Bald Cypress questions
 

I planted a bald cypress about 2 months back. While it has gotten new
growth, mainly on the top portion very llittle has grownon the lower
portion. It seems to be more brown than green, and I have been told
its a deciduous tree and it will loose all its needles. It is planted
in about 12" of water. I have used the spike fertilizer things spaced
around the tree approx 30 or so inches from the trunk as directions
stated, but I would think this tree should be growing much better than
it has so far if its healty.......which it appears to be anyhow. Its
just that its so brown in a lot of areas. It was a 5 gal container
tree, and would it be like this due to the fact of being transplanted.
My pond soil and wate ris on the acid side as everything I read it
ikes the 6.7 to 7.0 range of ph, which it is in.

Any suggestions appreciated on what I can do to green this tree out or
promote its growth bit more would be appreciated.


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Though they like water, alot, a baldcypress that has spent its entire life in a
container with well drained soil and plenty of oxygen available to its roots
may not enjoy being planed in 12 inches of water. Sometimes we forget that the
plants growing in the middle of the swamp were started as seeds that grew and
adapted to thier environment over a period of many years. Plants in the wild
and plants in cultivation are two very different things that dont always behave
the same way.

Toad

On 31 Aug 2004 06:05:32 GMT, (Marley1372) wrote:

===Though they like water, alot, a baldcypress that has spent its entire life in a
===container with well drained soil and plenty of oxygen available to its roots
===may not enjoy being planed in 12 inches of water. Sometimes we forget that the
===plants growing in the middle of the swamp were started as seeds that grew and
===adapted to thier environment over a period of many years. Plants in the wild
===and plants in cultivation are two very different things that dont always behave
===the same way.
===
===Toad


I understand the difference in containerized and grown plants over
those naturally planted by seed and growing, but around thjhis area
there are a lot of bald or pond cypress trees planted in water on golf
courses and some of the larger estates ponds that were container trees
to begine with and some appear fine and others look like mine
does...... The nursery where I bought mine also stated its not a
problem planting them in a pond either, and they pointed out that
their eintire water garden area which consists of quite a few ponds
etc have cypress trees that were merely planted in burlap bags set on
pine tree stumps from trees that were cut down to make the pond years
ago, and are doing fine..... I would ask them the questions I have but
there has been a large change over of personel there and most of the
older more knowledgeable folks have retired. I did get some opinions
and just want to get some more, and go with the majority on my issues
of these trees and how they look.
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Baldcypress appreciate being on dry land once in awhile. Are they in
water permanently ? all year long ? Also you should not fertilze a tree
the 1st year you plant it.
Roy wrote:
I planted a bald cypress about 2 months back. While it has gotten new
growth, mainly on the top portion very llittle has grownon the lower
portion. It seems to be more brown than green, and I have been told
its a deciduous tree and it will loose all its needles. It is
planted
in about 12" of water. I have used the spike fertilizer things spaced
around the tree approx 30 or so inches from the trunk as directions
stated, but I would think this tree should be growing much better
than
it has so far if its healty.......which it appears to be anyhow. Its
just that its so brown in a lot of areas. It was a 5 gal container
tree, and would it be like this due to the fact of being
transplanted.
My pond soil and wate ris on the acid side as everything I read it
ikes the 6.7 to 7.0 range of ph, which it is in.

Any suggestions appreciated on what I can do to green this tree out
or
promote its growth bit more would be appreciated.


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