Which one should I chop super short?

[Srt8madness]

Just a suggestion but there is a BC Forum that involves all the top BC folks and if you pose your question to them , you will get some real pro responses.
( I am not one of them but I get a lot of great info there.)

Are you talking about here, FB, or a dedicated forum to BC? If you've read this forum, you'd see that CajunR is one of those BC folks.

 

[Cajunrider]

I wasn’t kidding about my chopping knife. Roots are pruned.


Tops are cleanly cut with my band saw. Cement tub with a layer of top soil provides bottom protection. Tree are in flats.


In bonsai soil and covered with pine bark for top protection. These trees will sit on my porch with just morning sun until I think they are ready.

 

[leatherback]

Sprriiiinnngg tiiiimee!

 

[19Mateo83]

Perfect chop, they look like they are going to be a blast to develop! I’m gonna have to get me a root cleaver now

 

[dbonsaiw]

Great project. A short BC with a fat base and lots of taper looks great.

Here’s some inspiration from wigerts.

 

[19Mateo83]

Great project. A short BC with a fat base and lots of taper looks great.

Here’s some inspiration from wigerts.

I wish they had the drooling emoji as an option for likes.

 

[Cajunrider]

I wish they had the drooling emoji as an option for likes.

We will get there in 3-4 years. Not $11000 there but a short stumpy tree there. @19Mateo83

 

[leatherback]

the drooling emoji

 

[Cajunrider]

It’s been almost 2 weeks and not a bud in sight. If I find one, I will have a beer!

 

[19Mateo83]

Let’s hope they are just playing dead on is

 

[Cajunrider]

Let’s hope they are just playing dead on is

When a BC play dead

 

[Gabler]

When a BC play dead

Fun fact: they're technically venomous, but the venom is harmless to humans, so they're safe to handle without a hook.

 

[Cajunrider]

Well @19Mateo83 my buddy my pal! Bring on the beer. We have buds.

 

[19Mateo83]

 

[Cajunrider]

There are buds all over. If these trees grow well, I am shipping yours to you in 4 months @19Mateo83 .

Now I wonder if I should do a bunch more. Any BNutter wants to buy shohin BC's?

 

[19Mateo83]

There are buds all over. If these trees grow well, I am shipping yours to you in 4 months @19Mateo83 .

Now I wonder if I should do a bunch more. Any BNutter wants to buy shohin BC's?

Sounds good. The hornbeams are just starting to put buds out. I will know for sure which ones are making it by then. As soon as I know I’ll send you some to pick from.

 

[Cajunrider]

We have buds all the way to the edge of the chops.
@19Mateo83 we are going to have our duel.
If others want to join us in the fight, the entry price is $150 including shipping and 2 months of care to make sure the tree lives after the harsh chop.

 

[19Mateo83]

We have buds all the way to the edge of the chops.
@19Mateo83 we are going to have our duel.
If others want to join us in the fight, the entry price is $150 including shipping and 2 months of care to make sure the tree lives after the harsh chop.

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This is very exciting! To add to the good news, all of the hornbeam stumps I collected this year have buds too so you will have a nice selection to choose from

 

[Cajunrider]

Yours is winning the bud race @19Mateo83

 

[19Mateo83]

I’m amazed they are doing so well. I’m gonna start calling you the cypress whisperer.