Taxodium distichum New Ceramic Home - Arkefthos Bonsai

At 11 years of age, it's time for this tree to get a ceramic pot and start looking like a proper bonsai tree. Thank you for your time!
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[@backbudbonsai]

Do you ever have bad weather in Greece?!?! EVERY SINGLE video you share has seemingly perfect weather…. I’m jealous! Thanks for sharing!!

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

It's not as practical as it looks.... I'd prefer a few more rain days!!! Thank you!

[@acer_p_bonsai]

For real right?! I’ve got the chirping birds, but it’s nearly always humid and buggy!! 😅

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Humid and buggy sounds really nice right about now... We are in the first strong heatwave...

[@yoteslaya7296]

I didn't skip the ads my friend,you deserve it. 👍

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Ha ha ha that's great humor Yote! But please, go ahead and skip them, your time is way more precious! Thank you!

[@robertobreglia9224]

Hi my friend,i think that this taxodium has excellent potential because you have done a great job in these years to thicken the trunk....now little by little you will have to build the branching and i'm sure that you will be able to do it very well. Have a nice weekend my friend!👏👏👏

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Roberto! Building the branches in this is a bit stressing to be honest. Unfortunately I don't have experience with the species in their natural environment and I would really love to make a tree that looks natural, like in the south east US. I'll try though. Cheers!

[@robertobreglia9224]

@@ArkefthosBonsai i agree with you,this species is difficult to adapt to classic bonsai styles so it's better to observe how it grows in nature. Cheers!

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

@robertobreglia9224 perfectly said!

[@pela1100]

Es increíble que haya engrosado tanto en maceta de cultivo. Felicitaciones. Es un material prometedor. Salud. 🙇‍♂️

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Yes, but still, it is 11 years.... Thank you Fabian!

[@pela1100]

@@ArkefthosBonsai 😲😯😮😲😯😮

[@Brosef1974]

I haven’t seen your videos in a while. Good to see and hear you again 👍🇦🇺

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you! You must have lost lots of good stuff! Have a great night!

[@Brosef1974]

@@ArkefthosBonsai I sure have . Great to see your wonderful painting. You have a great night as well

[@jgreen8336]

Excellent logo usage near the end there. ;) Love repot videos.

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

People did not need to see another plumber's crack there... Thank you J!

[@phillipwaterman5721]

Wow beautiful bonsai garden nice video thanks

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Philip! Cheers!

[@DavesBonsai]

Stunning trunk on that tree!

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Wouldn't say stunning. It has a nice tapper, but compared to taxodiums in the US this is generally unimpressive... Thank you though Dave! Cheers!

[@DavesBonsai]

@@ArkefthosBonsai Bald Cypress, correct?

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

@DavesBonsai yes, you are correct sir!

[@acer_p_bonsai]

Beautiful trees, thank you for sharing. I collected a small bald cypress seedling just to mess around with it last year. It’s got me itching to go find a good collection spot!! 😂😮😅🌲

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you! The latest advice I got from experienced people in south east US is that you should be growing them half submerged in water. I tried it and they have taken off in an unbelievable way. Cheers!

[@bravofoxable]

It's going to be a stunning bonsai! 👏🏻

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Let's hope so Frans! Still has a lot of ways to go and I don't have experience in styling old growth Taxodium trees. Well see! Thank you!

[@ivanvazqueznegrete1789]

here in Mexico Taxodium macronatum is keeped in water and they grow faster so you can try it for whole summer to avoid sorprice

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you! I've got this advice a few months ago from a US experienced grower of Taxodium and I have all my trees in standing water. Indeed they are growing like crazy! Cheers!

[@78tjeerd]

I see your amount of subscribers shot up like crazy after you started talking in your movies, congratulations, hope there be many more bonsai adventures to come.

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Tjeerd! Good eye! 😉

[@MartijnSinkeler]

I love your videos and your trees and did learn a great deal out of it. I just wonder why you keep the circling root(s?) around the trunk in the front of this tree. Don’t you want to get rid of it in the future? Not sure if it’s wrapped around the trunk or just going down in the soil.

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Thank you Martijn, very much! I guess you mean the thick root going a third around the trunk. That is a root. I failed to remove early in the tree's life and 3 years later in the next repot, it was already quite thick and fused to the trunk. I decided to address it later. But as the years passed by the root got even more fused and now it's part of the trunk. By now, I have accepted this as a feature, that in fact I've placed exactly in the front of the tree. There are roots coming out of it, growing perfectly radially out, so now it is part of the nebari. I think it will bkend in nicely eventually. Cheers!

[@susanbossert6833]

@@ArkefthosBonsai I don't mind the way that root looks. It's a distinctive feature and gives the tree more character.

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

@susanbossert6833 I agree Susan! Thank you!

[@Bonsaicrazy]

Great video mate 👊👊

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

I appreciate it!

[@EdwinNikkels]

Not sure about this one, AB. I prefer more classic bonsai.

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

I agree with you Edwin, but since I do have a good climate for it, it doesn't hurt. Growing different genus is addicting. Plus it is good exercise. Studying how to do it justice and replicate an old growth Taxodium is nice practice. Cheers!

[@nerinat8371]

Really love your trees/work.. Efkaristo

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

@nerinat8371 parakalo Nerina! I appreciate your support!

[@yoteslaya7296]

Some of the best bonsai I've seen were the ones that didn't try to be a "classic bonsai".

[@ArkefthosBonsai]

Well said! Still, there is something that the Japanese have found in their 300 years of practicing the art, that is very appealing. Classic styles are so well studied and perfected that it is very hard to successfuly deviate them. Cheers!