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Last week, I planted 2 Bald Cypress trees at the water's edge of my new pond. It is right where the water meets the bank so basically the base of the tree and roots are in soil saturated with water.

After the trees were in the in the ground for about 5 days, the root of the tree started to turn brown working its way from the base of the tree upwards towards the branches.

Is my tree dying? Is is possible that it is getting too much water? Please help because I think it is pretty much a done but if there is something that can be done I am all ears.

thanks!

Can you post a pic ? They are very hardy trees. I have never seen one planted as you did not live.

Here is a picture of the tree that I took before it was planted. Looking back at it now, it is obvious that whatever is happening now started before it ever got planted in the ground.

I know very little about bald cypress, I have planted two or three and they all survived. What your tree looks like is how mine begins to look like in October here in Southern Illinois. They turn brown and shed lose their foliage and stay that way all winter only to green up in the spring. Hopefully the way your tree looks is just a seasonal thing.

Bing

My experience is the same as Bing's.

Makoclay, With the size of this tree you would of had feeder roots out to at least the "dripline" and perhaps beyond and may of had some of them pruned, if trees this size are raised in containers the roots often get "bound" trying to spread out to the dripline. Ill bet it will be fine come spring as is probably only showing some transplant shock and seasonal colors as mentioned.

Those are nice size trees. I have hundreds of cypress trees in my lake and I still plant more. They seem to go through a period of non-growth for a year or so then seem to acclimate and do just fine. Just give them some time.

It is fall of the year. They have beautiful rust colored foliage before shedding it. This winter, the roots will establish and it will get going again this spring. I hope to transplant one about 10 ft. tall this winter to the edge of the pond. I am hoping it will provide some much needed shade to a shallow area.

They like wet soil, but can drown if all the roots are under water.

Bobad,

I certainly won't dispute what a Louisiana man has to say about cypress trees....but when I drive down I-10 (when I am not complaining about how bad the road is) I always like to look at the cypress tress. To me, it appears that those trees are always growing in water. I have actually never seen them out of water. I put the trunk of my tree right at the water's edge so hopefully it will be the right combination of water saturated soil and drier soil.

I planted many Cypress around my pond 8 years ago with some of them submerged to the trunk for weeks to months with no harmful effects. As long as they didn't dry out in the container & you keep watering them every week (thru the winter too) they should be fine. One note: Cypress are very succeptable to Bagworms, so as soon as you see them start to form, they need to be sprayed..du

They will grow with the roots completely submerged as long as the foliage remains above the water. Yours look fine to me.

When the water was low in one of my ponds about 2 or 3 years ago, I planted 4 cypress trees. With the water at normal level, they are in 3-4 feet. They are growing great.