time in massive batches done for nursery or forest replanting. Those are very stressed and aggressive root pruning will kill them. Healthy seedlings that have just been pulled can be cut back hard.

I completely agree with this statement. I bought a small batch of seedlings spring last year and left them alone the entire year to gain strength, they will be root pruned this year and hopefully set them for max growth in the next few seasons. Just waiting now for the buds to fully swell before doing the work.

 

[Natty Bumppo]

I planted nursery bare roots in pots last spring and let them grow all summer. They're tall and skinny now. Can I chop below existing branches and count on them to bud from the trunk (trunks are less than 1/2" thick) or should I only chop above an existing branch?