Repotting My Bald Cypress, The Bonsai Zone, March 2023

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I'm repotting my Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) for the first time since I purchased the tree. My goal is to get a nice radial root base and then slowly grow the tree larger.
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4 авг 2024

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@dabblingwithbonsai Год назад

Like ABBA sings: take a chance on tree 🌲😆 💚💚💚

@TheBonsaiZone Год назад

Lol, good one!!! My theme song?

@dabblingwithbonsai Год назад

@@TheBonsaiZone definitely 😃

@a.k.h.channel Год назад

Repotting bonsai thank you for sharing good luck Mr

@Tybold63 Год назад

Quite the challenge with those tangled roots. However, "Dr Saunders", the world's leading root surgeon, knows how to fix it 😆✂🌴

@carolholt416 Год назад

Great video!

@MaybeBonsai Год назад

I am sure this tree will survive!

@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 Год назад

Big cut on the root tangled system. Repotting into the bigger pot and spring, hopefully arrives real soon by you, will bring out some nice growth.

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Год назад

I like it when you remind us all about getting the basics right first on a young plant. Those roots will always end up defining what you can do with the tree in the future. thanks Nigel :)

@t3dwards13 Год назад

"And here (the roots) is what I'm left with." Hahaha You're a strong man. After all these years, I still can't bring myself to cut that much off.

@gloriablanco7856 Год назад

Thank you.

@chasingthefish9042 11 месяцев назад

Yikes on a motor bike! Really got it lol

@TobyJin Год назад

I think you'll enjoy this Bald Cypress, mine had a similar situation to yours (the roots were worse, they were literally tied in a knot) and I cut all the roots off and today, it's developed a very nice radial root system. I think this tree can look very nice in the future, you just gotta control the growth as some of the side branches I find tend to grow upwards if they are too vigorous.

@TheBonsaiZone Год назад

Good to know, thanks Toby!

@sbragaglia Год назад

I usually have roots that look like these… but never that bad! I guess you’ll call this tree “3” because of the shape of the cut!

@PumpkinBecki Год назад

Exciting start for this little tree ❤

@hmhmhm998 Год назад

realy nice the hard Root pruning was a good choice because the tree belongs to a cypress Familiy that can grow roots realy fast, like if you just took a cutting of a cypress it will grow roots in a few days so i think its the same thing with a Bald or swamp cypress great job👍👍👍

@TheBonsaiZone Год назад

The tree is doing really well!!!

@hmhmhm998 Год назад

@@TheBonsaiZone Thats nice to hear👍

@philipmemm Год назад

if i see another video on this tree, i will be surprised.. 😲

@patsfreund9164 Год назад

Looks like you worked on this tree at just the right time. Should grow for you as it was just breaking dormancy.

@UkehrehStakwiah Год назад

you may have already gotten this comment but you'll probably want to keep that cypress in a tray with standing water. they DO NOT like drying out. i have several happily growing in buckets of fine pine bark mulch and leaf mold with no drainage at all that i keep filled with water throughout the growing season. I let the water level drop a couple inches below the soil surface before refilling to get at least a little oxygen to the roots

@FrostBiteBonsai Год назад

Interesting looking tree!

@alexbrendan7181 Год назад

I just got a mugo pine with roots just like this. It was obviously kept in a 4 inch pot for way too long. I cut about 50% off--it'll probably die, which sucks because it's a cool tree.

@Ukeitupmike Год назад

while it’s still snowy at your side, I have already blooming peach trees in the garden. Unfortunately it dropped to below Zero this night. Hope the flowers survived. Thought about putting the trees from the greenhouse to the benches but now happy I left them in

@brucedeacon28 Год назад

👍👌👌

@ChannelSobari Год назад

Bonsai zone, maret 2023,👍👍

@mattbrennan647 Год назад

Ruh Roh….. I hope mine isn’t dead. Yours is pushing buds,,, mine, not so much yet..😬😖 Thanks, keep growing

@joegarland4885 Год назад

Good luck Nigel, hope the tree survives we shall find out in a few years. Thanks for the video, maybe an idea would be to have put some sphagnum moss in the bottom.

@Aftek Год назад

oooh ! another option for a tree/bonsai with roots in an aquarium ?

@snejinka_in Год назад

Hello Nigel, great video as always. I have to find a Bald Cypress for myself, I quite enjoy these trees. I was wondering if you could remember me the brand of your watering can. I bought one but the waterflow is way too heavy for my trees. Thank you !

@jballenger9240 Год назад

The watering can might be Haws. Ordered a small copper one yesterday, ~ 1 Liter, as a gift for a friend.

@sharonbuckley4591 Год назад

Hi Nigel.

@modrarybivrana5654 5 дней назад

plant it out back in the drainage ditch for 15 years or so.

@TheBonsaiZone 5 дней назад

I don't want a giant tree, I'm happy to keep it small~!

@mikehayes4388 3 месяца назад

Nice job. Do you think the root you cut off would start a new tree if planted?

@gaeangardensbyizabela Год назад

Secoind! Lol

@hsvfanjan17 Год назад

Hi Nigel, will you put e.g. two or three small pieces of wood between the pot and the tray so that water can better get "underneath" the pot?

@sharonbuckley4591 Год назад

I had a cypress when I was first starting bonsai and sad to say it didn’t survive my learning process

@Alepoudiitsa Год назад

the ppl that i talk to about starting with bonsai some years back told me get trees that are harty and if you over cut the roots or tops won't die so the recoment me olive trees, now i know some can't have them coz the are not that good at the cold but were i live the survive.

@johnkeegan-re2ft Год назад

Hi Nigel, Do you use the same soil mixture for all your species of trees? I saw your video on how you make it, just wondering if you tweak it for tropicals and such. Thanks!

@sharicochems6299 Год назад

Have you done an update on your bald cypress?

@TheBonsaiZone Год назад

It's doing really well!

@54114142 Год назад

That's a very drastic root cut. You could have tried an "air" layering in the soil by taking the cambium layer away just above this bulb. Less aggressive and should trigger a nice radial root system.

@averyprice9422 Год назад

That's what I am trying with mine...

@its_notta_cedar Год назад

It won't produce a radial root system every time reliably, it just has a chance to. It really is "should trigger" but it doesn't have to. A single root can be produced then take up all of the sugars and produce one big root. This happens often and Tony's bonsai did a video a week ago showing this happening, check it out. Air layering or ground layering would be the last resort for a tree like this imo. As for the root reduction. Nigel cutting roots is when he defines cajones but his trees seem to be extremely healthy.

@peterzukof7942 Год назад

Hi Nigel - great video! I’ve just got my first 4 bald cypress seedlings! I’ve got something I’d like to ask , can you PM me?

@paveljah Год назад

wow dem roots are soo ugly that it became somewhat cool, I would love to see them exposed and make it the main feature, but I guess it's gone now. *hits play button to see the second half of the video*